The Tang dynasty literati Lu Tong once sent a friend named Xie a poem about tea, the now famous Seven Bowls of Tea. This is its meaning: The first bowl wets the throat and lips / (Tea can provide an immediate lift by "wetting your whistle.")
唐代文人盧仝在寄給謝姓好友的一封「寄茶信」，著名的「七碗茶」詩是這樣說的：