Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by a? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese r called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was b drinking water over an open fire, some leaves from a tea plant d into the water and r there for some time. It produced a nice s so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world's favorite drinks was i.
A few thousand years later, Luyu, the saint of tea, m Shen Nong in his book Chajing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also d where the finest tea leaves were p and what kinds of water were used.
