Ku -Art of Tea Drinking , u-Olivia Yang uvula ngala mazwi: "Abantu baseShayina baqinisekile ukuthi yibo abaqonda kangcono uhlobo lwetiye." Kulukhuni ukugcizelela ukubaluleka kwetiyi emasikweni aseShayina. Emaphuzu ahlukahlukene kuwo wonke umlando, isiphuzo sikazwelonke saseChina siye saqokwa njengezimali zombuso futhi sisetshenziselwa imali.
Ukuqala Kwethi
Nakuba ukubhekisela kwetiyi ezincwadini zesiShayina kubuyela eminyakeni engaba ngu-5 000, umsuka wokusetshenziswa kwetiyi njengesiphuzo akucacile.
Izinganekwane zasendulo zakha ukudalwa kwe-brew ngo-2737 BC lapho i-camellia isiqhakaga siphuza ekomelweni lamanzi okuphuza abilisiwe okuka-Emperor Shen Nung. Kodwa-ke, izazi eziningi zithola inhlawulo etholakala ku-Erh Ya, isichazamazwi sasendulo saseShayina, cishe cishe ngo-350 BC.
Ekuqaleni, itiye yayigugu ngenxa yezimfanelo zayo zokwelapha . Sekuyisikhathi eside sekuyaziwa ukuthi ama-tea aid ekuguleni, yingakho amaShayina amaningi akhetha ukuwadla ngemva kokudla kwawo. (Omunye umphumela othakazelisayo wababhemayo wukuthi itiye ivuselela ukukhishwa kwe-nicotine emzimbeni.) Ukuphakama kwetiyi ukuphuza kufomu yobuciko kwaqala ngekhulu le-8, ngokushicilelwa kukaLu Yu ngokuthi "I-Art Classic ye-Tea." Umbongi ohlonishwa kakhulu futhi owayengumpristi waseBuddhist wayenombono oqinile mayelana nenqubo efanele yokwenza utshwala, ukugxila, nokukhonza itiye . Isibonelo, amanzi kuphela avela emfudlaneni ohamba kancane ayamukelekile, futhi amaqabunga etiyi kufanele afakwe ekomelweni lokuvumba.
Umphakathi ophelele wokujabulela umkhiqizo oqediwe wawusegumbini eliseduze nommbizi wamanzi, ikakhulukazi enkampanini owesifazane oyifunayo. (Ukuze kube kuhle, umsebenzi wakhe wawuqukethe namathiphu amaningana asebenzayo ekukhiqizeni itiye, amaningi alo asetshenziswa namuhla).
Emakhulwini eminyaka emva kokushicilelwa komsebenzi kaYu, ukuthandwa kwetiyi kwanda ngokushesha kulo lonke elaseChina.
Akukona kuphela ukuphuza itiye kube isihloko esifanelekayo sezincwadi nezinkondlo; Abaphathi babanikeza izipho zetiye kulabo abamukeli abathokoza. Kamuva, amathikishi aqala ukuphazamisa umhlaba. Ngenkathi amaShayina engakaze ahlakulele umkhosi wezitshalo ezizungeze itiye lokuphuza efana nomkhosi wetiyi waseJapane, unenhlonipho enempilo ngendima yawo ekuphileni kwabo kwansuku zonke.
Izinhlobo Tea
I-aficionados ye-tea ivame ukumangala lapho ezwa ukuthi yonke itiye ivela emthonjeni ofanayo: i- Camellia Sinensis bush . Nakuba kunamakhulu ezinhlobonhlobo zama-teas aseShayina, eziningi ziwela ezigabeni ezine eziyisisekelo. Ephikisiwe ukunikeza izinzuzo zezempilo kakhulu, itiye elimhlophe lenziwa ngamaqabunga etiyi abomvu athathwa ngokushesha nje ngaphambi kokuba ifihlekile ivuleke ngokugcwele. Ama-teas ahlaza awakhiwe ngesikhathi sokucubungula futhi ngaleyo ndlela agcine umbala wangempela wamahlamvu wetiyi. Itiye elidume kakhulu kunazo zonke yi-Dragon Well tea ebiza kakhulu, ekhulile emagqumeni ase-Hangzhou.
Eyaziwa nangokuthi "itiye elibomvu," ama-teas amnyama akhiwa ngamaqabunga avuthiwe, okufaka umbala wabo omnyama. Izinhlobo ezidumile zetiyi elimnyama zihlanganisa uBo lei, itiye laseCanton livame ukuphuza i- dim sum , futhi i-luk - itiye elikhudlwana elithandwa ngabantu asebekhulile.
Okokugcina, i- oolong teas tezi zivutha kancane, okuholele itiye elihlaza okomnyama.
Izibonelo zeti ye-oolong zibandakanya isono se-Soi, isiphuzo esimuncu esilula esihlalweni esifundazweni saseFukien.
Kukhona nesigaba sesine esaziwa ngokuthi "amateyimu anomnandi," okwenziwe ngokuxuba izimbali ezihlukahlukene namagundane ngama-green or oolong teas. Okuyaziwa kakhulu phakathi kwalawa yi- jasmine tea . Futhi itiye elimhlophe , elenziwe ngamaqabunga amaqanda angaphiliwe ahlala ehlanganiswe ne-fysi, i-silvery fuzz, isanda kakhulu.
Ngenkathi iningi lethu lingenayo inkundla noma ichibi eliyizimbali elihle elisendlini yethu, singakwazi ukufaka isiphuzo sethu siphuzo lesikhulu leminyaka. Ngomkhuba omncane, kulula ukuphuza indebe ephelele yetiye. Futhi abaqashi abanamathengi abahlola izikhwama zetiyi bangakwazi ukwenza amakhono abo emisebenzini ye- tasseomancy (ukufunda amahlamvu wetiyi) .