In European and American countries, the behavior of "drinking boiled water" is very bizarre. Maybe they also have water-boiling appliances at home, but they are mainly used to make coffee. Instead of drinking boiled water, they prefer wine or soda.
When I was abroad, my foreign friends and I didn't know each other. In the final analysis, the formation of each national habit has profound reasons.
When did people in China start drinking hot water? Although the exact date can't be found, archaeologists have found that there are traces of residual scale and smoke on the fragments of pottery cultural relics in China 20 thousand years ago, which proves that they are used to cook food and water.
The reason is that there is a tea culture in China, which originated from Shennong and rose in the Zhou Dynasty. "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs every day, and when he encounters twelve poisons, he gets tea and solves it."
Drinking boiled water is a tradition of East Asians and a by-product of tea culture. Boiling water inadvertently destroyed the bacteria in the raw water. At the same time, sun-dried tea leaves have strong adsorption, which may also help to remove pathogenic substances from water.
Although ancient China people may not be able to scientifically prove that drinking hot water can ensure the cleanliness of water quality, sterilize and disinfect, filter impurities, and reduce the irritation to intestines, the concept of "boiling without toxicity" has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The Jin Dynasty's "Essentials of Health Preservation" records that "if water is boiled and drunk, it will not be sick."
In ancient Europe, people were nomadic, and their lives were very mobile, so it was inconvenient to make a fire and boil water. Their early population density was not large, and streams and rivers were relatively sanitary, and they were also relatively healthy as drinking water.
In the Middle Ages, people had settled down, but people and animals lived together, and there was a garbage dump next to the water source. Excessive impurities and dirt pollute the water source, leading to various diseases and even death.
They don't have the habit of drinking hot water (both hot and cold), and people can't live without water, so Europeans turned their attention to wine.
There is no fruit wine culture in East Asia, and wine is often made from grain, which needs to consume precious rations, so wine is regarded as a luxury.
In France, Spain, Italy and other places, the climate is suitable for grape growth, and wine-making technology began to develop, so a large number of wines were produced.
Although the brewing technology at that time was not high and the taste was long, ethanol could kill most bacteria and was relatively hygienic and safe.
But also has long storage time and is not easy to rot and deteriorate. It can be said that this was the only choice for people during the period of severe epidemic (Black Death) in the Middle Ages.
In the case of poor water quality, many nobles began to replace water with wine. In northern Germany, grapes are not abundant, and people drink wheat beer. It can be said that this is also a helpless choice for survival.
Of course, the poor still can't afford to drink alcohol, so they can only drink polluted water, so there is a great chance of getting sick.
But before the invention of distilled liquor technology, the content of all kinds of alcohol in human body was very low. If we go back to ancient times, we can get drunk without drinking wine for water.
In modern times, Europe still kept the habit of drinking cold water. Although their tap water meets the standard of direct drinking water, the water quality is hard. Long-term drinking will not only lead to baldness, but also make the incidence of kidney calculi in Europe and America high.
The above is the origin of "replacing water with wine" in Europe, and it is also the reason why China people "drink more hot water". In this case, it is scientific for girls not to dislike their boyfriends' "drinking more hot water".