Tea as a beverage was first consumed in China and the earliest extant mention of tea in literature is the Classic of Poetry, although the ideogram used (Tu, 荼) in these texts can also designate a variety of plants, such as sowthistle and thrush. Chinese literature contains a significant number of ancient treatises on tea. Together, there exist approximately one hundred monographs or treatises on tea published from the Tang dynasty through the end of the Ming dynasty. The more famous books on tea are listed below. Chinese Tang Dynasty The Classic of Tea (茶經) by Lu Yu, 780. Report on Water for Brewing Tea by Zhang Youxin, 814. Records of Tea Picking (采茶录 Chai Cha Lu) by Wen Tingyun (温庭筠), 860. Song Dynasty The Record of Tea (茶录) by Cai Xiang (蔡襄), 1049. Report on Tasting of East Brook Tea (东溪试茶录 Dong Qi Shi Cha Lu) by Song Zian (宋子安), 1064. Translation by Global Tea Hut. Treatise on Tea (大观茶论) by Emperor Song Huizong (宋徽宗), 1107. Record of Xuan He Era Tribute Tea in The North Farm (宣和北苑贡茶录 Xuan He Bei Yuan Gong Cha Lu) by Xiong Fan (熊蕃). Essential Record of Tea Tasting(品茶要录 Pin Cha Yiao Lu) by Huang Ru (黄儒), 1075. Pictorial of Tea Ware (茶具图赞) by The Old Man Shenan (审安老人). Ming Dynasty Zhu Quan (朱权): Cha Pu (茶谱), 1440. Translation by Global Tea Hut. Translation by John Thompson. Gu Yuanqing (顾元庆): Classification of Tea (茶谱 Cha Pu), 1541. Translation by Global Tea Hut. Lu Shusheng (陆树声): A Report on Tea House (茶寮记 Cha Liao Ji), 1570. Tu Long (屠隆): Kao Pan Yu Shi (考槃余事), or Desultory Remarks on Furnishing the Abode of the Retired Scholar, ca 1590. Gao Lian (高濂): Eight Discourses on the Art of Living/ Tea (遵生八笺 Jun Sheng Ba Jian), 1591. Hu Wenhuan (胡文焕): Tea Collection (茶集), 1593. Chen Shi (陈师): Research on Tea (茶考 Cha Kao), 1593. Chen Jiru (陈继儒): Tea Talks (茶话), 1595. Zhang Yuan (张源): Tea Notes (茶录), 1595. Translation by The Leaf. Zhang Qiande (张谦德): The Book of Tea (茶经), 1598. Xiong Mingyu (熊明遇): Report on Lu Jie Tea, (罗岕茶记 Luo Jie Cha Ji), ca 1608. Feng Shike (冯时可): Tea Record (茶录 Cha Lu), 1609. Wen Zhenheng (文震亨): Treatise on Superfluous Things/ Incense and Tea (长物志 Zhang Wu Zhi), 1621. Translation by Martin Tai. Translation by Global Tea Hut. Wen Long (闻龙): Tea Notes (茶笺 Cha Jian), 1630.