Today. We drank tea. Then went to bank. Drank phuerh tea with monk and nun. Ate veggies with them. Hao zhi! Then drank Da Hong Pao tea. Did some chanting and meditation. Then saw that our car had a flat tire. We were late for our appointment. Where we drank tea. And got samples for three teas, as our the general manager wanted to give us a good tea but we didn't know which. When we sample we can tell her which tea we like. Then we went to cittra/xiqin store to show/intriduce the instrument to the ladies of our appointment. There we drank tea! One was a 12 years old stored Da Hong Pao! That was a first. Nice! A bit of earthy flavor but quite good. The way we tend to steep puerh in west is probably all wrong, gets too strong. Shang was trying out the cittras and then we drank more tea. After this we went to pick up a mechanic to take the tire to a shop. Its been raining and cold pretty much all day. When they fixed the tire and we tried to pay. The cost was nothing! The reason is probably that the person who directed us to the repairs is married to a local chief of police.
The mechanic guy who helped us is 17 years old. Freckles. Reminded me of my 17 yo brother in Norway who learn mechanics.
Now. Back home eating light meal - takeout steamed bun and fried pancake with veggie biscuit filling (chao bing).
Taking a warm footbath.
How was your day?
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1 comment:
Hello Jonas.
This is a beautiful post. Just the way to spend a day. I'm looking forward to learning better ways to enjoy tea if and when you come back to Sydney. I love the wooden Chinese furniture and tea setting.
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