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Point Of Origin



Green Tea, Chinese tea, and the black tea from India or Sri Lanka are all made with leaves from the same bush, Camellia sinensis.










Harvest Time


The Taepyongyang company's tea plantations at Boseong employ dozens of women during the brief tea-picking season between April and June.










Formal Ceremony



Holding their cups in both hands, first admire the color, then inhale the fragrance, then drink and savor the aftertaste.










Tools of the Trade


Korean potters copy some of the country's finest ancient pottery to create a Korean style of tea service.




To know more about green tea, visit: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/index.kto

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Green Tea is increasingly popular worldwide, and Korean green tea is the best there is. Yet almost no-one seems to have heard of it.



The drinking of tea (cha) was introduced to Korea and Japan around 7th centuries AD by Buddhist monks from China. Over the following centuries, tea drinking remained closely linked with Buddhism; when a new dynasty, the Joseon, took control of the Korean peninsula in the 14th century and decided to break the power of Buddhism, the tradition was almost completely lost. In the 19th century the Buddhist monk Cho Ui, followed by Hyodang in the 20th century, led revivals that are only now beginning to bear fruit.

To know more about green tea, visit: http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/index.kto


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