Tea is the traditional drink of China since ancient times.
The origin of Chinese tea is in its use as a medicinal product. Not only it was used to treat certain specific diseases, but believed in the benefits of tea to get a longer life.
Today, traditional Chinese medicine still uses different types of tea to solve certain discomfort and health problems. Medical research has proven that tea can actually cure some conditions.
Later, tea was introduced among Buddhist monks as a small help for meditation. Through these, the tea became the aristocracy, where he became a popular drink among the imperial elite.
From the Ming Dynasty, they began to emerge numerous tea shops across the country and the drink became popular among all social classes. It was from this moment when the tea went from being a medicinal drink to be considered a daily drink among Chinese.
Today, the traditional tea culture is sacred to the Chinese. In any restaurant they serve you tea or hot water to eat. Also teahouses are very important meeting points in Chinese society. They like nothing more Chinese to meet talking with friends, play cards or mahjong, while enjoying good tea.
More tea is consumed by Chinese green tea, known for its fresh flavor. It is followed by red tea and Oolong tea, and other varieties such as Pu Erh (aged tea) and fruit and flower teas.
In the last decade it has become popular throughout Asia a tea drink originated in Taiwan and known as Bubble Tea. This is a tea beverage with milk to which is added tapioca pearls.
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