Twining Tea

Did you know that your favorite afternoon pick-me-up breakfast or a "cup of tea" has a history that goes back thousands of years? According to legend, the Chinese emperor Shen Nung "discovered" so Tea back in 2737 BC when some tea leaves were blown by the wind in his pot of boiling water. Now, if the Emperor Shen was actually boiling water as tea tree or not, fact is that tea has been part of traditional Chinese medical and dietetics for at least 1700 years. It is first mentioned in a manuscript dating from 340 CE. Around 400 people have started adding other ingredients for their tea. Some additions have been popular orange, ginger, spices and even the onion and garlic.

In 479 Turkish businessmen discovered the tea for the market along the border of Mongolia. A little over a hundred years later, Buddhist monks to return to Japan in 593 and leaves the seed carried home with them, introducing the Japanese to the "elixir of immortality." Japan, however, begins not to cultivate its own tea until nearly half a century later. Even so, it is rare, expensive and strictly for the aristocracy and high priests.

Between 960 and 1280, drinking tea became popular first in China and Japan. Tea begins to lose its earlier exotic aromas. Tea is so important to the Emperor Hui Tsung he holds tea competitions and tea-tasting events. Supposedly, he becomes obsessed with tea, he does not notice when the Chins take over in 1125. Another invasion, this one by the Mongols, ended the reign of tea as the drink of the aristocracy. Tea is becoming commonplace, even among the poorest peasants. At tea to start making pottery and ceremonial drink regular tea sets and porcelain are left to the rich and noble, that tea became a part of everyday life. In fact, the Mongols are not big on tea and tea in the upper class dies, leaving the fate of the drink for the masses. In 1386, however, the Mongols fall from power and tea again highlight the gains in Chinese courts.

During the 1400s Japanese Zen Buddhist priests Refine the tea ceremony in his modern-day management of tea and takes an elegant, almost religious atmosphere, becomes an art form of its own.

The 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are perhaps the most important moment in the history of tea, because it becomes a player in global corporations and global politics. It is not until 1589 that Europeans learn even tea, through the writings of an author Venetian. In 1610, The Dutch East India Company began to export tea from China to Europe. They walked like an exotic drink drugs. Tea, however, is so expensive that, like the beginning of China and Japan, only the wealthiest of the aristocracy can afford to buy tea and serving pieces. In 1635, tea consumption has managed to take the court in the Netherlands, and the mid-17th century, the wives of wealthy Dutch merchants are hosting tea parties. Tea is becoming so popular across all social classes that many fear it will ruin the family life. Ministers call for a ban horribly on the fabric.

Tea first appeared in the New World in 1650 when it is introduced through the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. He arrived in England in 1657, where he is being touted and sold as a health drink. In 1662, when the king took a Dutch wife tea, tea became so popular among the English that alcohol actually seen a decline. Sometimes, in the 1680s, Scotland was introduced to the pleasures of tea and tea in 1690 was sold in the English colonies in America. In early 1700, brewing controversy in Scotland and England to see if the tea is too expensive, crowded, too dangerous to health and drinking tea or not lead to moral decay of society. Tea began to take more cafes in Britain, replacing coffee as a beverage favored. The tea room is first opened by Thoma.