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. People throughout China drink tea daily . Of the three major drinks tea , coffee and cocoatea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world . Tea from China , along with silk and porcelain , began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then . ? The word for tea in different languages came from the Chinese character ,”cha”. The English word , “tea” ,sounds similar to the pronunciation of it in Xiamen , Fujian Province . The Russians call it “cha’I ”, which sounds like “chaye ”(tea leaves ) as it is pronounced in northern China . The Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese , though it is pronounced a little differently. ? Tea leaves are produced mainly in the south of China , because of the mild climate and rich soil there . Longjing , Pu’er , Wulong and Tieguanyin are all