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Tuesday 25 October 2011

The Tradition of Drinking Tea in Various Countries

In the tradition of drinking tea in China, there are two containers that are used, which is a glass and a bowl. Glass works to smell the fragrance of tea, while the bowl serves tea to drink water.
They make tea together, put the tea leaves to cover the basic circle of red clay pots are porous meeting on larger bowl, then pour boiling water to overflow. The overflowing of the water will be accommodated in the large bowl. Then the pot was closed for about two minutes and after boiling, the tea is poured into a glass so the guests to smell the tea from a glass as a sign of respect to the host, then they can drink tea together.
This process is repeated with different types of tea
Until now, the Japanese still have the tea ceremony that lasted for four hours. The ceremony was introduced by Nio Mon Rikyu in the 16th century. Tea ceremony (sado, chado) is a traditional Japanese ritual of serving tea to guests.
The tea used is the Matcha tea (made from powdered green tea are ground fine) or a type of sencha green tea. Tea ceremony by using the Matcha called matchado, while the ceremony is called Sencha using the senchado
The specially prepared by people who study the art of tea ceremony. Usually the tea is enjoyed by a group of guests in a special room called Chashitsu.
Tea was introduced in England around the year 1652 and continued to increase in consumption since the year 1767.
The beverage is considered as prestigious as it is a noble beverage, so the price was expensive. One of the royal tea fans was Prince Charles II and his wife, Catherine de Braganza. From this royal family, tea then was known to the several states and adopted by the English family
The drinking habits in the UK is still going on until now and there are two types of ceremonies, the weak tea that is served during the day in meetings with families and served snacks, and a strong tea that is served in the morning in the breakfast together with bread with jam or marmalade, sandwiches or other foods.

The Russians people were introduced to tea since the 17th century. They drank tea in standing position, following the western tradition.
The equipment that are used is the samovar kettle (formerly known to make drink spiced honey), similar to the Mongols kettle.
Water boiled in the samovar kettle first with a stove and charcoal. While waiting for water to boil, they heat the teapot. Then they put the tea leaves into “zavarca”, and after the water boils, it is poured on to the “zavarca” until the leaves drowned. The tea than is poured in silver goblets. To enjoy it, Russians usually put one tablespoon of jam or white sugar and lemon. Tea is usually also served with sweet cookies.
One of the rules in drinking tea which is done by Korean is sitting with his legs folded back.
The host prepares the tea, then shares it to the guests, while guests are allowed to add more and more a small cup of tea if their glasses are empty. When it comes to drinking, all of the guests should raise a small cup with both hands holding the position of the cup. While they put the cup on the table, they slowly placed their left hand in their thigh, and the right hand put the tea cup.
Tea leaves that are used by some of the Korean are the tea leaves that appear first and the youngest, while the tea leaves that are now widely used is green tea, yellow tea and ginseng tea which is readily available in the market. The tea leaves then are sliced and immediately brewed a few times as desired.

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