How To Make Chinese Tea
This guide shows you How To Make Chinese Tea
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Beijing Qianmen Street Tour
Qianmen Street runs south from Tiananmen Square, just along the Beijing central axis. It is one of the last remnants of the business centers of the old Beijing. It has been transformed into a modern commercial pedestrian street, the second walking street after Wangfujing Street in the downtown shopping district Beijing.
“The Ming and Qing Dynasties” Qianmen Street was burnt down to ashes in 1900 when the Allied Forces of the Eight Powers ransacked Beijing. Physically, there is nothing left for us to retrieve.
The present Qianmen Street has been rebuilt on the historical photos and the mould of the 1920s to 1930s. The 1.45-square kilometer area has been built into four zones for culture, food, shopping and entertainment. Trolley cars are back to transport and entertain tourists.
The area is home to 50 courtyards and hutongs listed as state-level heritage sites, as well as 80 famed shops that have been operating for over a century, such as the Liubiju sauce and pickle shop, Tongrentang drugstore, Ruifuxiang silk shop, Neiliansheng shoes store and Zhangyiyuan tea shop.
Travel China Beijing- Da Zha Lan (Da Sha Lanr) 北京大栅栏
Beijing Da Zha Lan (pronounced Da Sha Lanr by Beijing Locals) is one of the few remnants of the city's original system of hutongs, narrow alleys and lanes of either residential or commercial purpose. This narrow Qing Dynasty street, which resembles a Western city's China town, plays host to a clutch of Beijing's most famous shops and traditional industries: Tong Ren Tang Traditional Chinese Medicine Shop, Zhang Yi Yuan Tea Shop, and the Rui Fu Xiang Silk Shop. There are also trinket shops, back-street cinemas, leather and fur stores and a branch of Tianjin's famous Gou Bu Li fast food restaurant.
Preparing Chinese Tea
We went to a chinese tea house in Beijing.
The Secret to Brewing Chinese Tea | A China Icons How To Guide
Black, green, oolong, pu-erh….
China is the world’s biggest producer of tea and with so many varieties to choose from, it’s hard to know what makes the perfect cup.
Enter China Icons’ Joe, who has travelled to Fujian, China’s most famous province for tea, on a special assignment to reveal the secrets to brewing the perfect cuppa. His personal favourite is white tea – one of the most delicate varieties and named after the fine white hairs on the young buds of the tea plant.
First stop is the plantations, where Joe takes tips from the tea pickers on how to pluck the best leaves. It can be back-breaking work, with the average picker gathering 5 kilos per day and returning to the same area every couple of days when the leaves have produced new shoots.
Next stop for Joe and his tea leaves is processing, where the leaves are wilted, sometimes outside for up to 3 days, to remove excess moisture and the smell of grass.
Most tea leaves are then sold on at market, so Joe travels to Dian Tou, the main market town for selling his favourite white tea. There are four main types – shou mei, gong mei, white peony and silver needle.
Finally, Joe gets to enjoy his cuppa. For the best taste, he discovers that water should be boiled to less than 90 degrees Celsius and poured down the side of the cup rather than directly on the leaves.
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Chinese Talkshow - 德云社 张一元茶庄 2007.03.16
Filmed @ Beijing Zhang Yi Yuan Teahouse.
This's a unique form of Chinese traditional talk show, in which one acts in front and follows the sayings of another person hidden behind him.
Preparing and drinking tea in China
Cici shows us how to prepare and drink tea in China