Tea break is a moment of leisure during work, it is arranged to provide some hot drinks (mainly coffee/tea) and some desserts, fruits, etc. in the rest of the usual work and meeting process, and sometimes a part of soft drinks (cola, juice, mineral water, etc.) and some sandwiches are added according to the requirements of the staffs or the organizers of the meeting and the change of seasons.

In this moment, people get together, drink tea and chat to soothe the body and mind. It comes from the American psychologist Watson, who first put forward the concept of "Break", that is, "rest between jobs". According to Watson, "work breaks" can effectively relieve work stress. Regular breaks can not only adjust the physiological state, but also help alleviate the psychological pressure of modern people in general, promote the inter-personal interaction within the enterprise, to achieve good communication, but also conducive to the physical health of the self.

Tea break for the general large-scale meetings may not be needed, and medium and small meetings, especially the company or organization of high-level meetings, tea breaks between meetings is very important.

Research has found that short breaks have a close relationship with the level of stress, the degree of depletion and the emergence of adverse physical conditions, etc., appropriate and good short breaks to a certain extent can ease the work pressure.

Therefore, experts advocate the establishment of short breaks such as "tea breaks" between work is very necessary. If companies have such an arrangement, it will allow employees to relax for a moment during their stressful work. Each time to leave the staff 15-20 minutes of time, 2-3 times a day, which can not only adjust the poor physical and psychological state, but also in the "tea break" in the promotion of good interpersonal communication within the enterprise. For example, Guangzhou is the city with the highest rate of short breaks, which is also related to the habit of drinking tea.

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