茶是世界三大饮料之一。至少有三分之一的地球人饮茶、用茶。“茶之为饮,发乎于神农。”国人饮茶、用茶的历史,可上溯到河姆渡文化时期,距今至少有七千年。饮茶思源,那么茶叶作为一个物种,最早起源于哪里?自十九世纪二十年代以来的近200年间,至少有三种不尽相同的说法:——1824年,英国人布鲁士在印度阿萨姆发现一处野生茶树群落,其中最高的一株约13米,径围不到1米,树龄不过150年。布鲁士以此为据向全世界宣称阿萨姆就是世界茶叶的发源地。 Tea is one of the world’s three major drinks. At least one-third of the world’s people drink tea and tea. “Tea for drinking, made in Shennong. ” People drink tea, the history of tea can be traced back to Hemudu culture period, dating back at least seven thousand years. Tea origins, then the tea as a species, the earliest origins? Since the 1920s nearly 200 years, at least three different terms: - 1824, the British Bruce in India Sam found a wild tea tree community, of which the highest one about 13 meters, diameter less than 1 meter, but the age of 150 years. Based on this, Bruce declared to the world that Assam is the birthplace of tea in the world.