An inspiration about brewing tea, from making a bowl of Pig Liver Soup

Pig Liver Soup is a famous delicacy in Taiwan. It is popular everywhere, such as night markets, food shops, restaurants, and people's house. According to the name of this soup, the major ingredient in the soup is pig liver. Usually customers could have around 5 or 6 slices of liver in the soup if people order this dish in night markets or restaurants. Also, this was my real experience.

One day, I decided to make a bowl of pig liver soup to my family myself. Then I went to a traditional day market to purchased a piece of pig liver, and that was my first time to buy it and make it become a soup. I asked that lady gently, "Could you slice the liver for me and tell me how to make a bowl of delicious pig liver soup?" That kindly lady told me the ingredients in this soup and how to make the liver tender, like a live recipe, while she was slicing that whole piece of pig liver slices.


Suddenly I found there were too many slices of liver, and doubted that do I need so many of it? That clever lady noticed my doubt and told me, "Sir, you do this soup for yourself, right?". I said, "Yes, for my family." She said with smiles on her face,

"OK then, why do you just want to put 5 or 6 slices of pig liver in your soup? You know what? You should put 10 or 12 slices of liver in it, or even more.And  that is Pig Liver Soup!! The soups you had in night markers or restaurants only with 5 or 6 slices of liver are not real pig liver soups." I said, "..............".

Of course, those pig liver soups we had in night markets and restaurants were "real" pig liver soups. Haha.

In conclusion, the inspiration to me is, "Tea bag is tea, and it is not Tea."

Have you ever had a cup of tea but not from tea bags? Please try it.
Try to have a cup of tea with nude tea leaves, and you will know what's the difference. :)