2015-05-23

平凡的幸福

或是說幸福的平凡....

人啊,是屬於那種擁有了卻不夠珍惜,失去了才懊悔不已的生物。

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W 阿薩姆紅茶 75g  300元
台灣南投魚池鄉的紅茶,品種以阿薩姆為主,少許野生山茶、台茶8號,
偏早期濃烈風味的阿薩姆紅茶特色,適合純飲、加糖、加奶、加檸檬.......

在台灣種紅茶是當年日治時代開始的,是當初為了供給日本國內紅茶所需而種植,現在變成台灣炙手可熱的茶葉商品,十年前卻是乏人問津的冷門茶葉。

什麼是幸福?一杯茶是幸福。

什麼是幸福?有家人在身邊是幸福。

什麼是幸福?能吃、能睡、能跑、能跳是幸福。

什麼是幸福?等一下要去吃一頓大餐是幸福。

就是平凡啊。

2015-05-17

Tea is NOT expensive, and NOT too cheap, either.

The price of tea includes the cost of

tea leaves, 
labors, 
packages, 
profit of farmers, 
profit of businessmen,
and so on.

Most of these costs are stable, unless some unpredictable natural disasters happen.

The changeable costs are the profit of farmers and the profit of businessmen. As everyone knows, most farmers are disadvantaged. They are maybe not poor, but would not be rich usually. 

Farmers depend on nature deeply and completely. However, when the goddess of nature smiles to them, they would not get THAT much money. Big quantity causes the price down, and little quantity makes the price up. The profit of farmers are stable, even they want to make it more, businessmen would not "allow" it happened. 

Farmers are disadvantaged in Taiwan. It is shame.
  
The ONLY cost of tea which could changeable is the profit of businessmen. 

It means consumers AT LEAST have to pay the cost of tea leaves, labors, packages, and profit of farmers.

Yes,
the price of tea should not be TOO cheap.

and Yes,
it could be expensive, MORE expensive, and MUCH MORE expensive. 

Do not buy the cheapest tea.

Do not buy the most expensive tea, unless your money is too much.

How to make it?
Go get some knowledge and experience of tea, and DO NOT let books in bookstores teach you how to buy tea. They sucks. If you go buy tea yourself few times, you would figure out that each one give you one way to distinguish tea, and these ways are all different.

That is why we started wait a moment.

Make sure the profit of farmers, save your "too much" money, and make my money. :)

2015-04-23

Tea with high quality COULD NOT be used for a cup of bubble tea

Tea with high quality would not be used for a cup of bubble tea.

WHY?

Because tea with high quality is expensive, and a cup of bubble tea is too cheap.

YES.
But it is not the point.


Because tea with high quality owns delicate smell and flavor, sugar and milk would cover(destroy) these essential elements in tea with high quality completely.

YES.
This is the point.




How about if I try to use tea with high quality to make a cup of bubble tea, and see what are going to happen?

YES. 
You can do that and I did that before. 

I could tell you that you will get a cup of sweet and milky water with slight fragrance of tea or maybe not. In fact, it tasted just like kind of WATER. 




Tea with lower quality (have to be lower enough) is good to be used for a cup of bubble tea. 

WHY?

Because tea with lower quality is cheaper, for a cup of bubble tea is economical.

YES.
But it is not the point.


Tea with lower quality tasted much bitter and astringent. Sugar and milk could adjust and decorate the flavor and fragrance of the tea with lower quality magically to become a cup of wonderful bubble tea.

YES.
It is the point.




Is it a cheat?

NO.



Just don't drink bubble tea too much, and don't order plain tea in bubble tea shops. 
It is unhealthy, and dumb. 

YES.

2015-04-05

0403買綠茶

又到了一年一度購買綠茶的季節

如果可以
我們盡量在春天買好綠茶
畢竟清明前後的綠茶是最吸引人的

除了鮮嫩香甜的綠茶吸引人
撿茶枝的阿嬤
一字排開的試茶飯碗




也很迷人

一葉一葉人工撿茶
鄰居來串門子順便幫忙撿茶

作茶做到很累很煩的茶農夫婦
遇見客人馬上展現笑臉泡茶招待
即便前一刻正在吵架
一講到綠茶
就滔滔不絕像似忘了要賣茶做生意的一股腦分享茶葉經驗

買茶
買的是茶葉的品質
買的是做茶師傅的手藝
和茶農的生活

2015-04-03

奇怪也,農人為什麼要把自己種的植物拿去檢驗??

覺得身體怪怪的,去醫院做檢查,很平常
擔心買來的東西有問題,拿去檢驗,很合理

把自己種出來的、培育出來的植物拿去檢驗,無法理解


農夫當然知道自己用的是甚麼肥料(如果有使用的話)
                知道自己用的是甚麼農藥(如果有使用的話)
奇怪也
如果都知道,卻還是要拿去檢驗,到底是要驗甚麼?

而且怎麼會變成農夫自己種自己拿去檢驗呢?


是因為
消費者的心理層面需求
要驗給妳我安心

那可以這樣來解讀嗎
農夫說的話不能全部相信,但是檢驗儀器說的話不會騙人
諷刺的是,調整儀器的還是人

品質出問題的
除了沒檢驗的
發生最多的就是掛一堆標章保證沒問題的出了問題

自己的國家自己救,自己的身體自己顧,自己吃的東西自己要清楚

如果一廂情願的將自己應該照顧的一切交由別人照顧
說的好聽就是聽天由命
說的難聽就是擺爛

蔬菜水果都需要了解產地、農夫等等,更何況是茶葉


喜歡喝茶
在具備基本常識(就是可以讓你出口成章卡唬爛的那些....)之外
請至少一定要記住你/妳喜歡的茶葉該有的味道和香氣
因為喝多了、喝久了,你/妳就是該茶類的專家
就這麼簡單,只要喝久了、喝多了