How tea was traveled throughout the world

By the late 20th century, tea became the universal beverage through out the world. Long time ago, tea left its homeland of Southern part of China, expanded to Yungui where had a first contact with Han people. Han people started the habit of drinking tea and established the tea culture. Let's call the path tea was going through for "Tea Road". Tea road was started Hubei and to West of Hunan, where the tea culture was burn. Tea traveled through the Changjiang, and transported to Suchuang, then moved to Jiangnang before coming to Japan. Tea culture was also born in Yunnan. As tea industry gets larger, more tea was transported to Tibet, Guangtong, then to Southeast Asia. (Old tea road) The capital of Hubei province "Wo-han" as a starting point. Tea was transported to Changan in North, and then to Mongolia and to Syberia. This old tea road was used during the Han dynasty, and also used during the Qing dynasty. (Tea road on Silk road) Silk road was also used for transporting tea to eastern countries of China, and eastern region in China. Tea was widely drank by the people live in the desert. (Tea road crossing the ocean) Tea was shipped to Europe and North America in the Modern age.

(Satoru Matsushita)