Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was (invent) by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is (say) that a Chinese ruler(call) Shen Nong was the first (discover) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an openfire. some leaves from a tea plant(fall) into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world's favorite (drink) was invented.
A few thousand years later, Lu Yu,"the saint of tea",mentioned Shen Nong in his book ChaJing. The book describes how tea (plant) were grown and used (make) tea. It also discusses where the finest tea(leaf) were produced and what (kind) of water were used.