Tea

The history of tea goes back more than 5000 years. Lu Yu wrote the most famous tea book called Ch'a Ching, translated as the The Tea Classic. He attributed the discovery of tea to Shen Nung, a 28th century BC emperor. He was watching water boiling for his supper when a leaf of the Camellia Sinensis bush blew into his pot. Shen Nung liked the aroma and tasted the infusion....the practice of drinking tea was born. He told his people, according to Lu Yu, "Tea gives one vigour of body, contentment of mind, and determination of purpose, when taken over a long period of time." After 5000 years of tea drinking, modern medical researchers are making the same conclusions.

At The Great Galena Peddlery we started with about four or five types of tea and have now grown to over a hundred. We have seen a lot of interest in green and white teas in the last several years, as soon as the articles on the health benifits started appearing in the popular press.