Report on Water for Brewing Tea

Report on Water for Brewing Tea (煎茶水记) is a tea monograph by Tang dynasty author Zhang Youxin (张又新) from 814. This book is the earliest monograph wholly devoted to the quality of water for brewing tea.

Content

A short list of water sources from seven locations, ranked from 1 to 7:

Nanling of Yangtse river.
Wuxi Hui Mountain Temple Spring
Suzhou Tiger Hill Temple Spring
Danyang Guanyin Temple
Yangzhou Da Ming temple
Wuzhong River
Huai River
Temple of Small gods fountain.

An anecdote about Lu Yu's marvellous ability as water connoisseur.
A longer list of water quality ranking from twenty locations.

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