Does tea belong to food or agricultural products?

Tea, commonly known as tea, generally includes leaves and buds of tea trees. [1] alias tea, long (Jimmy), Ming tea and long (Chumi). [2] Tea contains catechin, cholesterol ketone, caffeine, inositol, folic acid and pantothenic acid, which is beneficial to health. Tea beverage made of tea is one of the three major beverages in the world. Tea originated in China and was originally used as a sacrifice.

However, it was used as food from the late Spring and Autumn Period, developed into medicine in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, developed into a high-grade palace drink in the late Western Han Dynasty, and spread to the people as a common drink after the Western Jin Dynasty. The earliest remains of artificially planted tea were found in Tianluoshan site in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, with a history of more than 6,000 years. Tea drinking began in China.

Tea introduction

The leaves are leathery, oblong or oval, and can be directly soaked in boiling water. They are divided into six categories according to varieties, production methods and product shapes. According to seasons, it can be divided into spring tea, summer tea, autumn tea and winter tea. Various kinds of crude tea or refined tea are reprocessed to form added tea, including scented tea, pressed tea, extracted tea, medicinal health tea, tea food and tea beverage.

More than 6,000 years ago, ancestors living in Luo Tian, Yuyao, Zhejiang Province began to plant tea trees. Luo Tian is the earliest place where tea trees were planted artificially in China. After the Qin Dynasty unified China, it promoted the economic exchange between Sichuan and other regions, and tea planting and drinking gradually spread from Sichuan. First spread to the Yangtze River basin.