Tea and TV are on the brain this week, and I found a fun video about tea from Food Insider that explores tea, tea rituals, and tea ceremonies from around the world.
Some of the teas—puerh, yerba maté, a London Fog—are ones I was familiar with. And while I'm familiar with bubble tea, I didn't realize that it dates to only the late 1980s, so that was fun to learn.
But the most interesting thing I learned was that Hong Kong's "silk stocking tea" is actually made using a tea sock that resembles a stocking. If you're not one to watch a whole video (I rarely do), you can catch it at about the 6:00 mark. I hope you enjoy this little taste of tea as much as I did!
Angela,
ReplyDeleteThis was an enjoyable start to my day - creatively packed lots of tea info in mere minutes.
Janet P.
Thanks very much for the link to that tea video! It sounds like fun, and I will certainly watch it later this evening.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, but missing the East Frisian tea ceremony:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.unesco.de/en/east-frisian-tea-culture
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/travel/in-northern-germany-a-robust-tea-culture.html
Fascinating! I have a filter similar to the stocking, but never heard of making the tea like that. I just use it as a regular filter like a brew basket.
ReplyDeleteLoved the video. I had never heard of bubble tea. My favorite tea is Russian Caravan tea.
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