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The Comparison of Chinese Tea Culture and Western coffee Culture
Nowadays, more and more people enjoying hang out with their friends with drinking tea or coffee. As we know, tea and coffee are standing two different culture between Chinese and western countries. Although two cultures are totally different, but lots of Chinese are willing to drinking coffee every day and many foreigners are enjoying drinking tea. Difference cultures do not mean that we can’t enjoy it. On the other hand, we can learn the good part from other cultures and make good use in it. Now let me give you some brief introduction of tea and coffee, and then tell you the common and difference part between them.
Brief introduction and values of Chinese tea culture
China is the homeland of tea and tea, the nation drink of our Chinese, enjoys a long history. The development of the tea stands for a culture, which shows the characteristics of Chinese people. While references to tea in Chinese literature go back approximately 5,000 years, the origin of tea's use as a beverage is unclear. Originally, tea was valued for its medicinal qualities. Take green tea for example. Green tea is widely used in China and respected for their medicinal properties by people seeking alternative or complementary medical approaches all over the world. Moreover a simple beverage to billions of people, this most basic drink consumed daily is also an herb with medicinal applications. That drink is green tea is made from the dried leaves of a perennial evergreen shrub called camellia sinensis. Interestingly camella sinensis is the origin of three major types of tea: Green tea, black tea, and oolong tea. Green tea contains polyphenols which are substances rich in antioxidants, which have anti-inflammatory properties. It has long been known that tea aids in digestion, which is why many Chinese prefer to consume it after their meal.
Brief introduction and values of western coffee culture
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Nowadays, more and more people enjoying hang out with their friends with drinking tea or coffee. As we know, tea and coffee are standing two different culture between Chinese and western countries. Although two cultures are totally different, but lots of Chinese are willing to drinking coffee every day and many foreigners are enjoying drinking tea. Difference cultures do not mean that we can’t enjoy it. On the other hand, we can learn the good part from other cultures and make good use in it. Now let me give you some brief introduction of tea and coffee, and then tell you the common and difference part between them.
Brief introduction and values of Chinese tea culture
China is the homeland of tea and tea, the nation drink of our Chinese, enjoys a long history. The development of the tea stands for a culture, which shows the characteristics of Chinese people. While references to tea in Chinese literature go back approximately 5,000 years, the origin of tea's use as a beverage is unclear. Originally, tea was valued for its medicinal qualities. Take green tea for example. Green tea is widely used in China and respected for their medicinal properties by people seeking alternative or complementary medical approaches all over the world. Moreover a simple beverage to billions of people, this most basic drink consumed daily is also an herb with medicinal applications. That drink is green tea is made from the dried leaves of a perennial evergreen shrub called camellia sinensis. Interestingly camella sinensis is the origin of three major types of tea: Green tea, black tea, and oolong tea. Green tea contains polyphenols which are substances rich in antioxidants, which have anti-inflammatory properties. It has long been known that tea aids in digestion, which is why many Chinese prefer to consume it after their meal.
Brief introduction and values of western coffee culture
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