#中国印记#【在欧洲寻找“中国印记”：一杯清茶浸润的百年文化交融】500年前，茶被当作“绿色黄金”引进欧洲，成为稀有的养生佳品以及贵族和富庶之家专享的奢侈品。CGTN欧洲分台推出《中国印记II》第二集——茶叶，探寻古老的东方茶饮如何悄然改变了世界。剑桥大学历史学家艾伦·麦克法兰语出惊人：“没有中国茶就没有英国工业革命。”我们探寻英国最古老的茶树种植基地，寻找中国茶在英国生根发芽的秘密，品鉴英国独特文化——下午茶，体味无用之用带给人们的轻松愉悦以及一杯清茶浸润下的百年英国文化传统；走进伦敦街头的奶茶店，从风靡欧洲的珍珠奶茶中品味茶饮千百年来的变与不变。一杯热茶晕染着中欧文明互鉴的缕缕幽香。

About 500 years ago, tea was introduced to Europe, regarded as a rare Oriental medicine and luxury – hailed as "green gold." The second episode of Traces of China II explores how an ancient leaf from the East quietly changed the world.

The journey takes you to Tregothnan Estate, Britain's oldest tea garden, to experience the art of hand-picking tea. At Cambridge, historian Alan Macfarlane reveals that without Chinese tea, there might have been no Industrial Revolution – nor a British Empire.

The episode also uncovers the story of Robert Fortune and the Wardian case, which transformed global trade, and traces tea's evolution – from London's luxurious afternoon teas to the worldwide craze for bubble tea – all returning to the pure, authentic essence of Chinese tea. http://t.cn/AXzWpYRA