An Accidental Invention

Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), ________ by accident?

Many people believes that tea was first drunk nearly 5,000 years ago. ________ a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water ________ an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented. ________ thousand years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes how tea plants were ________ and used to make tea.

It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.