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According (a)   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 (a)   usual when dried leaves from a nearby bush fell into it and turned the water brown.

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

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The drinking (a)   tea soon spread throughout Chinese, and later Japanese, society.

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In Japan, it became (a)   complicated art form called 'Tea Ceremony'.

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

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This required years of training (a)   practice.

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Tea first arrived (a)   Europe around the sixteenth century.

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At first tea was very expensive, so only (a)   very wealthy could afford it.

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But as larger amounts were imported, it slowly got cheaper and (a)   part of the European way of life.

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The first tea didn't reach England (a)   around 1650.

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But tea was (a)   popular that it wasn't long before it became the national drink!