Jun 15, 2008

Tea in Summer

I have some good tea of Taiwan. As we know, this island is famous for tea products. Since 18th century many merchandisers from West have rushed to buy Taiwanese tea. One of well known name of those is Eastern Beauty東方美人, still being produced. Probably Western people were fascinated by the great taste and perfume of Taiwanese tea.

Taiwan tea industry have produced hundreds kinds of tea. But generally we may know one name, Oolong烏龍 or Oolong tea, which can represent almost all various tea of Taiwan. Of course there are High mountain tea, Iron Kanin, Alisan tea, Puer tea and so on on on if you really insist make a list of Taiwanese teas. But you don't have to classify detail of those great teas. Just come or buy some and enjoy, then you will know the tea is made for drinking and feeling, not for studying.

You would enjoy hot tea with milk, cookie, or biscuit in the afternoon if you are English as well as European. You would cherish a kind of liturgy of drinking tea if you are Japanese. And you will chat and share your life with you friends drinking tea if you are Taiwanese as well as Asian. Whoever you are, whatever you drink, tea can give you some room for you busy day and night. That's all.

Just one more step, if you want to know more about tea and its culture, you can learn about fabulous world of tea which has various kinds of taste and perfume. No wonder, you will be shown yourself as a vintage person to your neighbor and friends.

However, dislike millions of cold shake-hand tea on the street, hot tea which from tea leaves is not so convenient hoby for busy people phyically and psychologically. You have to prepare tea, tea pot, tea cup, hot water, bucket for waste. It will make you mad if it's in Summer.

Nevertheless, still, I enjoy my Oolong teas of Taiwan. You may ask me why. Then I say, Taiwanese tea is quiet, mild, easing, slowing down me whenever I taste it. Even in hot mid-Summer in hot Taiwan!

1 comments:

hmsy said...

I miss tea...in TAiwan.

Drinking tea with friends is different from drinking it by oneself. Hot tea and cool/cold tea, both are same.

and I'd like to say I prefer black tea on the street. Let's drink togehter next time.