TEA

Tea is the most common beverage in the world.And it is also the oldest.It was about 5,000years ago that the chinese first started drinking tea not only to quench thirst but also to get their nerves stimulated.The British took to tea planting only 300 years ago.sri lanka received tea from the british.today many countries in the world grow tea.sri lanka,Burma,china,India and Japan are some of them.It’s also the main export of many countries of the world including sri lanka.The country which consumes the biggest quantity of tea issaid to be england.

~ by gayaninipunikara on March 8, 2008.