Early Chinese Tea
Accounts of when the tea tree was found has two contradicting accounts. One says that it was found during the reign of Emperor Shin Nong, three thousand years before Christian era. Though people doubt the discovery of the tea has been around that long, or at least the western historians doubt that. They mostly believe that the plant was discovered in the fourth century A.D. This from a historical reference written down to the acknowledgement of drinking the drink.
Like the Japanese, the Chinese drank the drink for its healing properties, and for its popularity for its flavor. Soon the government put a tax on the drink, for it became so popular that the government tried to levy a heavy tax on the drink. (The history of the Indian Tea Industry, 4)
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