Tea to the Chinese people is like wine to Westerners: an endless source of
romance, inspiration and healing to the body and soul.
A large variety of green, brown, fermented and un-fermented tea to suit
individual and social tastes. Tea drinking has been beneficial to Emperors,
officials in high position, and to ordinary people : workers and peasants from the Han Dynasty
(206 B.C. o A.D. 221) up to the present day.
For me, tea drinking is about relaxation and socialising.
I also believe that Chinese tea has healing powers, as I had an experience of making ‘Pounded Tea’ in Feng Huang Ancient City (Pheonix City) in Hunan, China two years ago when the tea cured my flu.
When drinking fermented tea in Western style, I enjoy scones, sandwiches, cake or biscuits that usually come with the English style high tea. The tea wares can also be very attractive and inviting.
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