Report on Water for Brewing Tea
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Report on Water for Brewing Tea (Template:Zh) is a tea monograph by late Tang dynasty era author Zhang Youxin (Template:Zh) from 814.[1] This book is the earliest monograph wholly devoted to the quality of water for brewing tea.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In the 13th century, it was compiled alongside several other texts on tea from the same period into the Baichuan xuehai (Template:Zh).[2]
Content
The primary content of the work was a list of water sources and the quality of these sources. Parts included:
- A short list of water sources from seven locations, ranked from 1 to 7:
- Nanling of Yangtze river.
- Wuxi Hui Mountain Temple Spring
- Suzhou Tiger Hill Temple Spring
- Danyang Guanyin Temple
- Yangzhou Da Ming temple
- Wuzhong River
- Huai River
- 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, with water from melting snow placed last.[3]