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It is a Chinese custom that when guests visit, the first thing a host does is to make and serve them ________.

Tea is made of the young leaves of a tea tree. According to the particular ________ the Chinese use to process the leaves, there are six kinds of tea: green tea, oolong, flower tea, black tea and compressed tea. ________ them, green tea is the most popular.

The time to ________ the tea is very important. For example, Longjing, one kind of the best green tea, is gathered （采摘） several days before Tomb Sweeping Day ________ new leaves have just begun to grow.

Although Chinese people drink tea daily, there are ________ between tea drinking and tea tasting. People who drink tea might just do this because they are ________. Tea tasting, on the other hand, has cultural meanings. Tasting is ________ the shape, flavor, color and the freshness of tea. The water is also ________. In China, people consider spring water from famous natural spring （泉） the best.

The ancestors （祖先） ________ tea as a drink which can refresh （恢复精神） themselves. Tea is also a symbol of elegance （优雅）. Tea tasting has something to do with the idea of harmony with nature.