Story of tea. Go Back Explain next part of story views 3:30 Children let’s learn about the tea History. How and when did people first begin to drink tea? It is an amusing story from Chinese legends. It is said that Emperor Shennong, the father of Chinese agriculture and medicine, was on his travels. A servant was boiling some water for the emperor to drink. Just then, a few leaves from a nearby tree blew into the boiling water. The water immediately changed colour. On drinking the water, the emperor was amazed by the rich flavour and the refreshing quality of the resulting infusion. Excited by the unknown plant and it’s amazing flavour, he carried out further investigations, and discovered that tea had many healing and restorative properties and could also be used as an antidote to certain poisons. So children this was the story of tea according to Chinese people. Here let’s do some chapter recap. Let’s see how much you remember the story. We will have a question answer session. My first question is; Teacher Q): 1) How is tea the beverage made? Student A): It is made by brewing or boiling the leaves and shoot of a plant in water. Teacher Q): 2) How is tea that is packed and sold to us made? Student A): The leaves are at first dried, cured and processed before they are packed and sold to us. Teacher Q):3) What is the botanical name of tea?(extra) Student A): Camellia sinensis. Teacher Q): 4) where are tea estates located? Student A): Many of the world’s best tea estates are located on hill slopes at elevations of up to 1500 meters. Teacher Q): 5) Why are tea plants pruned? Student A): Tea plants are pruned to enable easy plucking of the leaves. Introduction and Explanation Explain next half of the story Explain next part of story Activity of question answer Explain next part of story Activity of question answer Question and answer Activity of difficult words.