According to The Encyclopedia Americana, the first authentic mention of tea appears in the biography of a Chinese official who died in 273 C.E., although a plant mentioned in a work edited by Confucius, who lived from about 551 to 479 B.C.E., is presumed to be tea.
273 წელს გარდაიცვალა, თუმცა კონფუცის (რომელიც ძვ. წ.