Abstract：China has formed its own tea culture for thousands of years, and Chinese tea has become an indispensable and important part in people`s daily life. Similarly, western coffee also has cultivated its own culture in a long history. Today, tea and coffee rank as the first two natural beverages in the word, and with the economic globalization and the integration of cultures, economy and politics all over the world, tea can be found in western countries and meanwhile, coffee can be seen in China. The importance of tea to Chinese people is what the importance of coffee to westerners. Although there are some differences between tea culture and coffee culture, there are still many characteristics in common that can be found between the two cultures, which is necessary to be studied for cross-cultural communication between the East and the West. Chinese tea and western coffee are regarded as two distinct symbols of Chinese and Western drinks, a concrete manifestation of differences of Chinese and Western cultures. This thesis will first make a comparative analysis of the first spread of tea and coffee and how they are developed and accepted in both China and America, and then explore the deep and invisible cultural differences hidden in tea and coffee.

Keywords：cultural differences; Chinese and American cultures ; tea culture; coffee culture

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摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction-5

2. The development of Chinese tea and Western coffee cultures-5

2.1 The development of Chinese tea culture-5

2.2 The spread of Chinese tea culture-5

    2.3 The current situation of Chinese tea culture.6

    2.4 The development of Western coffee culture.6

    2.5 The spread of Western coffee culture.7

    2.6. The current situation of Western coffee culture7

3. Cultural differences between Chinese tea and Western coffee-7

3.1. The features of Chinese tea culture-7

        3.1.1 The mean in Chinese tea culture.7

        3.1.2 The oneness in Chinese tea culture.8

3.2 Analysis of the cultural conflicts in advertisements-9

3.2.1 The Christian spirit of Western coffee-9

4. Communication and integration of tea and coffee cultures-10

4.1 The popularity of tea in the west.-10

4.2 The popularity of coffee in China-10

5. Conclusion-11

References-11

Acknowledgements-12