Comments on: Gong Fu Cha: An Illustrated Primer to the Southern Fujian Chinese Tea Ceremony http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/11/24/gong-fu-cha-an-illustrated-primer-to-the-southern-fujian-chinese-tea-ceremony/ An American who taught in China in 1993-94 returns for a visit in 2006 with his native Chinese wife and their two pre-schoolers. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Moose Munchies : Debbie Moose blogs on life, food and the South http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/11/24/gong-fu-cha-an-illustrated-primer-to-the-southern-fujian-chinese-tea-ceremony/comment-page-1/#comment-42465 Moose Munchies : Debbie Moose blogs on life, food and the South Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:44:10 +0000 http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/11/25/brewing-tea-in-the-southern-fujian-style-illustrated-2/#comment-42465 [...] on a tour of Chinese teas from white and green to oolong and black. Conway conducts tea tastings, Chinese Gong Fu tea ceremonies and other events through her business, Tea [...] [...] on a tour of Chinese teas from white and green to oolong and black. Conway conducts tea tastings, Chinese Gong Fu tea ceremonies and other events through her business, Tea [...]

]]> By: Mark Baker http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/11/24/gong-fu-cha-an-illustrated-primer-to-the-southern-fujian-chinese-tea-ceremony/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Mark Baker Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:19:18 +0000 http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/11/25/brewing-tea-in-the-southern-fujian-style-illustrated-2/#comment-402 I hear ya: I definitely didn't marry my Wife for her--or her region's--cooking. And how 'bout them MmmMmm Good gelatinized sea worms? I hear ya: I definitely didn’t marry my Wife for her–or her region’s–cooking.

And how ’bout them MmmMmm Good gelatinized sea worms?

]]> By: Buhaoyise http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/11/24/gong-fu-cha-an-illustrated-primer-to-the-southern-fujian-chinese-tea-ceremony/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Buhaoyise Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:10:39 +0000 http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/2006/11/25/brewing-tea-in-the-southern-fujian-style-illustrated-2/#comment-400 After living in Xiamen for 1 year the charm has worn off and I find it a hollow and excruciatingly boring place. The one thing I do love is the tea ceremony. It's so much nicer to do business over 30 tiny cups of tea rather than whores and baijiu. Fujianese people may try to kill you with their rotten cabbage fried in 4th hand oil and various dumpster worthy local delicacies, but they're always ready to revive you with a tea "ceremony". Exchange more than a few words with any small shop-keeper here and they will immediately invite you to sit down and "pao cha". Even the lady who takes your 2 mao to use the public loo, and speaks not a word of Mandarin, invited me to sit down with her for a cup or two. Welcome to Fujian - China's tea capital and culinary outhouse. After living in Xiamen for 1 year the charm has worn off and I find it a hollow and excruciatingly boring place.

The one thing I do love is the tea ceremony. It’s so much nicer to do business over 30 tiny cups of tea rather than whores and baijiu.

Fujianese people may try to kill you with their rotten cabbage fried in 4th hand oil and various dumpster worthy local delicacies, but they’re always ready to revive you with a tea “ceremony”. Exchange more than a few words with any small shop-keeper here and they will immediately invite you to sit down and “pao cha”. Even the lady who takes your 2 mao to use the public loo, and speaks not a word of Mandarin, invited me to sit down with her for a cup or two.

Welcome to Fujian – China’s tea capital and culinary outhouse.

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