Ndingumntu okhuza iti. Ndiphatha iibhegi zeti ephelileyo kuhambo lweshishini kwaye ndigweba iivenkile ngobubanzi bokukhetha kwabo. Ndiyawazi amagama ezitiya ezithile eDarjeeling, eIndiya, kunye namaqebengwana amadala ePu-erh kwindawo yam yokugcina iwayini.
Okwangoku, andizange ndicinge ukuba ndinganyathela kwimigca ye UCamellia sinensis encotsheni yentaba empuma-mpuma yeTshayina, ecaleni komnye wabalimi beeti abaziintloko behlabathi. Kwandithatha iinqwelomoya ezimbini zisuka eHong Kong, sele zikwicala elikude lehlabathi ukusuka ekhaya, kunye neentsuku ezimbini ndilinde uLiu Guo Ying ukuba andikhokelele kuhambo olude-olunesiqingatha-ukunyuka kwithambeka ziye zabonakala zingumqombothi kwibhokhwe yasezintabeni — kwiigadi zeti eziye zabonwa ngabantu abangaphandle.
Iti yeTerroir
Ndilapho ndikhangela i terroir yeti yam endiyithandayo, kanye njengokuba ndibhabha kwihlabathi jikelele ukubona izidiliya kwaye ndidibana nabenzi bewayini ukuze ndiqonde ngcono iwayini endiyithandayo. Uhambo luqale kwiteknoloji ekwivenkile enkulu eseTucson, eArizona, apho ndingcamle khona da hong pao , uhlobo lwe-oolong, olutshintshe ubomi bam bokusela iti. Ngendlela efanayo neMontrachet luhlobo oluthile lweBurgundy ukusuka kwisidiliya esithile eFrance, da hong pao ivela kumthombo omnye: amathambeka amatye eNtaba yeWuyi. Akunqabile, kuyabiza, kwaye kwenziwa rhoqo ngomgunyathi, kodwa le yayiyinyani. Kwakungcamla njengekwindla njengesidlo sangokuhlwa sombulelo, kunye neencasa zebhalsam eziswiti zepesika eyosiweyo. Kwaye yaqhubeka ibangcono-ityeba kwaye ijikeleza ikomityi nganye.
Ngelixesha ndigqiba imbiza, ndandisele ndenze imishini. Ndandihamba ngenqwelo moya ndisiya e-China ndiyokudibana no-Liu, indoda leyo, ndayixelelwa ukuba ikhulile le teyi ingaqhelekanga. U-Liu yinkwenkwezi e-rock kwilizwe letii lase-China, ekuphela komlimi oza kunikwa isicatshulwa ngurhulumente ngobugcisa bendabuko. Andizange ndiqiniseke ukuba ndinethemba lokufunda kuye, okanye nokuba siza kunxibelelana njani. Nangona kunjalo, ndibhukishe itikiti ngobo busuku.
Imbali yeti
Iti sesona siselo sihlala sityiwa rhoqo kwihlabathi liphela ngaphandle kwamanzi, i-6.5 yezigidigidi kushishino eUnited States kuphela, ngokwe World Tea Expo. Ikway icon yenkcubeko enokwahluka okungabalekiyo kwendawo. Kukho iitayi zetyeleba zasemva kwepropathi ezigalelwe intyatyambo eMantla eAfrika, imixube yobisi enikezelwa ngeescones kunye nejamu kwimvakwemini yaseBritane, inika amandla ama-matés akwenziwa kwii-Andes, iti ezimnandi ezityiwe kwisidlo sasemini eSavannah, eGeorgia. KuMbindi Mpuma, ukunika iti umntu ongamaziyo kubonisa ukuba ubuka iindwendwe. EJapan inomsitho osesikweni. Kwaye ivumba leti lingabuyisa imemori ngokuqinisekileyo njengefoto.
