As you probably already know, tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world today. There are many types of tea with different colors and flavors. The way to enjoy tea is also extremely rich, depending on the culture of each land, each country. Let's refer to Huongmai Cafe's article below to understand the origin, path and how to enjoy tea between cultures.

The beginning of tea

According to Chinese legend, on a trip to a remote area, Shen Nong sat down to boil water under a tree. While waiting for the water to boil, a leaf fell and the water changed color. Shen Nong drank that water, saw him awake, forgot all his fatigue, and the idea of ​​​​drinking tea started here.

Another more fanciful legend tells that when Bodhidharma first meditated, he sat at the entrance of a cave, but he was disturbed by his body and fell asleep. In order to wake up, he cut off his eyelids. At that place, a green tree grew, its leaves shaped like eyes. People picked the leaves of that tree, boiled water to drink, and saw that the person was awake. It is the tea tree, the tea leaves are very popular today.

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The path of tea

Perhaps, the Chinese know how to drink tea and raised tea drinking to become the first art. During the Western Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties, tea was considered a traditional religious symbol only popular among royalty and aristocratic officials.

In the 8th century, monks of the Japanese Zen sect who went to China to study Buddhism brought tea seeds back to their country. From there, the cultivation and drinking of tea became popular in Japan. Similarly, tea came to Korea by way of monks who went to China to study Buddhism around the 6th and 7th centuries.

Many documents state that in the early 17th century, Dutch merchants were the first to bring tea into Europe. Soon, tea spread throughout Western and Northern Europe. But there are also documents that the Portuguese Royal Family were the first Europeans to bring tea from China.

Queen Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese noblewoman, made tea popular with the English elite when she married King Charles II in 1661. With the expansion of the colony and the growth of British Empire, tea spread all over the world. At first, in England, tea was a drink for the rich, but as it became cheaper, it became popular and loved by everyone.

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How to enjoy Asian and European tea?

The development of the art of tea drinking in China and Japan has been raised to the level of the tea ceremony. The Chinese tea ceremony has the idea of ​​promoting people. The Japanese tea ceremony developed based on the principle of purity and simplicity, directing people to let go of all their worries and live in harmony with nature.

Around the middle of the 19th century, the Princess of Bedford was the one who invented tea parties and enjoyed cakes with friends who were duchess and princesses. Afternoon tea parties usually start between 4 and 5 pm. Today, afternoon tea is considered a hobby, a passion of the British.

Morocco is the largest consumer of mint tea. At first, it was a drink reserved for the aristocracy, now it is extremely popular. In Egypt, sugar and mint leaves are used to make traditional tea, while people in Russia prefer sweet tea and use it with jam or honey.

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India is the kingdom of spices. Indians drink black tea diluted with milk, sugar, honey, or jaggery and add cinnamon, ginger, star anise, cumin, pepper, nutmeg, and cloves.

Tea art of Vietnam is rustic, simple, pure and extremely delicate. Wood tea is marinated with natural flavors, each with its own unique flavor: lotus tea, jasmine tea, white jade tea (scented from five types of white flowers) ... Drinking Vietnamese tea, in addition to feeling the taste of tea, Enjoyers also feel the story of each type of tea. Famous tea brands of Vietnam must include Tan Cuong tea (Thai Nguyen), ancient Shan Tuyet tea, Giang stream (Yen Bai).

The future of tea    

Tea has become a popular drink in many countries. Depending on culture, interests, conditions, circumstances... people choose for themselves the most suitable and comfortable way to enjoy. One can choose tea ceremony, iced tea, or milk tea. One can also drink sweet tea like the Russians or salty tea like the Tibetans.

There are more and more generations of new tea drinkers, and as the world is more and more open, more and more people are traveling around the world, new ways of enjoying tea continue to be created, the future of tea is growing day by day the more open.

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It can be seen that tea is increasingly diverse and suitable for user tastes. In Huongmai, there are all kinds of tea, from traditional to modern. Not only tea products, we also have coffee products. If you have the opportunity to invite you to enjoy and can buy items as gifts for relatives and friends.

Huongmai Cafe hopes this article is useful to you and you have a reputable address to buy quality tea products in Vietnam market.