Best Tea and Honey Loose Leaf Tea, the Oldest Brew
The Chinese legend goes thusly: the Emperor was in a parkland, resting and dealing with a headache. When he had these headaches, one thing that made him feel better was to sip hot water. On this lovely autumn afternoon, as the ruler sat in his park sipping, a few leaves from a nearby tree fell into his drink. Before he realized it, the Emperor had sipped a few drops. The leaves were from a nearby tea tree, and they had already released some of their flavor into the Emperor’s cup! The Emperor savored the taste of the tea, and then realized that his headache had vanished. He called for an investigation! By the next day, the ruler decreed that tea trees wold be planted and harvested for their leaves, and so was the tea industry born. In hearing this story, keep in mind that various emperors are usually credited with most of the discoveries of Chinese civilization. Almost certainly, villagers who lived near the native habitat of the tea tree first brewed the leaves millenia ago.