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Tea originated in China, and its discovery is one of China’s greatest contributions to world civilization.

A Classic of Tea was written around CE 760 by Lu Yu (733-804), a native of Jingling, located in modern-day Hubei Province. It is the first monograph on tea, and became popular for its systematic and comprehensive research from the perspective of both the natural and social aspects of tea. It has laid the solid foundation for a uniquely Chinese culture of tea that has fascinated the rest of the world for more than a thousand years. As a result, Lu Yu is known as the “Sage of Tea” in China and around the world. All texts on tea in all languages draw upon Lu Yu’s work as the foundational primer of tea culture as it is known today.

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