Tea (YSM)

From the very beginning, tea was used as medicine to relieve poison. Later, towards the end of the western Han Dynasty, tea was regarded as the drink of imperial and noble families. From the Jin to Sui dynasties, tea became popular among the common people. In Tang Dynasty, people tended to have more delicate tea tastes and went through a rather complicated process in tea drinking. If you love Jay Chou, you must know Lu Yu. It was him who wrote the first book about tea in Tang Dynasty named Cha Jing. During Ming and Qing Dynasties, people drank piece-tea instead of solid-tea, and tea makers stirred fried tea in an attempt to strengthen tea in an attempt to strengthen tea-leaves and flavor.
Tea is classified into six kinds according to the color or the making process. They are green tea, which is not fermented at all, like Longjing and Biluochun; yellow tea, like Dayeqing; white tea, like Junshanyinzhen; Oolong tea, which is semi-fermented, like Tieguanyin; black tea, like Lizhihongcha; Hei tea, which is fully-fermented, like Puer.
In ancient China, tea was regarded as one of the seven daily necessities along with firewood, rice, oil salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. It plays an important role in Chinese culture and custom, especially in marriage and receiving guests. It is also a good choice for us to keep healthy. Drinking tea can help protect us from aging and pollution, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, strengthen our bones, protect our teeth, improve the immune defenses, increase our metabolism and help to lose weight.
Since drinking tea enjoys so many benefits, so next time, when you are wondering which drink to buy, please try a bottle of tea.