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    Thousands of years ago in China, tea became popular because it was used for its medicinal properties. Myths surrounding its origins and health benefits spread its popularity. Tea was traded as bricks and used as currency, aiding its spread. By the 6th century, tea reached Japan and religious significance increased its importance. Tea then spread to other Asian countries and Europe in the 17th century. Tea remains popular due to its affordability, variety of flavors, and potential health benefits. It is both stimulating and relaxing, with modern research supporting its benefits.

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    Thousands of years ago in China, tea became popular because it was used for its medicinal properties. Myths surrounding its origins and health benefits spread its popularity. Tea was traded as bricks and used as currency, aiding its spread. By the 6th century, tea reached Japan and religious significance increased its importance. Tea then spread to other Asian countries and Europe in the 17th century. Tea remains popular due to its affordability, variety of flavors, and potential health benefits. It is both stimulating and relaxing, with modern research supporting its benefits.

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    Thousands of years ago in China, tea became popular because it was used for its medicinal properties. Myths surrounding its origins and health benefits spread its popularity. Tea was traded as bricks and used as currency, aiding its spread. By the 6th century, tea reached Japan and religious significance increased its importance. Tea then spread to other Asian countries and Europe in the 17th century. Tea remains popular due to its affordability, variety of flavors, and potential health benefits. It is both stimulating and relaxing, with modern research supporting its benefits.

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    Paper 2

    Section 1
    Reading for Ideas
    Summary Writing
    Summary Writing: Time for Tea
    Read the passage and answer all the questions below in the order set.
    1 (a) Notes [15 marks]
    Identify and write down the reasons for the initial popularity of tea and the spread of tea
    drinking, and the reasons for the continuing popularity of tea. USE ONLY THE MATERIAL FROM
    PARAGRAPH 2 TO PARAGRAPH 6 INCLUSIVE. At this stage, you need NOT use your own words. To
    help you get started, the first point in each section of notes is done for you. You will be
    awarded up to 15 marks for content points.
    Reasons for the initial popularity of tea and the spread of tea drinking
    • It was used as a medicine
    1 After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world and, by the time you have
    read this passage, hundreds of thousands of cups of tea will have been drunk globally. But how
    many of us ever stop to consider the origins of tea or the reasons for its continuing popularity
    down through the ages?
    Summary Writing: Time for Tea
    Reasons for the initial popularity of tea and the spread of tea drinking
    2 There is plenty of evidence to show that tea was popular thousands of years ago in China
    because it was drunk for its medicinal properties. There were many myths surrounding the
    origins of tea and, as these myths spread, the popularity of tea increased. For example, one
    influential myth concerns Emperor Shennong: taking a sip from a bowl of boiling water into
    which some leaves from a nearby bush had been blown, he was pleasantly surprised by its
    flavour. This delicious drink began to be drunk as a stimulant because of its restorative powers;
    there’s no better pick-me-up than a good cup of tea. Use of tea for this purpose was supported
    by another myth about a prince who developed the habit of chewing leaves from the tea shrub
    in order to keep himself awake for prayer. Tea drinking spread when tea leaves were formed into
    the shape of bricks because they were easy to trade and transport; they were even used as a
    form of currency instead of metal coins. A book entitled ‘The Tea Classic’, written by scholar Lu
    Yu, was the single greatest influence in developing the popularity of tea in China. ‘The Tea
    Classic’ is fascinating to read, describing the weather conditions in which tea should be picked
    and even the best water to be used to make the drink.
    Summary Writing: Time for Tea
    Reasons for the initial popularity of tea and the spread of tea drinking

    3 By the 6th century, tea had spread to Japan, where at first it was the drink of the aristocracy,
    before becoming widely accessible to ordinary people when production grew. Tea in Japan took
    on religious significance with the Tea Ceremony, in which the making of tea expresses the quest
    for greatness in the smallest details of life. Thus, the link in Japan between tea and religious
    observance increased the importance and popularity of tea. Through time, tea drinking extended
    to other Asian countries, for example Vietnam, Korea and Taiwan.

    4 It was not until the 17th century that tea reached the West, when Dutch traders imported it
    from China. In addition, British merchants had been exporting goods to the East, but their ships
    returned empty; thus began a vigorous campaign in Britain to popularise tea among the ordinary
    people there to develop it as a profitable return cargo. In order to evade taxes, it was frequently
    smuggled into Britain; smuggled tea was cheaper than its legitimately imported equivalent, and
    its popularity increased.
    Summary Writing: Time for Tea
    Reasons for the continuing popularity of tea
    • Tea plants’ ability to replenish themselves makes it plentiful / keeps the cost down

    5 There are many reasons for the continuing popularity of tea. The ability of tea plants to
    replenish their leaves every week during the growing season means that there is always plenty
    available, which helps keep down the cost to the consumer. In addition, tea is highly receptive to
    absorbing the aromas of other plants. This may cause problems with transportation and storage,
    with the true flavour of the tea being adversely affected by other goods, but the advantage of
    the ability of tea leaves to absorb other aromas allows for an almost endless range of scented
    and flavoured teas, such as vanilla and caramel. Moreover, the development of mixing different
    types of tea, called blending, makes it possible to obtain better tasting tea at lower prices. Then
    came the invention of tea bags, which led to the ‘quick cuppa’. Although connoisseurs of tea
    complain that tea bags contain merely the waste products of high quality tea, and that their
    small size does not allow the leaves to diffuse properly, it cannot be denied that tea bags have
    made tea accessible and cheap.
    Summary Writing: Time for Tea

    Reasons for the continuing popularity of tea

    6 As well as being a stimulant because of its caffeine content, a cup of tea is considered by
    millions to be wonderfully relaxing. Perhaps the best explanation of this paradox is that the very
    act of making tea has a soothing effect on us. Modern medical studies support the claim that tea
    has a beneficial effect on health, reducing our chances of heart disease, and providing immunity
    against certain intestinal disorders. Furthermore, because it contains fluoride, tea even prevents
    dental decay. Such scientific data was beyond the knowledge of Emperor Shennong, but it seems
    that he was right to have been impressed by what he stumbled upon all those centuries ago.
    Summary Writing: Time for Tea

    (b) Summary [5 marks]

    Now use your notes to write a summary of the reasons for the initial popularity of tea and the
    spread of tea drinking, and the reasons for the continuing popularity of tea.
    This time, you will be awarded up to 5 marks for using your own words wherever possible and
    for accurate use of language. Your summary, which must be in continuous writing (not note
    form), must be no longer than 160 words, including the 10 words given below.
    Begin your summary as follows:

    Thousands of years ago in China, tea became popular because........................................................

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