Talk:Chinese herb tea

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Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article? One of the links to a source did not work for me. (Herbaktea.com/ Herbal Tea History)

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? I think the information is up to date, but there could be more information added, like the different types of teas.

cynthia mCmart35 (talk) 06:23, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

History

The history of herbal teas started in approximately 350 A.D due to the efforts of an individual named Lu Yu (陸羽) writing in Chinese upon a parchment scroll entitled ‘The Classic of Tea’ (茶經) that included information regarding the cultivation, processing, and uses of tea. But the first cup of tea have been born in an accident thousands of years earlier: It is recorded that, in 2737 B.C, there was a Chinese Emperor named Shen-Nung (神農) who was boiling some water — a commonly practiced method used to purify water — whereupon some leaves from a nearby bush unexpectedly blew into the pot. He, however, did not see that occured and covered the pot while the leaves still floated in the water. Subsequently, smelling the scent of the brew, he became curious and tasted it. This became the first born of teas, evolving over the centuries into the herbal and medicinal teas of today. Shen-Nung also wrote a book entitled ‘Shénnóng Běn Cǎo Jīng’ (神農本草經). The book stated that "Shennong tasted hundreds of herb, he encountered seventy two poisons daily and used tea as an antidote". The book also includes various uses and function of herbs. comments=writer should write more information about how Chiness herb tea developed and inheritance and protection by generations. Chiness herb tea paly an improtant role in Hongkong, Drinking herbal tea is a traditional habit in Chinese Lingnan region, included Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou area, started since the 19th century.The development of Chinese herbal tea culture has been correlated to history of Hong Kong. Mr. Cheng Po Hung, the Honorary Adviser of Hong Kong Museum of History, stated that Chinese herbal teas had already existed since the time that Hong Kong was opened for trade. From the 19th century to the late 20th century, Hong Kong people valued Chinese medicine. It was common that people would try to prevent illness by drinking herbal tea before seeking medical advices. In the past, colonial government did not permit local Chinese go to Western medical doctors while local Chinese did not trust Western medicine. People started to seek for Western medical advice after the establishment of Tung Wah Hospital in 1872. Chinese herbal tea had been the main reliance of healthcare among Hong Kong people in former days. Many herbal tea shops in Hong Kong are family business but there are still several chain stores. The development of herbal tea shops is often begun with founder created curative formulas. Descendants will follow the basic ingredients, materials’ proportion and cooking method to manufacture their own herbal teas. The family business will then pass from one generation to another while the formula is always kept in secret because herbal tea shops are often operating in a small scale. Therefore, each herbal tea shop owns its unique formulas of herbal teas differentiating from the others. Wariter should notice how to write reference in formal way.

References

User=Jiaxin He 17:54, 20 August 2018(UTC)

My edit

It is a nice article, i just give some suggestions about Chinese herbal tea. At the beginning of the article, it mentioned that “There are many kinds of cooling tea. Different kinds of tea are purported to cure or relieve a variety of diseases. Some teas are consumed to alleviate sore throats, some for flu, and others for a number of ailments.” I think it should introduced some kinds of herbal tea simply, i searched some information for it.There are 3 common kinds of herbal tea, traditional herbal tea, herbal tea for health care and popular herbal tea. They have many differences, Traditional herbal tea is dark brown color and tastes bitter, it also has long history in china, the prescriptions usually are folk. Health herbal tea is different from traditional herbal tea. Its taste is sweet and cool, and it is good for health. The popular herbal tea refers to the popular freshly squeezed vegetable juices, which are not only colorful, sweet, but also benefit for beauty.

Below the function category, it mentioned that "The natural herbal teas in China have been used to help boost health of human bodies physically and mentally and also heal or prevent illness that are the main aspects of health benefits and medical uses for Chinese."

I thinks this sentence does not have reliable reference, it may exaggerate the functions of the herbal tea. It is good for health, but it needs reliable reference to prove that.I want to add one citation for this sentence. In this citation, it clearly proofed why herbal tea is good for health. Moreover, Herbal tea also divided in different functions, which should categorize in the function subtitle, there are 4 kinds of functional herbal tea, they are for clearing heat and moistening dryness, Heat-Clearing and Detoxifying, treatments for cold and clearing heat and expelling dampness.

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Yuweihua666 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 10:39, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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Modernization==

Traditional Business Mode===

The traditional business mode of herb tea was selling on four-wheel trolleys that raise a glass lamp. Two large teapots were installed on the trolley and many teacups and stands were placed in front of the frame. In the impression, there was usually an old man who wore short blouse and pants peddling continuously. After the baptism of decades, the old traditional hawking model has been eliminated.

Modern Business Mode===

Currently, many herb tea companies adopt one stop management that covers the production and sales. This management strategy emphasis on standardized and specialized chain management as well as strict quality control. These modern production lines and complete sterilized facilities have fully replaced the old-fashioned crock and form the modern business model of herb tea.

Variety Choices of Herb Tea===

Besides modern business mode, the essence and effectiveness of herb tea are the most important elements in operating a successful herb tea enterprise. According to the modern dietary habits, enterprises improve those traditional recipes according to different seasons. They produce more than a dozen varieties of herb tea, such as Fructus Cannabis (火麻仁), that are suitable for those who dislike the bitter taste. In addition, as to further expand its consumer base, herb teas are produced in paper cartons, which are more convenient for the customer.

Youth Emphasis on Health Care===

Herbal tea has a long history in China. It also known as medicinal herbal tea, which is a kind of tea-soup made from purely Chinese medicinal herbs in Guangdong. The drink is made to drive away the heat inside the human body in summer or to cure the sore throat caused by dryness in winter and other illnesses. Youngsters receive these traditions and messages from their families and we can now observe that many customers are young people. Besides, with increasing occurrence of cardiovascular diseases and cancers in the younger age group, more people are concerned about health care issues and thereby stimulate their consumption.

Modernization illustrated by “Wong Lo Kat Herbal Tea”===

There is a brand of herbal tea in china called “Wong Lo Kat Herbal Tea” launched by Wang Zebang from Heshan in 1828. In the very beginning, Chinese herbal tea can only provided by shops on the street. Traditionally, when someone orders, the herbal tea would be served in a traditional bowl, and the customers would need to finish it before leaving. As Chinese herbal tea become more popular, the demand became way higher than the supply. This is because preparing a Chinese herbal tea needs couple of hours. Obviously, it cannot fulfill the demand of the market immediately. This mode of production needed a change. After that, Wang Zebang had a new idea, he decided to sell prepacked herbal tea bag. Customers could buy the herbal tea bag and boil it themselves. This was the initial stage in industrializing Chinese herbal tea.

The rapid development of modern technology has brought considerable changes to the production of Chinese herbal tea. Chinese herbal tea began to be produced in granulated form (涼茶精) which is easy to be serve with no need to boil for a couple hours before serving, instead simply dissolved in boiling water. Producing Chinese herbal tea in such a fashion became standard. Later, “Wong Lo Kat" invented another new way to sell Chinese herbal tea - in canned form. In 1990s and 2000s, Chinese herbal tea was bottled, canned or boxed by some herbal tea specialists and was sold in supermarkets in Asia and overseas as fewer and fewer families have time to make them at home. The modernization of herbal tea has change its market, now reaching a global market. Its sales cover nearly 20 countries, including China, the US, Canada and France etc. There’s a wide variety of cool herbal tea drinks to choose, such as mulberry and chrysanthemum drink, lotus leaf drink and fresh lotus root drink etc.

--Jytdog (talk) 13:50, 22 October 2018 (UTC)