One
____________________
claims
that
the
____________________
of
tea
occurred
in
2737
BC
by
the
____________________
of
China
.
For
several
hundred
years
,
people
drank
____________________
because
of
its
herbal
____________________
qualities
.
By
the
time
of
the
Western
Zhou
Dynasty
,
tea
was
used
as
a
religious
offering
.
During
the
Han
____________________
(
202
BC
?
220
AD
)
,
tea
plants
were
quite
____________________
and
only
royalty
and
the
rich
drank
tea
not
only
for
their
health
but
also
for
the
____________________
.
As
more
tea
plants
were
discovered
during
the
Tang
Dynasty
(
618
?
907
)
,
tea
drinking
____________________
more
common
among
lower
classes
and
the
Chinese
____________________
supported
planting
of
tea
plants
and
even
the
building
of
tea
shops
so
everyone
could
enjoy
tea
.
