All around the world,people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.
In China,for example,tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouse. They perfer their tea plain, with nothing else in it.
Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it at Japanese homes.
Another tea_drinking country is Britain. In Britain,the late afternoon is "teatime". Almost everyone has a cup of tea then . The British usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes,cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.
In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Using tea bags is faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer,many Americans drink cold tea__"iced tea". Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans,like soda.
全世界的人都喝茶，但是茶对于每个人意义不完全一样。不同的国家的人喝茶的方法不一样。
例如在中国，当人们聚在一起时就奉茶，中国人在一天的任何时候，在家里或茶馆里随时随地的喝茶。中国人更喜欢喝不添加任何东西的清茶。
在日本茶也很重要，日本人有一种特殊的奉茶方式叫茶道，茶道很古老并充满意义。茶道中的每一件事都必须以特殊的方式去做。在日本人的家中甚至有一间房子专门用来喝茶。
另一个喝茶的国家是英国，在英国午后是下午茶的时间。那个时候几乎每个人都会喝一杯茶。英国人喜欢用茶壶泡茶，并加上牛奶和糖。
在美国人们在早餐时或每餐饭后喝茶。美国人用茶叶袋子泡茶，用茶袋子泡茶比用茶壶泡茶更快更容易。在夏季，许多美国人喝冷茶—冰茶。有时候他们喝罐装冰茶，像喝苏打水一样。
