Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Drinking the tea is a popular pastime for residents in the Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin. In addition to making oil tea, he has worked with a team to produce bottled low-calorie oil tea, canned oil tea paste, and an oil tea-based hotpot soup, to appeal to customers far and wide. "I'm setting up classes for the younger generation interested in oil tea preparation and its culture,"Zhou says. As a result of efforts by local government and tea makers, such as Zhou, Gongcheng oil tea was recommended as a diplomatic gift by six national government organs, including the Ministry of Commerce, in 2022. "Getting the award for being an outstanding individual nationwide is not only recognition of my personal efforts, but of the Gongcheng oil tea's value as precious cultural heritage," Zhou says.

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Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

The oil tea is a hit among customers at a fair in Hong Kong. The finished oil tea is best when it has a rich yellow-green color, and has an aroma that is a blend of tea mixed with the scent of scallions and cilantro. Over the years, oil tea has become an important part of social interactions for the …

Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Foreign visitors enjoy Gongcheng oil tea in a cultural event in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. CHINA DAILY Gongcheng oil tea depends on tradition and technique to produce a tasty and aromatic treat, Yang Feiyue reports. Rhythmic thumping cuts through the early morning stillness in the lanes and alleys of Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang …

Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Zhou Liwei, an inheritor of the oil tea-making practice, demonstrates the craftsmanship in Guilin, Guangxi. Its subtropical monsoon climate zone has made it a tea production center since ancient times.The county was established during the Sui Dynasty when it was originally called Chacheng. Gongcheng techniques have been preserved since the rise of tea culture during the Tang Dynasty.As the Yao …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Foreign visitors enjoy Gongcheng oil tea in a cultural event in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. CHINA DAILY Gongcheng oil tea depends on tradition and technique to produce a tasty and aromatic treat, Yang Feiyue reports. Rhythmic thumping cuts through the early morning stillness in the lanes and alleys of Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang …

Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Drinking the tea is a popular pastime for residents in the Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin. In addition to making oil tea, he has worked with a team to produce bottled low-calorie oil tea, canned oil tea paste, and an oil tea-based hotpot soup, to appeal to customers far and wide. "I'm setting up classes for the younger generation …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Foreign visitors enjoy Gongcheng oil tea in a cultural event in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. CHINA DAILY Gongcheng oil tea depends on tradition and technique to produce a tasty and aromatic treat, Yang Feiyue reports. Rhythmic thumping cuts through the early morning stillness in the lanes and alleys of Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

The oil tea is a hit among customers at a fair in Hong Kong. The finished oil tea is best when it has a rich yellow-green color, and has an aroma that is a blend of tea mixed with the scent of scallions and cilantro. Over the years, oil tea has become an important part of social interactions for the …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Foreign visitors enjoy Gongcheng oil tea in a cultural event in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. CHINA DAILY Gongcheng oil tea depends on tradition and technique to produce a tasty and aromatic treat, Yang Feiyue reports. Rhythmic thumping cuts through the early morning stillness in the lanes and alleys of Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Zhou Liwei, an inheritor of the oil tea-making practice, demonstrates the craftsmanship in Guilin, Guangxi. Its subtropical monsoon climate zone has made it a tea production center since ancient times.The county was established during the Sui Dynasty when it was originally called Chacheng. Gongcheng techniques have been preserved since the rise of tea culture during the Tang Dynasty.As the Yao …

Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

The oil tea is a hit among customers at a fair in Hong Kong. The finished oil tea is best when it has a rich yellow-green color, and has an aroma that is a blend of tea mixed with the scent of scallions and cilantro. Over the years, oil tea has become an important part of social interactions for the …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Zhou Liwei, an inheritor of the oil tea-making practice, demonstrates the craftsmanship in Guilin, Guangxi. Its subtropical monsoon climate zone has made it a tea production center since ancient times.The county was established during the Sui Dynasty when it was originally called Chacheng. Gongcheng techniques have been preserved since the rise of tea culture during the Tang Dynasty.As the Yao …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Drinking the tea is a popular pastime for residents in the Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin. In addition to making oil tea, he has worked with a team to produce bottled low-calorie oil tea, canned oil tea paste, and an oil tea-based hotpot soup, to appeal to customers far and wide. "I'm setting up classes for the younger generation …

Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Foreign visitors enjoy Gongcheng oil tea in a cultural event in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. CHINA DAILY Gongcheng oil tea depends on tradition and technique to produce a tasty and aromatic treat, Yang Feiyue reports. Rhythmic thumping cuts through the early morning stillness in the lanes and alleys of Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang …

Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Zhou Liwei, an inheritor of the oil tea-making practice, demonstrates the craftsmanship in Guilin, Guangxi. Its subtropical monsoon climate zone has made it a tea production center since ancient times.The county was established during the Sui Dynasty when it was originally called Chacheng. Gongcheng techniques have been preserved since the rise of tea culture during the Tang Dynasty.As the Yao …

Brewing up flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Drinking the tea is a popular pastime for residents in the Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin. In addition to making oil tea, he has worked with a team to produce bottled low-calorie oil tea, canned oil tea paste, and an oil tea-based hotpot soup, to appeal to customers far and wide. "I'm setting up classes for the younger generation …

Brewing up a flavorsome tale
4 months ago

Brewing up a flavorsome tale

China Daily  

Foreign visitors enjoy Gongcheng oil tea in a cultural event in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. CHINA DAILY Gongcheng oil tea depends on tradition and technique to produce a tasty and aromatic treat, Yang Feiyue reports. Rhythmic thumping cuts through the early morning stillness in the lanes and alleys of Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin in the Guangxi Zhuang …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

World invited to savor tea brewed by Yao people
10 months, 3 weeks ago

World invited to savor tea brewed by Yao people

China Daily  

Elderly members of the Yao ethnic group enjoy oil tea in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Zhou, 47, is a national-level inheritor of intangible cultural heritage linked to the unique tea of his ethnic group in Gongcheng Yao autonomous county of Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Known popularly as "oil tea", the drink is a unique Yao …

A new trend is brewing
1 year, 7 months ago

A new trend is brewing

China Daily  

Tea-flavored drinks and desserts, presented by Heytea and Theatre Tea, are targeting young consumers who seek a fresh experience of Chinese tea. According to Shen Dongmei, a researcher of tea culture at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, brewing tea over charcoal has always been part of people's life, especially during cold winters in rural areas, especially Yunnan, Guizhou and …

Once destined for export, fermented tea finds new fans
1 year, 10 months ago

Once destined for export, fermented tea finds new fans

China Daily  

Customers line up to buy bubble tea from a shop in Changsha, Hunan province, on Jan 3. CHANGSHA — Once a niche product reserved for border trade, Chinese dark tea is now making another long and bumpy journey toward new-style beverage shops, the favorite haunts of the young sipping class. But as the fashion for new-style brews swept China, dark …

Once destined for export, fermented tea finds new fans
1 year, 10 months ago

Once destined for export, fermented tea finds new fans

China Daily  

Customers line up to buy bubble tea from a shop in Changsha, Hunan province, on Jan 3. CHANGSHA — Once a niche product reserved for border trade, Chinese dark tea is now making another long and bumpy journey toward new-style beverage shops, the favorite haunts of the young sipping class. But as the fashion for new-style brews swept China, dark …

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