Tea Tea Drinking tea is not as much a culture to the Westerners as it is to the Chinese. Everywhere they go, drinking tea follows. The Chinese people were the first to discover tea leaves, and have therefore cultivated the habit of drinking tea for years.
Tea is an indispensable part of Chinese life.
Made from young and tender leaves of the tea tree, there are many different types of tea available based on the processing methods. Tea leaves are roasted and fermented. Through fermentation, the tea turns reddish brown in color. The time of roasting and degree of fermentation determines the fragrance that the tea leave will give out. Tea that has not been fermented is known as 'green tea'.