Tea and tea drinking: China's outstanding contributions to the mankind

• Main Authors: Si-Yuan Pan (Author), Qu Nie (Author), Hai-Chuan Tai (Author), Xue-Lan Song (Author), Yu-Fan Tong (Author), Long- (Author), Xue-Wei Wu (Author), Zhao-Heng Lin (Author), Yong-Yu Zhang (Author), Du-Yun Ye (Author), Yi Zhang (Author), Xiao-Yan Wang (Author), Pei-Li Zhu (Author), Zhu-Sheng Chu (Author), Zhi-Ling Yu (Author), Chun Liang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Tea trees originated in southwest China 60 million or 70 million years ago. Written records show that Chinese ancestors had begun drinking tea over 3000 years ago. Nowadays, with the aging of populations worldwide and more people suffering from non-communicable diseases or poor h...