Tasting tea and coffee

Coffee in the workplace must be a spur to keep moving forward. Coffee shops after work will not be so harsh, but drinking a cup of black hot soup is to activate the tongue and make the topic more interesting.

I attended two Japanese tea ceremonies and drank tea twice. The narrator said that their party stirred the tea in the bowl with tea until the tea was frothy, a thin layer of foam. Perhaps it was this layer of foam. When the tea soup entered, it was thick and thick, especially along the throat. If I thought of drinking espresso, it would be a violation of this unique ancient art, but I am really so bad. Tea and coffee, apple and orange, associate not taste taste, perhaps drink Italian coffee is a special memory accumulation bar, lips and tongue contact coffee that layer of foam milk is always very focused, tea ceremony seems simple in fact complex movement program, to bring in is also concentrated.

Some time ago, I went to a tea house in the city with a high price. There were many tea flavors to choose from, and the tea set was deliberately exquisite. I was not impressed when I drank it. It's delicious, not just for the tongue, but for the whole set. Although this teahouse wanted to create an exclusive atmosphere, it was more like an exotic cafe nowadays.

Some people say,"Coffee breaks are not really about relaxing, stopping, or resting, but about interrupting declining productivity." Coffee in the workplace must be a spur to keep moving forward. Coffee shops after work will not be so harsh, but drinking a cup of black hot soup is to activate the tongue and make the topic more interesting.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi's tea teacher Chirikyu said: "Cook a bowl of good tea, spread charcoal evenly and heat; arrange flowers naturally to show the true appearance of flowers blooming in the field; the room temperature should be warm in winter and cool in summer." The exquisite tea ceremony tea room is located in the courtyard, isolated from other buildings, walking the winding path, stepping on the stones, lowering the head into the room, the mood gradually enters. In a small space, the tea master boils water, prepares tea sets, and makes tea at close range. The tea guests are also familiar with the precise procedures of the tea master to remove unnecessary movements and experience them in silence.

I thought of coffee again, this time South Asian coffee. That day, we passed a noodle shop. It was a renovated old-style shop house. The two pillars of the five-legged base revealed the old identity of the house. The big characters "Yuelan Pavilion" were embossed, and there were small characters below them. On the left was "Frozen Cold Products". On the right, I forgot to take a photo. I can't remember now. It was probably "Coffee Tea" or something like that. The horizontal plaque above reads "Fresh Western Cake, Fried and Often Convenient". Recently, I have been looking for such an ancient coffee shop to sit, but I also know that this may have become a swan song.

Old-fashioned coffee shop, coffee and tea are still the main products, plus one or two small stalls to support the facade. Generally, the space is not large, and coffee making and whatnot are within the customer's sight. Stepping into the store from the hot street, the temperature varies, some are lazy and cool from the overhead fan, some are hot from avoiding the sun but exchange for another heavy sultry air, then there is the collision of cups and plates, the long-distance singing of coffee and hands, the taste of food, the conversation of customers, watching the hands lift the white tin pot and accurately pour coffee into the iconic thick mouth cup, which is also the familiar environment and formula. Sit down, no matter whether you know or not, if you have the opportunity, don't forget to chat up one or two other customers, forming a complete package, very Southeast Asian experience.

Drinking Nanyang coffee is another taste, different from Italian French American taste. Think of a prototype of the old coffee shop, always want to go, it seems to have to act quickly, but it is another kind of simple style, and "moon orchid pavilion" such a name evokes a different association, is a different experience. Of course, after drinking the delicious tea ceremony tea soup twice, of course, he had to find out where else to drink. Author: Lin Renyu

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