history of tea dates back to AD.In ancient times learned to cook from the leaves of a noble drink with a special energy.Tea bushes - the plants are relatively undemanding and fairly hardened, can grow on poor soils and can withstand large temperature changes, without special care and attention.
history of tea is full of legends, mysteries and facts in dispute.Homeland plants considered to be China, where it was grown as early as the fifth millennium BC.Here he began to use the first as the antidote and then drink became fashionable among the aristocrats.Therefore, they say that the history of Chinese tea - the longest.However, the fact that the first tea plants were known here, is not a reliable fact.
relatively recent studies have shown that in India, in the south of the Himalayas and Tibet and at the time were known plantation tea plants.Therefore, the question of the historical homeland of tea is still open to this day.However, no doubt that it was from the East Asian region, he began his career in the penetration of European, Russian and American culture.
history of tea began in Europe in the 16th century, when the Portuguese and the Dutch discovered the sea route to China, where he met with an exotic drink, which was first supplied only to the imperial table.Over time, the drink became accessible and began to be used widely.In the UK tea was imported by East India, soon became popular at the royal court and the nobility.Popular drink is facilitated by the fact that he was engaged in an active production of India, which was at the time a British colony.In the 18th century across the Atlantic tea falls in New Amsterdam.
history of tea in Russia begins the countdown to 1638, when the Russian ambassador Vasily Starkov as gifts for the French king Mikhail Fedorovich was transferred welding.At first tea was considered the only curative drink.The contract for the first delivery of tea to Russia from China was signed in 1769.The drink was delivered by land, imported, even the most rare varieties that bartering for furs.The most popular is the black tea, as the price was much lower than the green.In the 19th century, with the advent of the railroad, the drink became known throughout the country
known that about the fifth century, tea was used as a revitalizing drink and is widely used in medicine.Gradually, the tea party was transformed into a special event at the meetings.
traditional Chinese ceremony began to spread around the world.The history of tea has acquired a new meaning: drink ceased to be a medicine turned into exquisite pleasure.
In Japan, the tea plant seeds were imported Buddhist monk.The spread of tea in the country contributed to the emperor himself, so there is quite a drink quickly became popular in different spheres of life.Tea drinking has become a real art form, he taught for years.For "tea houses" has even developed a new form of architecture.
