Why do you start drinking tea? (2026 Update)

Feb 08, 2011 Last reply: 21 hours ago 9 Replies

Why do you start drinking tea? Some people are attractive by the tea aroma and some others believe tea is health and good for their body. Today tea has become second popular beverage in the world. (The first one is water)



In China, tea was not only aware and used in the long history but also tea cultivation and tea plucking. However, why should Chinese start drinking tea? How does the formation of drinking habits?


1, The sacrifice: The theory is that the tea and some other plant was first used as a sacrifice, and later found tea is harmless to eat. In doing so, it was "by the sacrifice, and fresh vegetables, and medicinal" eventually become the drink.


2, Medicine: The theory is that the tea "was originally used as medicine into the human society." "Shen Nong Herbs (神農本草 經) by" wrote: "Shen Nong tasted hundred herbs. One day, he had seventy- two toxics and then detoxicated by tea. <img class="aligncenter" title="Shennong" src="http:// upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Shennong3.jpg" alt="" width="459" height="426" />



3, Food: It is very easy to understand that the ancient Chinese start eating tea leaf as one kind of vegetables and then become drinking it.


4, Synchronization: The first use of tea may be used as chewing of food ,as a roast to cook the food and then become gradually spice drink. Comparison of these methods and accumulation eventually developed into the habit of drinking tea.



No matter what theory you agree with, welcome to this wonderful tea world. Cheers!


I started by substituting tea, which I could drink without additives, for coffee, which needed a sweetener and a huge amount of saturated fat. Toci

I drank tea since I was like 9 years old. It was bc I drank chamomille tea for inflammation. Coffee when I was like 19 bc everyone at my job drank coffee and I grabbed a cup one day that I was stressed out. I dont really drink it anymore. Just when i want to.

I think I was about 17 or so when I started drinking tea...

Hi Chih Ting,

Taking the time to drink tea is one of the great thing I like. I find in tea pleasure, quietness, relaxation. For both body and soul. I like balanced teas with qi.

I was brought up with tea. My whole family was always drinking tea. A cuppa at breakfast and one after dinner during the week. On weekends it'd be breakfast, mid-morning, lunch, mid afternoon and post dinner. Now as an adult I must drink at least 5 cups a day at the office, I couldn't really think of life without tea...

I ever take tea in cold season never in Hot season by the way i like tea too much

I Start Tea. Because I Loved to Drink tea in Winter weather. Tea is also hand for reduce tension purpose..

i like tea some times

i mostly like to drink coffee

I started to drink tea as a calming drink before bed and when I wake up in the morning. I find that a mint or chamomile tea before bed is soothing, and in the morning a red tea is a good substitute for coffee.

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