Question
What are the various legends regarding the origin of tea?
Solution
It is said that tea was discovered in China. There was a Chinese emperor who always boiled water before drinking it. Once a few leaves of the twigs burning under the pot fell into the water. When the emperor drank it, he found it had a delicious flavour. They came to be known as tea leaves.
The Indian legend says that a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids as he felt sleepy during the meditation. Later, ten tea plants grew up from there. The leaves of these plants when put in hot water and drunk banished sleep.
