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Tea Culture (茶文化) In Taiwan most people drink tea, and tea is not only a drink, but also a culture. On weekends after a busy week, Taiwanese people seek a change of pace and atmosphere. Many people visit one of the numerous traditional teahouses or "tea art" shops, located all over Taiwan. Chinese teahouses are a blend of contemplative serenity and lively conversations. A casual afternoon at a teahouse will bring one to the heart of the social, artistic, intellectual, and political activities brewing in Taiwan. Many of these teahouses are set in elegant cultured gardens, making them ideal hideaways for tea drinkers to relax while sampling a wide selection of first-class teas. Tea drinking in Taiwan is akin to the high art of wine tasting in the west, and tea drinkers will gladly pay a few thousand NT dollars for a half kilogram of good tea leaves. Mountainside tea-art shops and restaurants offering open-air tea drinking, dining, and picturesque views have become favorite destinations for city-dwellers. Next time when you are drained by daily work, you can unwind yourself in a teahouse where you can indulge in the traditional culture of tea art. TEA AND TEA WARE The typical Chinese family in Taiwan own a least one set of tea ware at home. Many people collect tea pots as a hobby. Most of the people in Taiwan have purple porous pottery tea pots at home. Traditionally, "raise the tea pots" at home are way of life in Taiwan. The tea pots are used to brew teas intensively so that the surface of purpose porous pottery tea pots becomes "bright". The process is called "raise the tea pots" which is a process to increase the value of purple tea porous pots. The tea stores are almost every where. If you need teas, you probably will be able to find them in almost every blocks in Taipei. THERE ARE SEVERAL KINDS OF TEA CEREMONIES IN TAIWAN. Taiwanese Tea Ceremony SEE ALSO |
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