History of tea in Asia The Chinese are the first to discover tea, and in China are most varieties

of tea. Tea has been used as a medicinal beverage to promote health in mind and body for five millennia. The slightestreference to tea as a health aid is a. 2737 C. The tea was an expensive drink in ancient China. Its use was limited to theaffluent segments of the population. Only in the Ming dynasty after the fall of the Mongol Empire, the taking of tea spread to the populace. When China was the world's naval power (1405-1433), tea was among the indispensable provisions of the sailors. The amount of vitamin C in the drink of tea consumed by sailors at that time was sufficient to prevent scurvy, which kill manyEuropean sailors for over 200 years later