Kungekudala kwimizi emininzi yaseMelika, iti ibithwala malunga nokubaluleka okufanayo nemayonnaise: wonke umntu ugcina ezinye ejikeleze, kodwa kunqabile ukuba anike ingcinga. Umbono wokundwendwela ivenkile egxile etiyeni, kungasathethwa ke ngokwenza uhambo oluya kumthombo wendidi ethile, ibiya kubonakala ingaqhelekanga. Kodwa njengobhiya, ikofu, kunye netshokholethi ephambi kwayo, iti iye yaxhuma kwisimo sempahla esondeleyo ukuya kwinto ekufutshane nomntwana. Kukho iti evulekileyo, iingxowa zeti ezenziwe ngesilika kwaye ezimile okweephiramidi, iti ezingathi ziphuma kwiseti I-Indiana Jones . Tearooms kunye boutiques ziye zavela. Iiwebhusayithi ezikhethekileyo ziyachuma, zithengisa iintlobo zeesoteric kwindawo yabantu abazinikelayo. Uluhlu lweemveliso ezintsha luye lwavela kwiishelufa zokutya, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-organic, urhwebo olufanelekileyo, kunye nomthombo omnye. Ukusuka kwi-hippie yeCelestial Seasonings, iti ihambile eWilliamsburg hipster.
Iindidi zeti
Iti iwela kwelinye lamacandelo amabini. Uninzi luxutywe nezinye izithako, ezinjengeentyatyambo zeorenji okanye iisali zeentyatyambo zetsheri. Ezinye zicocekile UCamellia sinensis ; njenge wayini, iimpawu zazo zixhomekeka ikakhulu ukuba zikhuliswe phi kwaye zikhule njani, hayi ezo zidityanisiweyo. Ezona ndizithanda kakhulu, zithanda da hong pao , incasa ngokungathi yindawo abasuka kuyo kuphela kwendawo abanokuze babe kuyo.
Inkcubeko yeti eTshayina
Kude kube kutshanje, ishishini leeti laseTshayina elineminyaka eli-10 ubudala belivaliwe ngokuqinileyo, nangaphezulu kweli lizwe liphela. Imimandla yeti yayivaliwe ikakhulu kubantu bamanye amazwe. Kutshanje, i-China ejonge ngaphandle ibithengisa inkcubeko yayo, kwaye ukhenketho kwiindawo ezilima iti ziyakhuthazwa. Ukufika kwam eWuyishan, isixeko esinabantu abangama-224,000, ngenjongo yokusela iti, uLiu waqonda. Wadibana nam kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, emva koko waqhuba umgama omde ngendlela emxinwa eya kwindawo yokutyela eyayifana nomkhukhu we barbecue wasezantsi eTexas. Kwakukho ishedyuli yamaplanga e-rickety edityaniswe ngamaplanga kwingca eyandileyo, hayi indawo yakho yesiqhelo yomthendeleko waseRabela.
Kodwa yile nto besiyinikwa. Sasinenyamakazi enengcambu ye-celery, imifinya encinci yomlanjana ocoliweyo kunye ne-chives, isuphu yedada enejinja, izitya ze-noodle ezimenyezelayo. Ukuphela kwento engekhoyo yeti. Ndihleli ndilindele ukubona imbiza iphela, njengakuzo zonke iivenkile zaseTshayina ekhaya, kodwa khange yenzeke. Okokugqibela, ndabuza ukuba kunokwenzeka na ukuba ne-oolong, kuba yiyo loo nto ndiza kude kube ngoku.
Intombi kaLiu, owayesebenza njengotoliki wam, akazange abuze nokubuza. E-Wuyishan, iti ayithengiswa emva kokutya kwiivenkile zokutyela kodwa kwiivenkile ezikhethekileyo zeti, kwaye sasineemayile ezantsi kwindlela emnyama ukusuka ndawo. Uya kuba nayo ngomso, watsho ngoncumo. Yonke into izakulunga.
Ndabuyela egumbini lam ehotele ndaphupha nditixa ngeti.
I-Wuyishan yenziwe ngoluhlu lweentaba zeentaba kunye ne-spiers. IVistas intle ngokumangalisayo, hayi ngendlela enenkungu, enombala wamanzi ebendiyilindele e-China, kodwa irhabaxa, idrama, zonke ii-angles kwaye akukho zigophe. Ukuhamba kwezitrato zayo, andinakuyigungqisa imvakalelo yokuba ngendiseBurgundy okanye eChianti, ndiphethe iti endaweni yewayini. Kwakukho iivenkile zeti kuyo yonke ibhloko, ngamanye amaxesha ezine okanye ezintlanu zilandelelana. Iitapile ezinkulu zentsimbi zahlala phezu kwezakhiwo, zibhengeza njengeefektri zeti.
