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The story of tea began over 5,000 years _____ in ancient China.

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According _______ legend, an early emperor, Shen Nung, required all drinking water to be boiled as a health precaution.

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One day, when he had stopped to rest during a long journey, his servants were boiling the water ____ usual when dried leaves from a nearby bush fell into it and turned the water brown.

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_______________ the emperor was curious by nature, he drank some of this new liquid and found it very refreshing.

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The drinking _______ tea soon spread throughout Chinese, and later Japanese, society.

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In Japan, it became ______ complicated art form called 'Tea Ceremony'.

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The most important aspect of this was that the tea should be served _____ the most polite, graceful and charming manner possible.

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This required years of training _____ practice.

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Tea first arrived _______ Europe around the sixteenth century.

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At first tea was very expensive, so only ____ very wealthy could afford it.