Why do the Chinese drink tea?

🌱 Why do the Chinese drink tea?

🍃 It actually has to do with the Chinese theory of the five elements - wood, metal, fire, water, and earth:
木 金 火 水 土

🍃 Tea comes from a plant - Camellia sinensis - the Tea Leaf Tree - that is used to make all true teas: green, black, white, and oolong. The Tea Tree contains the element of wood (木) 🌳

🍃 When it's roasted in a cast-iron pan, it gains the element of metal (金)

🍃 Then it's dried over fire, adding the element of fire (火) 🔥

🍃 When it's brewed with boiling water, the element of water enters (水) 💦

🍃 Finally, tea is poured into a clay vessel, symbolizing the element of earth (土) 🍯

🍃 In this way, all five elements - wood, metal, fire, water, and earth - come together in a single cup.

🍃 The plant grows slowly and can thrive in containers or frost-free gardens with sun to semi-shade.

🛒 Grow your own tea

📚 Learn more from previous posts:

Tea facts
How to grow your own tea?
Where does the tea come from?
Instructions how to make tea from tea leaves (PDF)

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