Lu Yu(陆羽): Sage of Tea
Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty is respected as the Sage of Tea(茶圣) for his contribution to Chinese tea culture. He is best known for his book the Classic of Tea (茶经), which is the first monograph专题著 作on cultivating, making and drinking tea in the world
Black tea 红茶
The most essential character of black tea is red tea water, red leaves and sugariness. The color of dry black tea is red with black, so that “Black Tea” in English means “the black tea”。 Most people in China are accustomed to drink plain tea without any additives. In European and Amercian countries, people like to drink tea with milk and sugar added. Black tea can be prepared as a cool beverage. The usual way is that: pour luke warm water over instant tea to make a strong liquid, then pour the liquid into a glass filled with ice cubes, add honey or sugar to taste and one or two slices of lemon. Then a cup of cool beverage with sweet and acid taste is ready.
Longjing Tea
West Lake
Biluochun Tea 碧螺春
a top-grade green tea from Dongting 洞庭, Taihu, 太湖，Wu County吴县, Jiangsu Province Biluo Peak on Mountain Dongting “Terrifying aroma” 吓煞人香 Emperor Kangxi 康熙 named it biluochun.
5.The advantages of drinking tea
History of the Tea
♣ China is the initial place of tea and also Βιβλιοθήκη he fist country to
discover the tea tree and make use of it. Early back to primitive society, tea has been used as medicine. Tea has been found in the record documents of China’ Zhou dynasty about 1100BC. People began to drink tea in their daily life and the appeared the market of tea in 100BC. Drinking tea became a fashion in Xijin dynasty and Tang dynasty . “Tea Jing”(茶经) written by Lu Yu in 760AD was the first book of tea in the world, which promote the development of tea culture.
The most well-known black teas:
Qimen Black Tea Yunan Dianhong Tea Sichuan Chuanhong Tea 祁门红茶 云南滇红 四川川红
Qimen black tea
a top-grade black tea from Qimen 祁门 and Guichi 贵溪 of Anhui Province. In 1915, Qimen black tea was awarded the Gold Medal at Panama International Fair. From then on, it has been popular with people in foreign countries, especially the upper-class people in Britain.
♣ However， it is the Portuguese （葡萄牙人）and Dutch （ 荷兰人）who claim the credit bringing tea and tea drinking to Europe.The Portuguese opened up the sea routes to China， some say as early as 1515. Jesuit priests travelling on the ships brought the tea drinking habit back to Portugal.
Chinese Tea Culture
Top Ten Tea of China
The details about Chinese Tea Culture
1.The Histry of Tea
2.The Classification of Chinese Tea
3.The Introduction of Tea Sets 4.Chinese Teaism(chadao)
Tea in Daily Life
“Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessities to begin a day.” Cu Cha Dan Fann 粗茶淡饭: coarse tea and tasteless dinner
The Spread of Chinese Tea
♣ As Buddhist佛教的 priests start to move around China and Japan， the spread of cultivation and tea drinking follows them. ♣ The first mention of tea outside China and Japan is said to be by the Arabs in 850 AD and it was they who were reputed to have brought it to Europe via the Venetians(威尼斯) circa 1559.
Oolong tea 乌龙茶 The most well-known black teas:
Tieguanyin (Iron Goddess Guanyin) 铁观音 Wuyiyan Tea 武夷岩茶 Taiwan Oolong Tea 台湾乌龙
Tieguanyin 铁观音
Tieguanyin is produced in Anxi 安溪, Fujian Province. tealeaves: dark green in color, similar to that of iron Legend: monk and Goddess Guanyin. It is said that tieguanyin has such a strong aroma that even after adding water to the teapot seven times, one can still enjoy the pleasant taste and fragrance.
Shennong Tasted Plants
Shen Nong Shi, the God of Agriculture, was believed to be the first to discover tea. In his “Book of Herbs”(神农本草经), it says that “Shen Nong shi personally tasted hundreds of species of herbs and he was hit by 72 poisons in a single day. But he used a kind of tree leaves to ease his case and it turned out to be tea tree."
Qimen black tea
Qimen
Oolong tea 乌龙茶
blue tea 青茶 The half-fermented tea an important part of Gongfu tea The tea leaves are green in the center and red at the edge. Benefits: It decomposes fat and helps people lose weight.
Longjing Tea 龙井
a top-grade green tea from Longjing, West Lake, Hangzhou Four characteristics： green in color 色绿 fragrant in smell 香郁 sweet in taste 味醇 beautiful in appearance形美