Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world. 【小题1】 Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then.

China is the home of tea. In ancient China, tea was used as a kind of medicine. 【小题2】

【小题3】 Thanks to the mild climate(气候) and rich soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces.

The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like “cha’i” in Russian. 【小题4】

Over the past centuries, the Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is also popular in some sayings, like “A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea.” 【小题5】