The development history of foreign tea

The popularity of tea abroad is relatively late. In the year of Yongzhenyuan in Tang Shunzong (AD 805), the most sincere Japanese monk returned to China with tea seeds and tea trees from China. This is the earliest record of tea being introduced into Japan. 16 10, the Dutch sold tea from Macao and shipped it to Europe. 19 16, China tea was shipped to Denmark. 16 18, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to Russia and offered tea to the Russian emperor. China tea was sold in French market from 65438 to 0657. In the 28th year of Kangxi (1689), Xiamen, Fujian Province exported 150 tons of tea, which initiated the direct sale of tea from the mainland of China to the British market. 1690 China tea is licensed for sale in Boston, USA. In Guangxu 3 1 (1905), China organized a tea delegation to visit the tea production system in India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the first time, and obtained some tea-making machinery to publicize the technology and methods of tea-making machinery. At the end of Qing dynasty, tea was exported in large quantities. Accumulated a large amount of silver for the national treasury of China.

British people love to drink black tea, and afternoon tea has become a habit. /kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, almost no one in Britain drank tea, but by the end of18th, almost everyone in the country was drinking tea, and almost everyone, rich or poor, could drink one or two cups of tea every day. Someone noticed in 1757 that "in summer, in an alley in Richmond, beggars can often be seen drinking tea with cups, road builders are drinking tea, and drivers driving ash trucks are drinking tea, which is ok." Afternoon tea is almost a compulsory course for British people. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, many offices were closed with small signs: "tea time". At this time, even if you have something important, you have to wait until after afternoon tea. This is a firm rule. Afternoon tea in Britain originated in the Victorian era 1840. At that time, the nobles were obsessed with the exquisite taste of life, especially Lady Anna, Duchess of Bedford, who was bored every afternoon. Because there was still a lot of time before dinner, she asked the maid to prepare some bread, cream and tea, and invited three or five confidants to pass the afternoon. Soon, afternoon tea spread in aristocratic social circles, and ladies flocked to form an elegant and comfortable afternoon tea culture, which became the orthodox "British black tea culture". Even in today's simplified afternoon tea, the way of making afternoon tea, exquisite tea sets and rich refreshments have become a tradition of inheritance.

Americans prefer iced tea to hot tea. When drinking, put the ice cubes in the herbal tea first, or put the herbal tea in the refrigerator in advance, smell the cold nose and sip the cold teeth, which makes your chest feel cool, like a spring breeze. Unfortunately, because this kind of tea is mainly used for drinking and cooling, there is no variety of China tea, and the warmth, leisure and emotional appeal of drinking tea are greatly reduced. Tea was introduced to America. After the establishment of the British North American colony, with the influx of British immigrants, the British tea drinking habit was also brought to North America. 1690 or so, Boston, Massachusetts opened the first China tea market in North America. After 1720, North America began to formally import tea. /kloc-in the middle of the 0 th/8 th century, the habit of drinking tea also spread to all classes of colonial society in North America. A travel note wrote, "In the North American colonies, people drank tea, just like the French, and it became an inseparable drink.".

Although Japan is not the origin of tea, it has a profound tea culture-tea ceremony. Japanese tea ceremony is a ceremony of offering tea to guests in Japan. Originally called "tea soup". Japanese tea ceremony, like other East Asian tea ceremonies, is a special culture developed mainly by tasting tea, but its content and form are different. The history of tea ceremony can be traced back to13rd century. At first, monks used tea to concentrate their thoughts, and Master Chen used "tea" to attract literati. Later, it became a ceremony to share tea and food. Japanese tea ceremony must follow the rules to drink tea, and the spirit of tea ceremony is contained in these seemingly tedious tea drinking procedures. When entering the tea ceremony department, a female tea teacher dressed in a simple kimono and elegant manners greeted him politely, and simply explained that before entering the tea room, she had to pass through a short natural landscape area. This is to let tea drinkers calm down before entering the teahouse, get rid of all worldly distractions, and let their body and mind fully integrate into nature. From the beginning, you can experience the extraordinary authentic tea ceremony.

Tea originated in China, but it is loved by different countries and people. It is the contribution of the people of southern China in ancient times to China's food culture, and it is also the contribution of the people of China to the world's food culture.