Nangona ndingakhange ndiluthethe ulwimi kwaye ndingakwazi ukuqonda amasiko, ndaziva ngathi ndilingana ngokugqibeleleyo. Ekhaya, kwihlabathi labantu abasela ikofu, kufuneka ndihlale ndicacisa umdla wam onzulu etiyeni, kodwa eWuyishan kubonakala ngathi bonke abantu banokuxela uPu-erh ovela eLapsang souchong xa uthi krwaqu. Nokuba iti kwindawo enditya kuyo isidlo sakusasa esaneleyo ehotele yam yayihlukile.
Ngaphandle kwefestile yam, iNtaba yeWuyi ibonakala ngathi yimfumba yamatye alinganiswe ngumntwana. Qho xa ndijonga phezulu, bendilindele ukuyibona iwela ezantsi. Bendifuna ukunyuka ndiye kwiigadi zikaLiu, kodwa uLiu ungaphezulu kwe-VIP yeti. Ungumlimi osebenza nzima, usomashishini, umthengisi. Wayenezinto ekufuneka ezenzile.
Idibene: neMelika & apos; Amagumbi eTi aBalaseleyo
Endaweni yoko, inkosi yeti encinci egama linguWu Jianming, endandidibene naye kwisidlo sangokuhlwa, yacebisa ukuqhuba ukuya kwilali yaseTongmu, iyure enye kude. Iti emnyama yaqanjwa phaya ngethuba lobukhosi bakwaMing, ngeminyaka yoo-1600, kodwa kwezi ntsuku iTongmu yaziwa kakhulu ngeLapsang souchong, eveliswa kwimizi-mveliso eyenziwe ngomthi enemihlobiso emithathu. Amasebe emanzi abekwa ezantsi emlilweni kwaye umsi uyanyuka ushiye amagqabi omile kumgangatho oqhotsiweyo apha ngasentla, njengoko iscotch sinencasa yipeat evuthayo. Iti inedumela njengombane wamandla, kodwa iiWu's zenziwa ngobunono kangangoko. Xa ndicofe enye ndaza ndaqengqa iincasa ngeenxa zonke, yayinefin concse ye-violin concerto.
Isizukulwane sam sesokuqala esihambe kakhulu ngaphakathi e-China, utshilo uWu, oneminyaka engama-31. Etyelele iYunnan kunye neAnxi, wafunda iindlela zokudubula nokulungisa iti ababezokuva ngayo ngaphambili, wabazisa ekhaya. Sahlala ecaleni komfanekiso oqingqiweyo wegolide kaBuddha eofisini yakhe ngaphesheya komzi-mveliso, saphuza iti enye emva kwenye, kubandakanya nejin jun mei yakhe. Yenziwe ngamahlumela ezityalo kunamagqabi, ibikhona kuphela ukusukela ngo-2007 kwaye phantse akunakwenzeka ukuphuma ngaphandle kwe China. Yayingcamla itshokholethi kunye neplums kunye neeroses.
Ekugqibeleni uLiu wafika ehotele yam. Saqhuba saya kwintaba i-Wuyi, emva koko sahamba phantsi kwe-arch yomnyhadala. Sadlula kwindlu yoonongendi kunye netempile yegolide ekhazimla lilanga. Emva koko saqala ukunyuka intaba. Sigqithe ngokugcina ngononophelo izitiya zeti kunye namagqabi kunye neentyatyambo ezincinci ezimhlophe, kodwa ziyinyani da hong pao , Ucacisile uLiu, uvela encotsheni yentaba. Wakhomba kwicala elibonakala liphantse lathi nkqo phezulu.
Siye saya senyuka saya phezulu, senyuka iindlela ezinyukayo, izinyuko zisike elityeni, nkqu nakwelona litye lilikhulu. Ndandikhefuzela, kodwa uLiu, owayetshaya kakhulu, edada njengebhadi. Sifikile phezulu saza sajika ngasekhohlo ecaleni kwentlambo, emva koko savela sacaca. U-Liu usasaze iingalo zakhe. Da hong pao , wabhengeza.
Kwakubonakala ngathi akukho ndawo, yintsimi nje yamatyholo kumhlaba onamatye, kodwa bendisazi ukuba ngandlel 'ithile yahlukile emhlabeni. Ndibuze u-Liu malunga neeyure zokukhanya kwelanga, malunga nokuvezwa ngumoya. Waphulaphula ngomonde, kodwa indlela endandibuza ngayo yamkhathaza. Yayingcinga yeleNtshona, isela iwayini, ifuna inyaniso. Da hong pao ukungcamla ngendlela eyenzayo, watsho, kuba kunjalo da hong pao . Kuye loo ngcaciso yayanele.
