ChineseTea
(SHAHAB UDDIN KHAN, Chongqing, China)
With a profound history of over
4,000 years, Chinese tea is regarded as an exquisite art form that requires
sampling. Now it has become the national drink and one of the three soft drinks
in the world (the other two are coffee and cocoa). It is from China that the tea
planting techniques, processing, drinking methods and tea ceremony were directly
or indirectly introduced to the world. So China is regarded proudly as the
hometown of tea. The land can be divided into four tea growing regions: South
China, Southwestern China, and Yangtze River's north and south banks. These vast
tea planting areas widely grow various kinds of tea trees. Different teas
require different tea sets to infuse the best flavor. Chinese tea sets mainly
include teacup, teapot and tea saucer. Their materials differ in porcelain,
pottery, lacquer ware, glass, bamboo and wooden fish stone. What's more, tea
ceremony, the soul of tea culture, is considered to be a good way to cultivate
the minds. Through infusing, appreciating and tasting tea, people can nourish
their inborn nature and promote friendship among each other.
Chinese tea is a really amaizing for every foreigner.