Drinking Tea, Wine, and Coffee in China: 喝茶,酒,和咖啡

Chinese tea has a history of more than five thousand years. Chinese love to drink three main kinds of tea: green tea, black tea, and camellia. Green tea is not fermented, black tea is fermented, and camellia is a mix of either green or black tea with jasmine or other flowers, and has a floral scent. For the thousands of years that the Chinese have drank tea, tea drinking has become an art. In the Tang Dynasty, China already had tea ceremony for art. Chinese also started drinking alcohol very early. Chinese drink three main kinds of wine: white wine, red wine, and rice wine. The degree of white wine is relatively high, it is easy to get drunk. However, because the degree of red wine is very low, it is not easy to get drunk. Rice wine has yellow and white, such as sweet-scented osmanthus wine in Shaanxi. During the holidays like Chinese New Year, many people drink because drinking can make people happy. Lastly, coffee came to China more than 100 years ago from foreign countries. Even though Chinese people have not had a long history of drinking coffee, now Chinese people like to drink coffee. In the past there were many teahouses in various parts of China, now cafes are available in many places. Over the years, the evolution of Chinese drink have evolved just as its culture has too.
中国人喝茶有五千多年的历史。中国人爱喝三种茶:绿茶,红茶,和花茶。绿茶制作时不用发酵,红茶是要发酵的,花茶是在绿茶和红茶中加上茉莉花或者别的花,花茶有一种花的香味。在中国几千年泡茶的时间,茶就慢慢变了一种艺术。唐朝的时候中国就已经有了研究喝茶的茶道和茶艺了。中国人也是很早就开始喝酒。中国人喝的三种酒就是白酒,红酒,和米酒。白酒的度数比较高,很容易喝醉。因为红酒的度数很低,不容易喝醉。米酒有黄色和白色的,比如陕西的桂花稠酒。过年过节的时候很多人会喝酒,因为喝酒让人高兴。咖啡是一百多年前才从外国传到中国的。中国人喝咖啡的历史不长,可是现在中国人很喜欢喝咖啡。以前中国各地有很多茶馆,现在很多地方都能看到咖啡馆。

There are 9 comments

  1. stephen liang

    I did not know that the Chinese had red wine and white wine during that time. The article was very good and informing

  2. Nico li

    I really like drinking green tea, and reading this article makes it a different experience. I really would appreciate green tea next time I drink it.

  3. Steven Yu

    I did not know that there were different degrees of red wine and white. Also interesting how early people begin drinking in China.

  4. Leanne Lu

    Very interesting to learn about the different kinds of tea, wine, and coffee in China and the history behind them.

  5. Serene L.

    I thought drinking tea was just a preference, but it is interesting how the Chinese says that drinking tea has become an art over thousands of years. I like that the Chinese drink light wine as in they can’t get drunk easily. It would be a benefit.

  6. Hitomi Honda

    Wow, I learned so much about tea, coffee, and alcohol after reading this article! I never knew that the Chinese considered tea drinking to be an art or the fact that they even held tea ceremonies for art during the Tang dynasty. Thanks for sharing!

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