Tea

Tea stand in the 2nd place after water as the most consume beverage in the world. Tea has played a improtant role for Asia and Europe culture. In China tea already recorded use in history before first millenium, and become a national beverage for a century. Tea then spread to neighbor country like Korea, Japan, India, Britain, Arab etc. And now almost every country in this world consume Tea as a beverage.

Tea Culture

When tea start to spread to Asia and Europe, it create different culture for serving and drinking a tea. Tea very related to art, meditation and health in most country in Asia such as China, Japan and Korea.

In Japan, first tea was bought by a returning Buddhist priest name Yeisei who have seen the value of tea in China in enchacing meditation. Consumption of tea later spread to people and become culture. In Japan, Tea ceremony mean to discipline the mind, it can last for four hours just for drinking and enjoying a tea.

In Korea, Tea ceremony different from tea ceremony in Japan. In Japan, tea was served under code of ritualism, so every gesture is important when serving and drinking tea. Koreans feel it is important to stay nature while drinking a tea.

In UK, tea usually served with cookies sometimes add with milk. Some people hold that pouring a milk first before tea should make it tastes great.

In Marocco tea known as Maroccan Tea served with rich tea cockies, fresh mint and local brown sugar. This has became a culture in Marocco and tea was used widely at almost every meal.