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Report on Water for Brewing Tea

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Report on Water for Brewing Tea (煎茶水记) is a tea monograph by Tang dynasty author Zhang Youxin (张又新) from 814. This book is the earliest monograph wholly devoted to the quality of water for brewing tea.

Content

  • A short list of water sources from seven locations, ranked from 1 to 7:
    1. Nanling of Yangtze river.
    2. Wuxi Hui Mountain Temple Spring
    3. Suzhou Tiger Hill Temple Spring
    4. Danyang Guanyin Temple
    5. Yangzhou Da Ming temple
    6. Wuzhong River
    7. Huai River
    8. Temple of Small gods fountain.
  • An anecdote about Lu Yu's marvellous ability as water connoisseur.
  • A longer list of water quality ranking from twenty locations.

    • References

    Report on Water for Brewing Tea Wikipedia
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