Abstract:Long history, great influence, rich charters are the characteristics of the exchange history between China and Britain. Furthermore, the tea exchange history is one of the great charters. British tea culture is similar to Chinese, but different from Chinese. China is the first founder and user of tea, while Britain is the greatest consumer market of tea. And talk about tea today, of course, and absolutely everyone is curious about what’s the difference of the two countries’ tea culture. This paper aims to explain this question.

Key words: tea; difference; China; Britain

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Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. The Difference Between China and Britain Tea Culture-2

2.1 The different development-2

2.2 The different kinds of tea-2

2.3 Different ways of drinking tea-3

2.3.1 Chinese drinking way-3

2.3.2 British drinking way-.3

2.4 The different tea set-4

2.4.1 Chinese tea set -. 4

2.4.2 British tea set -5

2.5Different etiquettes.6

2.5.1 Chinese etiquettes--5

2.5.2 British etiquettes-6

2.6 Different participants-7

2.6.1 Female participant in Britain-8

2.6.2 Contribution of women to tea-9

3. Conclusion-10

Reference----11

Acknowledgements-12