Li Shizhen, who was a Chinese Ming Dynasty herbalist, once said, "Tea is cold and lowers the fire."

中国明代药师李时珍曾说：“茶寒，可降火。”

youdao

Now the ruler Shen Nong was boiling water over an open fire, some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water.

当时，神农氏正在明火上烧水，有些茶叶掉进了水里。

youdao

Put some tea in a galipot when the water is boiling on the fire.

当水在火上沸腾时，将茶倒入锅中。

youdao

Then there are the groups like the Tea Party Fire Ants whose focus is far afield from the core principles of the movement.

FORBES: Once Effective, The Tea Party Has Become Toxic

He would raise his nose and sniff the air to see if he could guess what his wife had cooked for dinner, and then he went in to her, finding her always in the same posture, making him tea, fanning the fire in the hearth.

NEWYORKER: Nawabdin Electrician

Dixon boils up some sweet tea, and we sit around the fire discussing life in Kenya.

CNN: The snows of Erukenya