Unable to go to China due to the sanitary situation, two weeks ago we asked some friends who are producers in the WuYi mountains to send us a set of samples of rock teas.We received the samples during the week. Let's start a comparative testing... a real sport game! Nine Yancha, nine Gaiwan, nine serving pot, eighteen cups, five infusions per gaiwan, or forty-five cups of tea per person in two hours ...We made a real sacrifice for the pleasure of your taste buds ... And we had enough to occupy the rainy afternoons.We need a few more days of reflection, some more specific tastings for one or other of the teas that we have chosen and from this weekend...
There is a tea that will always remind me of my arrival in China, and my first culture shock in a tea house. Left for China a few weeks before the rest of the family at the very beginning of our expatriation and with only one suitcase, I did not even have the place to add a gaiwan and some tea leaves. The first step to survive, the very evening of my arrival, was obviously to go into a small neighborhood tea shop to buy a cheap gaiwan, a gong dao bei (reserve pot) and a cup. , as well as the grail: one of the worst Wulong Da Hong Pao that I have ever drunk… But without speaking the...
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...