Ngaloo mva kwemini sasihleli etafileni etyiweyo eyenziwe ngesandla kwisitudiyo sakhe esise Baihwa Road kwaye sasela ikomityi emva kwekomityi. Ndiyiqaphele njengeti ebendinayo eTucson, kodwa ihlaziyekile kwaye ikhanya ngakumbi, ngomsi omninzi, amanqaku amaninzi eepesika eziqhotsiweyo, amandla ngakumbi. Ibiyi da hong pao Idluliselwe kwinkcazo ephezulu. Kunqabile ukuba ndinxile nantoni na ngcono .
Oko kundikhokelela kwinto yokugqibela endiyifundileyo eWuyishan. Ngokungafaniyo newayini, eyimveliso egqityiweyo ebhotileni, incasa yeti ixhomekeke kubuchule bokuyipheka. Iqondo lobushushu lamanzi, umlinganiselo wamanzi kunye neti, ubude bexesha elifakwa ngalo iti- zonke zinempembelelo enkulu kwinto ephelela kwindebe. Ndiyazi iminyaka emininzi ukuba ukulungiselela iti ngokungachanekanga-ukugcina uluhlaza obutofotofo emanzini ashushu, umzekelo-kungaphazamisa kakhulu ukonwaba kwam kuwo. Kodwa khange ndiqaphele ukuba indlela osela ngayo iti inokwenza ngcono.
U-Liu akangomvelisi weti eyi-master kuphela kodwa ungumenzi weeti onobuchule, ubugcisa ngokwabo. Nangona ndinokuba nayo iti ka-Liu kwakhona, ngekhe ndibenayo ngoluhlobo. Ngofakelo ngalunye, kwaba kukutya, ukhuni, kunomdla ngakumbi. Xa ndema, ndaziva ndongeziwe ngokungathi benditshotsha iwhiskey, ukanti ingqondo yam yayinokucaca okumangalisayo. Kwakuyimvakalelo engafaniyo nayiphi na into endiyifumene nayo. Ndicelile ukuba ngaba ibiyinxalenye ye da hong pao kwaye uLiu wancuma.
Uthe, yeti.
UBruce Schoenfeld ngumhleli we-T + L kunye nemimoya yomoya.
Iitayi ezine zokuthenga ngoku
URobert Rex-Waller, i-tea sommelier ePark Hyatt Washington, DC, unikezela ngokukhetha kwakhe kwihlabathi lonke.
Indiya: I-CTC Assam
UHarney noonyana bakhe bayayiqonda iti yamaIndiya, utshilo uRex-Waller; le Assam inombala ocacileyo wombala kunye nenqaku leetshokholethi. Ukusuka kwi- $ 4.50 ye-4 oz.
I-China: Ngo-1978 i-Pu-erh yeediliya
Enye yeetayi ezimbalwa ezithengiswa ngeediliya, isenazo iincasa ezazicwangciswe ziinkosi zeti zangaphambili. $ 35 nge-0.18 oz.
Japhan: UGenmai Cha
Le iti eluhlaza kunye neenkozo zerayisi ephekiweyo kunye nerhasi egcadiweyo ilungelelene ngokufanelekileyo. $ 22 nge-3.5 oz.
ETaiwan: Inkungu yeDragoni ka-2010
Umzekelo ogqibeleleyo we-oolong yaseTaiwan, uluhlaza oqaqambileyo kwaye ubutofotofo kunenguqulo yeWuyishan. $ 20 nge-0.88 oz.
Umgaqo weti weHlabathi
Ngaphambi kokuba uphuze maté kwaye genmai cha nabantu bendawo, qiniseka ukuba uyazi imithetho entsonkothileyo yomdlalo.
Japhan: Ngelixa kungacaphukisi ukongeza ubisi kunye neswekile kwiti yakho, kuya kufuneka uyingcamle ngendlela eyiyo ngaphambi kokwenza njalo.
ENgilani: Emva kokuvusa, beka icephe lakho esosweni emva kwendebe, isiphatho sayo sikhombe kwangolo hlobo lwendebe.
