The Chinese people, in their drinking of tea, place much significance on the act of savoring. Savoring tea is not only a way to discern good tea from mediocre tea, but also how people take delight in their reverie and in tea-drinking itself. That is all.
TheCultureofTheChineseTea-"Whenaguestcomestomyhomefromfarawayonacoldnight,Ilightbambootoboilteatoofferhim."—AncientChinesepoemChinaisthehomecountryoftea.BeforetheTangDynasty