Study on Origin and Development of the Scented Tea
Scented tea has a long history,and its origin can be traced back to the tea drinking life before the recorded tea history in China.Its development has experienced the way of tea drinking with flavoring in the Tang Dynasty and earlier,the pro-duction of tea cakes with spices since the Song Dynasty,and the development of scented tea made by scenting fragrant flowers in the late Ming Dynasty.Since the Qing Dynasty,there have been three traditional scented tea producing areas,Suzhou,Guangzhou and Fuzhou,which have occupied an important position in the history of modern tea development in China,providing a large number of tea commodities for the domestic tea consumption market and playing an important role in the international tea market.After 1980s,with the development of regional economy and the change and development of industry,four new scented tea producing areas have emerged.The development and changes of the times,the decline of the old producing areas and the e-mergence of new producing areas provide methods and ideas for the development of the scented tea industry.
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