"Such experts can tell the region by the taste of the tea. He tells us of the tea academies in China where people spend their lives studying tea, as we might study wine in Western society. The brew becoming increasingly potent as we were away the next hour (no wonder they named this place Chat) sipping tea and asking Vincent about some of the lore surrounding Chinese tea. Every so often he adds even more hot water to the pot. Everything is done over a special bamboo mat which must have a channel underneath that collects all the excess water, as Vincent carefully pours water over the tea pot to warm it and then swills the inside.įinally after much aplomb we are served two tiny glass bowls of tea, which he then continually refills from the pot as they become half full. Instead of just being given a pot of tea there is a rich ceremony to our being served. My daughter and I order a Puer tea which is $12 a pot and wonder at some of the other varieties which are up to $68 a pot.īut then of course we are naive and it is only over the next hour or so that we learn something of the specialness and traditions behind Chinese tea and why some teas are so prized. Tea shops are ubiquitous like your coffee shops are here." "Like Australians might drink water or perhaps coffee. "The Chinese drink tea, all day" he says. It is about an appreciation of Chinese tea and Chinese culture and it is the first shop of its kind in Melbourne, although Vincent, the part-owner, tells us there are many such shops in China. ![]() As does the premise, the precept of this shop.
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