Ajentina: Sukusebenzisa umququ (obizwa ngokuba ngu iglowubhu yokulayita ukukhuthaza i-maté-amagqabi ajikelezayo ngaphezulu kufuneka ahlale omile.
Morokho: Xa usela iti nonovenkile, sukuthetha amaxabiso-okanye ishishini lalo naluphi na uhlobo-de kube kugalelwe iiglasi.
I-China: Bulela umbulelo kwiseva yakho ngokuthepha isalathiso sakho kunye neminwe ephakathi ngokulula kwitafile kabini.
Indiya: Kuqwalaselwa njengokuthobekileyo ukwala ukunikezelwa kweti, ekuqaleni. Yamkela kuphela emva kokuvumela umbuki zindwendwe anyanzelise. - UNikki Goldstein
Akunyanzelekanga ukuba uhambe uye kwiphondo lase China iFujian (okanye iDarjeeling okanye iJapan, ngenxa yalonto) kwikomityi yobunyani.
IBoulder, eColorado
Ukuqhuba kweTshayina Ku Cha Indlu yeeTi Unokhetho olubanzi lwee-varietal kunye nee-flavored teas.
Yintoni yokusela: Amagqabi angena kwiingcebiso zegolide, iti yaseSri Lankan, zigutyungelwe kwisilika ukuphucula ivumba kunye nokuthamba. 1141 Pearl St .; 303 / 443-3612.
Isixeko saseNew York
Ukugqitywa kwedolophu IHarney kunye noonyana Ivenkile, eSoHo, ithelekiswa ne-emporium yenkampani kwindawo endala yokugcina izilwanyana, eMillerton.
Yintoni yokusela: Umdiliya odlamkileyo kaStanley wase-Assam kunye neDarjeeling mkhulu kunesixa samalungu awo. 433 iBroome St .; 212 / 933-4853.
Inxulumene: Iti yasemva kwemini kwi-NYC
EPortland, eOregon
Ukusuka kwindoda engasemva kweTazo Tea, USteven Smith Teamaker yindawo ejongene nezitena kwindawo enecandelo lezemizi-mveliso.
Yintoni yokusela: UFez yiti eluhlaza kunye nomkhonto kunye nelemon yemyile eyongezwe ukujija kweMorocco. 1626 N.W. UThurman St .; 503 / 719-8752.
esan Francisco
Indawo yokuhlala iTea Samovar Ipatio kunye nodonga lweglasi yokuphakama kabini ziyahamba njengemenyu yeenkcubeko ezininzi.
Yintoni yokusela: Iti yaseJapan yinto ekhethekileyo; i-Green Ecstasy ngumxube wodidi oluphezulu matcha kunye no-Asamushi wokuqala sencha . I-730 Howard St .; 415 / 227-9400.
ETucson, eArizona
Iindebe ezisixhenxe Umnini u-Austin Hodge, ongowaseMelika kuphela onelayisensi yokuthumela ngaphandle iti evela e-China, ufumanisa eyona ilungileyo kwi-Wuyishan, Yunnan, Qimen, Anxi, nangaphaya.
Yintoni yokusela: Liu Guo Ying ’ da hong pao . Izinto eziyinyani. 2516 E. Yesithandathu iSt .; Ngama-866 / 997-2877.
IWashington, D.C.
Kwi Ipaki iHyatt , iti sommelier uRobert Rex-Waller wongamela ingqokelela yeeti ezikumgangatho wemyuziyam ezisemva kwesiqingatha senkulungwane.
Yintoni yokusela: I-Royal Snowflake, iti emhlophe enqabileyo ekhuliswe kumathambeka e-Himalaya, ineentyatyambo ezintle. 1201 24th St NW; 202 / 419-6755.
Ipaki iHyatt Washington DC
Efumaneka kwingingqi yaseWest End, iPark Hyatt ilungele iGeorgetown kunye neDupont Circle kwaye ifikeleleke ngokulula kwiNational Mall nakwidolophu yedolophu. Le hotele inobuhlobo bezilwanyana ikwanayo ne-spa, iziko lokuzilolonga, ichibi elingaphakathi, kunye nemvula emanzi kwigumbi lokuhlambela lekalika. Enye into epholileyo? Ukuqeshisa ngeebhayisekile. Indawo yokutyela ihotele iBlue Duck Tavern ithandwa ziindwendwe kunye nabantu balapha ngokufanayo.