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Brewing Chinese Green Tea - The Chinese Tradition of Simplicity

In the Western imagination, it is often difficult to brew green tea properly. And yet, in China, we drink green tea all day long and in all situations: on public transport, in the park, at work, sitting on a stool in the street watching people go by ... Isn't that contradictory? One of the most traditional ways to brew green tea in China is to simply put a few tea leaves in a cup. And keep that cup in place most of the day, just adding hot water regularly. In recent years, people becoming more and more nomadic, everyone walks around with their hermetic transparent glass cup that can be filled with hot water at every corner. There are hot...

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