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SimilaritiesbetweenChineseteacultureandwesterncoffeeculture1.CulturesbothwithalonghistoryChineseteahasalonghistoryaboutfivethousandsyearsandcoffeeculturehasalsodevelopedoveronethousandyears.Bothteaandcoffeehavebecometherepresentativesoftheeasternandthewesternculture.2.CommonsocialfunctionsInChina,whenaguestcomes,peopleusuallymakeacupofteainsteadofotherdrinkstoshowtheirpassion.Andinwesterncountries,thehostsusuallyprovidetheguestssomecoffee.Nomatterteaorcoffee,theyexpressthesamemeaning:“Welcome”.3.CommoneconomicfunctionsNowadaysthebusinessmenusuallygotoateahouseoracoffeehouseotherthaninthemeetingroom,tonegotiateanddrinkteaorcoffeeatthesametime.Andsometimes,theywillchatsomethingaboutteaorcoffee.DifferencesbetweenChineseteacultureandwesterncoffeeculture•Importance•InChina,thereisacommonsaying:“Firewood,rice,oil,salt,sauce,vinegarandteaarethesevennecessitiestobeginaday.”Thoughteaislastonthelist,westillcanseetheimportanceofteaindailylife.•Inwest,peoplealsosay:“IfI’mnotinthecoffeehouse,Iwillbeonthewaytothecoffeehouse.”Thoughitisasimplejoke,itreflectsthereallifeofwesternpeople.•Type•Tea•1）WestLakelongjingtea（西湖龙井）•2)Dongtingbiluochuntea(洞庭碧螺春）•3)Huangshanmaofengtea（黄山毛峰茶）•4)Lushanyunwutea;(庐山云雾茶）•5)Xinyangmaojiantea;（信阳毛尖）•6)AnxiTieguanyintea;（安溪铁观音）•7)Wuyirocktea;（武夷岩茶）•coffee•1)BlueMountainCoffee蓝山咖啡•2)Mocha摩卡咖啡•3)Cappuccino卡布奇诺•4)Espresso浓缩咖啡•5)Caffelatte拿铁•6)Icecreamcoffee冰冻奶油咖啡•7)Turkeycoffee土耳其咖啡•Legend•ThestoryofteabeginsinChina.Accordingtolegend,in2737BC,theChineseemperorShenNongwassittingbeneathatreewhilehisservantboileddrinkingwater,whensomeleavesfromthetreeblewintothewater.ShenNong,arenownedherbalist,decidedtotrytheinfusionthathisservanthadaccidentallycreated.ThetreewasaCamelliaSinensis,andtheresultingdrinkwaswhatwenowcalltea.•Theoriginofthisplantascoffeecanbetracedbackto100millionyearsago.Accordingtoonestory,theeffectofcoffeebeansonbehaviorwasnoticedbyasheepherder(牧羊人)fromEthiopia(埃塞俄比亚）namedKaldi(柯迪）.Hefoundhissheepunintentionallyeatingakindofredfruit,thesheepbecameverylivelyandenergetic.Ithelpspeopleawakeandlateritiscalledcoffee.•Comments•Sincetheteahasbeenimportedtothewesterncountries,itismoreandmorepopularinthewest.Theydrinkteawithmilkandsugar.Andnowadays,inChinacoffeearewildlyenjoyed.Thedifferencesareobstaclesforcommunication,butthecommonsmakethecommunicationmoreconvenientandeasier.Globalizationmakestheworldsmallerandsmaller,andlinksuptheentirehumanity’sculturalcharacteristics.Welearnfromeachother’scultureandunderstanditsvalues,whichcancontributealottoourinterculturalcommunication.•