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The origin of the tea tree

China is not only the home of the tea tree, but also the first country in the world to have discovered the use of its leaves.Shen Nong is believed to be the legendary discoverer and cultivator of tea in about 3000 B.C. one day, it is said, while he was boiling water, some leaves of a tree dropped into his pot. The tree is later known as the tea tree.

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