Legend of Shen Nong and tea

Shen Nong is one of the ancient Three Sovereigns and Yan Emperor, 2700 years BC According to legend, Shen Nong times before. Shen Nong To give medical treatment, often to the mountains to collect herbs remote places, he not only go a lot way, but also on the collection of herbs himself trying to experience, identify the functions of herbs.

One day, Shen Nong tasted in the herbs a poisonous grass, I felt very dry mouth and tongue numbness, dizziness, he quickly found a big tree and sat back, eyes closed rest. Then, a gust of wind blew the trees down a few slices of green leaves with fragrant, Shen Nong then picked two in his mouth and chew, did not expect an aroma arises spontaneously, suddenly felt his tongue fluid, spirits not just swept away. He felt so strange, so, then picked up several leaves closer observation, he found that the leaves of the leaf, leaf vein, leaf margin are different from ordinary trees. Shen Nong have collected some research with a back thin. Later, I put it the name "tea."