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April 1999
Tea has been labeled the beverage of the
nineties. Im sure all of you have heard this
expression in one form or another. It's a slogan thought up by
some un-named public relations firm hired by a major tea
packaging company, no doubt. Perhaps I can expand on that slogan
by coining one of my own: Tea, the beverage of the
ages.
The Chinese reputedly invented tea and were
drinking it in a very civilized manner some 4,500 years ago
(there are no extant records to verify this; none to refute it
either) or about the same time as the Egyptians were building the
great pyramid of Cheops and drinking a very harsh beer. The
Japanese have been enjoying the beverage for some 1,400 years
(bear in mind that positive records of dates are sketchy). Some
European countries have been drinking tea approximately 350
years. Americans, because of an unacceptable tax levied on the
country a long time ago, have just re-discovered tea. Now we, the
Americans, the new-comers to the pleasures of tea, have come up
with Tea, the beverage of the nineties.
What we Americans should be doing, as a society
of relative new-comers to the pleasures of tea drinking, is
learning about tea. We should study tea, not in depth, but in
such a way as to make ourselves better consumers of this
marvelous beverage. Learn the subtle distinctions between the
different plucks or flushes of Darjeelings. Learn from
which area(s) of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) the best of the seasonal
plucks come from or, even better, which estates produce the
magnificent teas which are sought after around the world. Learn
which Assams (either regions or estates) produce the malty
flavors for which Assam teas are famous. Learn how important lot
numbers are, what they mean and how can they guide you in your
buying patterns. Learn which provinces of China have been known
for a thousand years as the home of some of the most exquisite
green, semi-black or (more recently) black teas.
I invite you, the reader, to search out, within
this web site, the answers to the above questions or others which
you may have. If you cannot find the answers to your questions,
contact us through the email link at the bottom of each page and
in the blink of a cursor ;-) I will have an answer up and
published for you.
As I have been writing this
conversation I have been sipping a China black tea
called Lapsang-Souchong. A smoky flavored fully oxidized black
tea. Into this 6 cup pot of Lapsang-Souchong I have stirred a
tablespoon of honey; not just any honey but a honey from Tasmania
called Leather Tree Honey. An experiment on my part
and one which has had a stunning result. The flavor center in my
brain has never been so pleased. It will be on my regular daily
menu of teas, I can assure you of that.
By the way: Lapsang-Souchong is from the
Lapsang District, Fujian Province, and is a Souchong leaf grade.
The smoky flavor comes from a special pine wood which is lighted
on fire, made to smolder, and the tea is exposed to the white
smoke thus absorbing the smoky flavor. On infusion,
the flavor is released into the tea liquor.
May your teapot hold the most fragrant and
sweetest of leaves.
The Tea Man
Prepared by and property of:
"The Tea Man"
May not be reproduced in whole or in part without written consent
of: "The Tea Man"
Copyright © January 1999
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