Tea originated in China and now is the most popular beverage in the world after water. Chinese tea integrates humanities and natural sciences. In terms of tea culture, it keeps a central piece of Chinese traditional culture, attaching great importance to spiritual and artistic enjoyment; in terms of tea health benefits, lots of studies have demonstrated its effects of alleviation of obesity and metabolic syndromes, prevention of cardiovascular diseases, neuroprotective effects, bactericidal, anti-inflammatory, anti-virus, anti-oxidation, and so on. It is a healthy drink with great health care value. This course focuses on Chinese traditional tea culture and modern tea scientific research to explain the origin, classification, dissemination and development of Chinese tea, helping to comprehensively understand the cultural connotation and health value of tea from a scientific perspective.