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July 9, 2008 on 2:27 pm | In wu long tea |
Wu Long tea is prepared and consumed on several different occasions within the Chinese Tea society. Here is a list of special circumstances in which the Chinese enjoy their beverage of Wu Yi tea:
- Consuming Wu Long tea is a sign of respect to family, friends, and co-workers. The younger-aged population pay their respects to the older generation by offering a cup of Chinese Slimming Weight Loss Wu Long tea. During the holiday season paying for a nice meal and offering tea at the meal is tradition within the Chinese tea culture. Also in the past the poorer class people in the Chinese tea culture would often serve Wu long tea to their masters or employers. Now in the Chinese tea culture it is normal for anyone in any ranking class to share the benefits of tea with everyone. The lower class isn’t expected to serve tea to the upper class as it is more of a casual or social tea to be enjoyed with everyone.
- Family gatherings often like to enjoy the great taste of Wu Long Chinese Slimming tea while spending time with their family. Today in China’s tea culture when the parent’s kids get married they normally move out, start a family, and get married. With the expensive travel system our world has today it is often difficult for the parents to spend lots of time with their sons and daughters. As a result it has become tradition for when the children return home to drink Wu Yi tea while spending time with their families. Going out on the town to eat often becomes an important activity within the Chinese tea culture and it is normal to enjoy tea while out for supper with the family.
- Often times apologies are followed up by offering a cup of Wu Yi tea to show their appreciation. The Wu Long tea is only offered when giving out serious apologies for serious mistakes someone has made. A perfect example of this is when a child gets in trouble at home, an apology is given to his or her parents and then followed up with a nice cup of Chinese Wu Long tea.
- Special events such as wedding days are joined up by drinking Wu Yi tea. During a Chinese marriage ceremony the bride and groom kneel in front of each other’s parents and serve them a cup of Chinese Slimming tea. This is the deepest form someone in China can express their gratitude towards their elders. The parents at this point drinking the cup of Wu Yi tea which shows their approval of the marriage and is symbolic of “good luck”.
- The passing of tradition is a great part of the Chaoshan culture. When friends and family get together the tradition and culture is passed around. This is accompanied by a nice cup of Wu Long Chinese tea. In this situation it is custom for the elders to pass their wisdom down to the younger generation. The Wu Yi tea has been said to help smoother over the transition of information from the elders to the young generation. Also the Wu Long tea is something that everyone can enjoy even if they don’t like being present at these tradition passings.
It becomes apparent that Wu Yi tea can be used for many different occasions throughout todays society. These are just a few examples of how the Chinese spend their valuable time drinking Wu Yi tea and each culture has their own specific way of enjoying tea. I will discuss other culture’s way of tea drinking customs in future posts.
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Brilliant!
Comment by Rotsenteta — August 3, 2008 #
thank you, bro
Comment by grodajig — September 28, 2008 #