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.
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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. Well today was a rainy and wet day in Zhengzhou but for my son it was a good day. My new friend Dodo (like the pre-historic bird) teaches drums and she arranged for Nate to get a sample drum lesson. If he likes it then we can look into getting him drum lessons. Only hitch is the location…CBD which is two bus rides and a subway trip away.
We were there for an hour and he learned quite a lot about playing the drums. Dodo gave him a set of drum sticks to practice with and he took a picture of the drum music so he could practice what he learned today. After this we took the train to the Western Dennis store where I got a few groceries for my house. Shopping there is always pricey so I like to do that once or twice a month and shop at the Dennis two doors down from my house more often. Nate and I ate at a Korean Restaurant in the mall with the Western Dennis. I had Kim chi Fried Rice and Nate had Curry Beef. We then got back on the subway for Tong Bai Lu Zhan (Tong Bai Road station) and once we got there I spotted a young man that looked familiar…Michael my first Chinese tutor. Michael graduates this year with his Masters. He was also in CBD on a job interview that was successful. I took Nate and Michael’s picture because the first time we met Michael, Nate was no where near as tall as Michael but now…things have changed. A few days ago I received a notice of a ‘Foreign Teachers Summit Forum and Essay Contest’ being held here in Henan. This is the first time that this event is being held. I was asked to write something for the essay contest and am currently getting it translated. I will post it if I am able to do so once it gets translated. |