The
story
of
tea
began
in
China
over
5000
years
ago
.
A
legend
talks
about
the
____________________
of
China
,
Shen
Nung
,
who
was
also
a
____________________
scientist
.
One
summer
day
when
he
was
visiting
a
____________________
____________________
part
of
his
country
,
he
stopped
to
rest
.
His
servants
made
a
bonfire
and
began
to
boil
water
for
the
Emperor
to
drink
.
Some
leaves
from
a
____________________
bush
fell
into
the
boiling
water
and
the
water
turned
light
brown
.
As
a
scientist
,
the
Emperor
was
interested
in
the
new
____________________
.
He
decided
to
try
some
and
found
it
delicious
and
____________________
.
And
so
tea
was
born
.
From
China
and
India
,
tea
was
imported
to
Europe
.
The
Portuguese
and
the
Dutch
were
the
first
to
try
the
new
drink
.
In
Britain
,
tea
only
became
popular
about
350
years
ago
when
King
Charles
II
married
the
Portuguese
Princess
Catherine
of
Braganza
.
Catherine
loved
drinking
tea
and
soon
the
whole
country
____________________
.
Tea
was
very
expensive
at
first
.
It
was
a
luxury
-
only
for
rich
people
to
enjoy
.
The
famous
British
"
afternoon
tea
"
was
invented
by
Anna
,
the
____________________
of
Bedford
,
in
1840
.
In
the
old
days
,
the
English
only
had
two
meals
a
day
-
breakfast
and
dinner
.
So
every
afternoon
Duchess
Anna
got
a
little
hungry
.
She
asked
for
some
tea
and
sandwiches
.
Some
time
earlier
,
the
____________________
of
Sandwich
had
the
idea
of
putting
meat
and
cheese
between
two
slices
of
bread
,
making
a
new
type
of
food
-
the
sandwich
.
Duchess
Anna
started
sending
cards
to
her
friends
asking
them
to
join
her
for
"
tea
and
walking
the
meadows
"
at
5
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
.
Duchess
Anna's
tea
parties
became
very
popular
.
____________________
,
we
drink
almost
____________________
the
same
tea
today
that
Emperor
Shen
Nung
drank
the
day
he
discovered
it
.
Tea
comes
from
a
plant
called
Camellia
sinensis
.
It
grows
in
China
,
India
,
Sri
Lanka
,
Indonesia
,
Kenya
and
Argentina
.
This
is
the
only
plant
from
which
"
real
"
tea
is
made
.
All
other
hot
drinks
that
we
call
"
tea
"
(
like
raspberry
tea
and
peppermint
tea
)
are
really
just
fruits
or
____________________
and
hot
water
.
____________________
____________________
and
tea
bags
were
invented
in
America
.
In
1904
there
was
a
big
____________________
____________________
in
St
.
Louis
.
A
man
called
Richard
Blechynden
,
a
____________________
____________________
owner
,
offered
his
tea
to
visitors
.
It
was
a
very
hot
day
and
no
one
wanted
a
hot
drink
,
so
Blechynden
got
a
big
bag
of
ice
and
poured
it
into
the
tea
pot
.
Ice
tea
was
born
and
became
the
biggest
hit
of
the
fair
.
