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Yesterday I was out for lunch with a friend and he then took me to visit another friend of his at his office. I got to experience a traditional Chinese tea service. We had green tea 绿茶 lucha and red tea 红茶 hongcha . As you will see in the pictures the tea table has a lowered center section. This is where the hot water is poured into the tea pot and the tea is then poured into an other vessel for servicing. The first brew is not drunk it is used to wash out the cups. Since the center of the table is like a drain board with slats for water or tea to flow down to the drain the cups are emptied right where they are then refilled with drinkable tea. Green tea is still my favorite although red tea has a nice flavor as well. I am eager to try oolong tea which a student told me about. It is a fermented green tea. I was promised that it has a stronger flavor but it is still nice. Chinese tea is traditionally drunk without any sugar or honey masking the taste of this clean brew. I’m a convert to tea this way. Thanks to my friend William and his friend John for introducing me to the delights of Chinese tea time.
3 September, 2014Yesterday I was out for lunch with a friend and he then took me to visit another friend of his at his office. I got to experience a traditional Chinese tea service. We had green tea 绿茶 lucha and red tea 红茶 hongcha . As you will see in the pictures the tea table has a lowered center section. This is where the hot water is poured into the tea pot and the tea is then poured into an other vessel for servicing. The first brew is not drunk it is used to wash out the cups. Since the center of the table is like a drain board with slats for water or tea to flow down to the drain the cups are emptied right where they are then refilled with drinkable tea. Green tea is still my favorite although red tea has a nice flavor as well. I am eager to try oolong tea which a student told me about. It is a fermented green tea. I was promised that it has a stronger flavor but it is still nice. Chinese tea is traditionally drunk without any sugar or honey masking the taste of this clean brew. I’m a convert to tea this way. Thanks to my friend William and his friend John for introducing me to the delights of Chinese tea time.