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Biluochun tea Only the tender tip of the leaf is used for the tea making process. This part of the leaf should be no longer than one inch long and shaped like the tip of a spear. One tin of tea uses 60 thousand spears! Chinese Tea Culture History of the Tea ? China is the initial place of tea and also the fist country to discover the tea tree and make use of it. ? Early back to primitive society, tea has been used as medicine. Tea has been found in the record documents of China’ Zhou dynasty about 1100BC. People began to drink tea in their daily life and the appeared the market of tea in 100BC. ? Drinking tea became a fashion in Xijin dynasty and Tang dynasty . Shennong Tasted Plants Shen Nong Shi, the God of Agriculture, was believed to be the first to discover tea. In his “Book of Herbs”(神农本草经), it says that “Shen Nong shi personally tasted hundreds of species of herbs and he was hit by 72 poisons in a single day. But he used a kind of tree leaves to ease his case and it turned out to be tea tree. Lu Yu Sage of Tea Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty is respected as the Sage of Tea(茶圣) for his contribution to Chinese tea culture. He is best known for his book the Classic of Tea (茶经), which is the first monograph on cultivating, making and drinking tea in the world. Tea in Daily Life People often say that firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessities to begin a day. So tea paly an important role for people in daily life. Spring Scented tea The tea made by mixing the aromatizing tea leaves with scented flower. During springs , people always feel sleeply ,this phenmenon called spring strand .Drinking scented tea is a good way to prevent that. Jasmine tea Chrysanthemum Flower tea Summer Green tea The tea made without being fermented. The tea liquid and tea leaves are greenish. In Summer, it can not only help to eliminate the hotness