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Tea production and brewing history in China.
In China the history of tea is divided into 4 periods
First period of tea history. Herb tea times (from 2700 to 206 B.C.)
Second period of tea history. Soup tea (from 206 B.C. to 618 A.D.)
Third period of tea history. Pure tea period (618 - 1368)
Fourth period of tea history. Loose-leaf tea period (1368 - to date)