Chinese and Making Tea

Chinese and Making Tea

In the eighth century, there was a tea drinker by the name of Lu Yu that wrote a book on tea. There is the plucking and manufacture of tea, to the different kinds of tea leaves. He talks about when the tea was popular to be drunk. For instance, he says drinking was very popular in the T’ang dynasty. He says there is ordinary tea and ground tea.

There is cake tea which is put in a jar or bottle after being pounded and the boiling water is poured over it. Lu Yu talks about the beneficiaries of drinking tea.

He claims the tea is well suited for individuals of self restraint and good conduct. Tea is to avoid sleepiness. (The history of the Indian tea industry, 4-5)