Western tea culture

As we all know, China is the hometown of tea, and tea culture has a history of thousands of years before its spread. However, it was not until the late17th century that tea was introduced to Britain. At that time, tea was regarded as a luxury in Britain and only members of the royal family could buy it at a high price. It was not until 1750 that it gradually spread all over the country and became the drink of the whole British people. Later, after some British people immigrated to the United States, tea was brought there.

Unlike in China, people like to make tea with whole leaves. Some countries in the modern west prefer to use teabags. As for the invention of tea bags, it was purely accidental. 1904, an American tea importer put the bulk tea in a silk bag, originally for customers to dump the tea and then use it to make tea. As a result, they put the bags together, so the tea bag was soaked. Invention? Yes

Another advanced way of drinking tea is tea capsule (also known as K cup). The principle is to inject tea leaves into tea bags with capsule coffee machine and make tea instantly with high-pressure steam. Bubbles? The brands of capsule tea mainly include Nespresso, Senseo and Tassimo.

English breakfast, a classic western tea, is actually a mixture of Assam, Ceylon tea and Kenyan tea. It is one of the representative black tea drinks in Britain. The taste is mellow and rich, full of aroma, with a touch of floral fragrance. It is usually used with English breakfast, baked goods and strong food.

Earl grey is a kind of flavored tea based on black tea, in which bergamot oil is added, usually in the form of tea bags. Bergamot, also known as Xianggan, originated in Italy and belongs to citrus plants. Some people will mistake it for bergamot licorice. Because of its sesame oil, from the moment you pour boiling water, the orange flavor will be very fragrant. Earl grey is very popular in the west, and some tea bags even write double bergamot oil to attract consumers.

For green tea, most people like to drink pure green tea, but some westerners like to add lemon, ginger, jasmine or mint.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that matcha products are increasingly sought after by the public, but in fact, green tea powder and matcha powder are very different. The production process of matcha is harsh, which not only requires particularly high tree species (generally imported from Japan), but also goes through various steps, so the color and fragrance are different from those of green tea powder, and the price of authentic matcha powder is as high as.

White tea, because it only needs to be dried or simmered after picking, tastes light, and generally likes to be paired with various fruits, such as blueberries and pomegranates.

There are so many examples of herbal tea that I won't describe them one by one. The most common are chamomile, dandelion and various fruit teas.

Blending of Chinese and Western Tea Cultures/KLOC-At the beginning of the 7th century, after tea arrived in the Netherlands, the wind of drinking tea soon spread to Britain, France, Germany and other countries. 1637 Britain first shipped tea from Xiamen, China 1662. After tea? Yekaterina advocated royal drinking tea, took Zhao Yu as the trademark of China black tea, and advocated replacing wine with tea, which made the wind of drinking tea very popular. During this period, China black tea began to enter the London market in large quantities, and the wind of drinking tea began to sweep the whole British Isles.

In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the British trafficked a lot of tea from Xiamen and Guangzhou in China, which not only supplied their own needs, but also transported a lot of tea to American colonies, and later sold to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Hungary and other countries. 1773 The tea-destroying incident in Boston led to the American War of Independence. It can be seen that China tea had a far-reaching influence in Europe at that time.

Is the taste of black tea different from oolong tea in China? Kung fu tea method? That pays attention to brewing skills and the spirit of tea ceremony. Black tea only adopts the traditional way of drinking tea, mainly with clear drinking, supplemented by mixed drinking. Spread abroad, mixing black tea and milk to make milk tea with unique flavor not only deepened the mixing method of black tea, but also various tea drinking customs. Take Britain as an example. Since 1662, Princess Catherine of Portugal has married King charles ii of England, which is not only the first time in British history? After tea? Moreover, it enjoys a high reputation in promoting British tea trade and advocating tea drinking fashion. After the Queen entered the palace, the fashion of drinking tea first prevailed in the British court, and became a kind of etiquette in the court, and then became popular among wealthy families, becoming their panacea and popular social drink. Because the queen advocates drinking tea, it has become the fashion of aristocratic ladies. /kloc-in the 0/8th century, the price of tea became lower and lower, and tea became the main drink of the British people, and drinking tea gradually became popular among the people. At this time, there are many popular teahouses, and drinking tea has become popular in all walks of life. Tea is an indispensable thing in British life.

As one of the three most popular non-alcoholic beverages in the world, tea has a hobby all over the world. In Britain, tea is regarded as a beauty drink, forming a fashion custom of drinking morning tea and afternoon tea, called tea: Healthy liquid is the drink of the soul. ? What is tea in the eyes of the French? The gentlest, most romantic and most poetic drink. ? Koreans believe that tea culture is the root of Korean national culture, and May 24th every year is the National Tea Day. In Japan, tea is not only regarded as? Cure all diseases? Moreover, in the long-term practice of drinking tea in Japan, drinking tea has been divorced from the needs of daily material life and developed into an elegant cultural and artistic ability? Tea ceremony.