Shennong in Podcasts
personA Chinese emperor and herbalist who, according to legend, first discovered tea by accident when a leaf drifted into boiling water.
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Why do British people love tea? (from Here For The History)
Now legend has it, 5,000 years ago, revered Chinese emperor and herbalist, Shennong, was relaxing under a camellia sinensis tree as his servants prepared some boiling water to be drunk.