Tea Culture in the Coffee Kingdom

The United States is called the coffee kingdom, but it is amazing that about half of the people drink tea. In the American market, there are hundreds of kinds of oolong tea and green tea in China, but most of them are canned cold drink tea. This also highlights that Americans drink tea, pay attention to efficiency and convenience, do not want to waste time and action to brew tea and dump tea dregs, and they do not seem to want to show any traces of tea in the teacup. Favored to drink instant tea, summer to a cold cup of cold tea, suddenly feel cool, very comfortable. In the United States, tea consumption ranks second only to coffee. Americans drink tea differently from Chinese. Most people prefer iced tea to hot tea. When drinking, first put ice cubes in the cold tea, or put the cold tea in the refrigerator in advance, smell it cold, sip cool teeth, and suddenly feel cool in your chest, such as a spring breeze. Unfortunately, because this tea is mainly to drink and cool, it does not have the taste, warmth and leisure that Chinese tea brews, and the atmosphere of drinking tea is greatly reduced.

The United States is located in the middle of North America, where tea is consumed locally. Wuyi rock tea is the main tea in China in the 18th century, Chinese green tea in the 19th century and black tea in the 20th century. Since the 1980s, green tea sales began to pick up again. However, as a hot drink, Americans have evolved into cold iced tea.

In the United States, whether it is the boiling water of tea, or the cold water solution of instant tea, until canned tea, most of them are accustomed to putting ice in the tea soup, or putting it in the freezer before drinking to cool it into iced tea. The reason why iced tea is popular with Americans. This is because iced tea should follow a fast-paced lifestyle. People don't want to drink tea in a hot way. And when drinking iced tea, consumers can also combine their own taste, add sugar, lemon, or other fruit juices. When drinking tea in this way, there is not only the mellow taste of tea, but also the delicate aroma of fruit, especially in the full mouth of tea, and the summer heat dissipates.

As a sports drink, iced tea is also favored by Americans. It can replace soda, not only quench thirst during exercise, but also benefit athletes to recover energy. After intense and tiring physical activity, drinking a cup of iced tea will naturally feel cool and comfortable and invigorate your spirit.

Americans also drink cocktail tea, especially in the scenic Hawaii, generally have the habit of drinking cocktail tea. The method of making cocktail tea is not complicated, that is, in cocktails, according to everyone's needs, a certain proportion of black tea juice is added to become cocktail tea wine. However, there are higher requirements for the quality of black tea, which must be high-grade black tea with strong soup color, strong stimulating taste and fresh taste. It is considered that the cocktail tea made from this kind of tea juice has a mellow taste, higher fragrance, refreshing and refreshing, so it is popular.

Tea, as one of the three major health drinks in the world, has spread all over the world. On the other hand, the tea drinking customs and cultures of various regions have the characteristics of competing for wonder and beauty. Different tea customs reflect different values and cultural orientations of different nationalities, regions and countries. Below, some representative countries and regions are selected to appreciate the different connotations of the same green leaf.

(responsible Editor: Leo)