Besides water, green tea is the most consumed beverage in the world. It is estimated that over one-half of the world’s population drinks tea in some form. Although England and other Northern European countries share a liking for tea with the rest of the world, they don’t actually call it by the same word. It is instead called “cha”, the Chinese word for it.
Chinese history attributes the origin of the drink cha to one King Shen Nong, also known as the father of agriculture and medicine. It was decreed by this king that for health reasons his subjects would have to boil water before drinking it. One day as Shen Nong sat in the shade of a tea tree while boiling water to drink, a light breeze blew some of the tea leaves into the kettle. When he decided to try a sip of this infusion, he marveled at its delicious taste and at once also felt invigorated. Tea had been invented! King Shen Nong then recommended it to his subjects, declaring that tea gives vigor to the body, contentment to the mind, and determination of purpose.
In short, tea is actually a stimulant drink just like coffee.
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