Tea usage in China

It is said that the Chinese discovered and utilized tea for at least four thousand years. Around the 5th century AD during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Chinese tea began to be exported to neighboring Southeast Asian countries and other parts of Asia. In the 10th century, Mongolian caravans came to China to engage in trade, and Chinese brick tea was brought to Central Asia via Siberia. Tea was brought to Europe by the Dutch in the 17th century, and the British brought the fashion of drinking tea to America and Australia, spreading it throughout the world.中国人发现并利用茶，据说至少有四千多年。大约在公元5世纪南北朝时，中国的茶叶就开始陆续输出至东南亚邻国及亚洲其他地区。10世纪时，蒙古商队来华从事贸易，中国砖茶经西伯利亚带至中亚。17世纪茶由荷兰人带到欧洲，英国人又把喝茶的时尚带到美洲、澳洲，传播到全世界。

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