U6-1 An Accidental Invention

An Accidental Invention：History&Evention，tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago.，Chinese ruler , Shen Nong discovered tea

An Accidental Invention

• History&Evention
  • tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago.
  • Chinese ruler , Shen Nong discovered tea
    • boiling drinking water_____an open fire
    • Some leaves from a tea plant ________the water
    • remained there for ____________
    • produced a _______so he________ the brown water
    • It was quite delicious
• Development of tea
  • Lu Yu, “the ______of tea”,
    • ______ Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing.
  • The book describes how tea plants were _____ and ______to make tea.
  • It also discusses where __________ were produced and what __________ were used.
• spread&trade
  • tea was ______to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
  • In England, tea didn’t appear _____ around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the _________.
  • The______ from China to Western countries _______in the 19th century
  • This helped to _____ the ______of tea and the tea plant to more places__________.
  • ________ many people now know about tea______, the Chinese are________ the ones who best understand the nature of tea.