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Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by a? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese rcalled Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was bdrinking water over an open fire, some leaves from a tea plant dinto the water and rthere for some time. It produced a nice sso he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world's favorite drinks was i.

A few thousand years later, Luyu, the saint of tea, mShen Nong in his book Chajing. The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also dwhere the finest tea leaves were pand what kinds of water were used.