Tea culture

1. tale for the tea: a farmer went to a mountain to cut trees. While walking, he was caught by a kind of tree, whose leaves tastes very good. So he picked leaves and put them into a cup with water. It tastes better if cooked. George

2. it's a customs that host may serve the guset with tea. -Sunshine Smile

3. Many people study on the tea culture. Luyu wrote a book name "Cha King"(茶经)陆羽- Sunshine Smile

4. Tea plays an important role in health-keeping, thirst quenching also in refreshing and cosmetics.-Pudding Girls

5. The skill of making tea is particular and fancy. Tea may taste better if it goes with spring. Pudding Girls

6. While many westerns like drinking coffee, Chinese gte into the habit of drinking tea. Drinking tea is different from tasting tea. As for tasting, people care about its color, fragrance and so on.

7. When you treat your guests with tea, you'd better fill in four fifth of the teacup because a full one means you like the guest to leave. -DN Angel

8. Kuding Tea, a special kind of tea tastes bitter at the very beginning, but after a short while, it may leave the feeling of sweet in mouth.-east life

9. As taling with the guest, the host must take care how much water is remained in the cups and kettle to show his /her consideration. Snacks, sweets and cookies may be served at the same time to compliment the fragrance of the tea. -Cola

10. if one drink tea too much or too often, his teeth may be hard to keep white . Rainbow

11. there are many kinds of tea, say red tea, green tea, and so forth. Each tea has its own funtion. Take green tea for example, it may help us keep fit and lose weight. As for red tea, it can make us more dynamic. -Fly

12. In the past, tea is used to tell people's fortune(占卜)-God

Types of Chinese Tea

Chinese tea may be classified into3 types of teas according to the different methods by which it is processed.

1.Green tea

Green tea is the variety which keeps the original color of the tea leaves without fermentation during processing. This category consists mainly of Longjing tea of Zhejiang Province, Maofeng of Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province and Biluochun produced in Jiangsu.

2.Black tea

Black tea, known as "red tea" (hong cha) in China, is the category which is fermented before baking; it is a later variety developed on the basis of the green tea. The best brands of black tea are Qihong of Anhui , Dianhong of Yunnan, Suhong of Jiangsu, Chuanhong of Sichuan and Huhong of Hunan.

3.Wulong tea(wu long tea,oolong tea)

This represents a variety half way between the green and the black teas, being made after partial fermentation. It is a specialty from the provinces on China's southeast coast: Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan.