Report on Water for Brewing Tea

Report on Water for Brewing Tea (煎茶水记) is a tea monograph by late Tang dynasty era 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:
 * 1) Nanling of Yangtze river.
 * 2) Wuxi Hui Mountain Temple Spring
 * 3) Suzhou Tiger Hill Temple Spring
 * 4) Danyang Guanyin Temple
 * 5) Yangzhou Da Ming temple
 * 6) Wuzhong River
 * 7) Huai River
 * 8) 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.