茶是一种常绿灌木或乔木,它的原产中心在从印度东北部延伸至中国中部之间的广大地区内。希利(Sealy)把茶分成两个大类:中国茶和阿萨姆茶。中国茶比阿萨姆茶更为耐寒,它是一种小叶灌木,可能发源于中国。希利认为茶在云南西南部是野生野长的。阿萨姆茶则是一种有着大且薄的叶子的乔木,它产於从阿萨姆地区开始,经过缅甸和印度支那到中国南部包括海南的广大温暖地带。但这两种茶之间可能有重叠,对他们之间是否有各自不同的起源,人们持有不同观点。最早的茶叶栽培地点也不明确,是在东南亚,或是在中国西南、西藏,还是在其他地区?人们不清楚茶叶的原始培植者是什么人。在古代中国,水看来是一般平民的日常饮用品。绝大多数从谷物中酿制成的饮料也会在聚餐、祭祀或其 Tea is an evergreen shrub or tree whose origin centers in a vast area extending from northeast India to central China. Sealy divided the tea into two major categories: Chinese tea and Assam tea. Chinese tea is more cold-tolerant than Assam, and it is a leaf-shrub that probably originated in China. Healey believes that tea is wild wild in the southwestern part of Yunnan. Assam tea is a tree with large, thin leaves that starts in the Assh region and passes through Myanmar and Indochina to the vast warmth of southern China, including Hainan. However, there may be overlap between the two kinds of tea, and people hold different opinions about whether they have different origins. The earliest tea cultivation sites are not clear either in Southeast Asia, in southwestern China, Tibet, or elsewhere? It is unclear who the original growers of tea are. In ancient China, water appeared to be a daily drink for ordinary civilians. The vast majority of beverages brewed from cereals are also served at the dinner, sacrifices or the like