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Tea Drinking

The tea can be divided into clear and seasoned drinking with or without seasoning

Clear drinking, that is, without adding any seasoning in the tea broth, to maintain the purity and color of the tea. Drinking, a cup of good tea in hand, quiet tasting silent appreciation, careful evaluation of the slow drink, so that people such as the breeze into a kind of forgetfulness of the spirit of the realm of pleasure, light, excitement, comfort comes to life.

Mixing, refers to the tea broth to add seasoning, to Zuo soup flavor of a method. When mixing, the leaves, flowers and fruits are used as raw materials, which can be flexibly combined with various flavors of tea according to climate, taste and personal preferences.

Drinking, focusing on the mood, to identify the aroma, taste, appreciate the tea, tea soup, observe the tea color, tea for the purpose of shape. Tune drink, focusing on change, according to the drinker's preferences for rapid adjustment, breakthroughs, innovation, not only to meet the people's pursuit of pleasure, but also suitable for today's fast-paced consumer psychology.

Mixed drinks preferred black tea, black tea sweet, mellow and inclusive, in which the world's top three high flavor of Keemun black tea for the best.

The black tea used in the process of adjusting the drink to black tea, black tea is a fragment or particle tea, is the bulk of the international tea market, accounting for about 80% of the total global tea exports. Tea drinking abroad is mainly to adjust the drink, so compared to the domestic strip of tea, broken tea is more convenient to make tea bags brewing, strip tea can generally be brewed 3-6 times, the black tea is usually only brewed 1-2 times.

Take the United Kingdom as an example, the British have 300 years of history of drinking black tea, is a hobby country of black tea, but the British form of drinking tea is very different from the Chinese.

The British Victorian era in 1840 AD, Ms. Anna, Duchess of Bedford, England, every afternoon moments on the mood, boredom, thinking that this time from the formal dress, etiquette complex dinner Party there is still some time, but also feel a little hungry, and asked the maid to prepare a few slices of toast, cream, and tea in order to eat.

Later, Ms. Anna invited a few close friends with tea and exquisite snacks, with a relaxing afternoon, I did not expect a moment, this behavior in the social circle of the aristocracy at that time became a fashion, ladies and gentlemen tend to rush. Until today, has formed a kind of elegant afternoon tea culture, also become the orthodox "British black tea culture", which is also known as the "Victorian afternoon tea" origin.

In the British Victorian afternoon tea tradition, the best room at home (such as Solon), and the best china to receive guests is absolutely necessary, and the best tea and exquisite snacks is the main character of afternoon tea. There is melodious classical music accompaniment, with a relaxed mood and close friends **** degree of an elegant, leisurely.

So the delicious snacks, exquisite tea ware, top quality tea are in the Victorian afternoon tea essential existence.

Now many hotels, will be equipped with dim sum, such a three-tiered tower, eat are very sequential, from salty to sweet, special attention. English afternoon tea on behalf of the British way of life and socialization, although this piece of tea from China or India, but in the British socio-political and cultural interactions, very interesting.

A British ballad is sung this way: "When the clock strikes four, everything in the world instantly stops for tea.

Mongolian milk tea using brick tea water with fresh milk boiled into the first tea tea soup, and then add milk to continue to heat, boil and then turn off the fire. Drink and then add ghee, soak fried rice and dairy ingredients, and finally add salt and sugar to taste.

Heat mixing tea: small green citrus, large red citrus, lemon black tea

Commonly used mixing materials: ginger, jujube, mint leaves, honey, milk, roses, goji berries, sugar cubes, mango, apples, peaches, dragon fruits, stevia, whiskey, etc., do not mix too much when mixing, the pure drink is better.