Men have for centuries dominated the professional tea industry as tea buyers, sellers, traders, and plantation owners. Historically, they have also led as change agents and tea masters in the cultural tea arts, from Japanese tea ceremony to tea crafting to gongfu cha in China and Taiwan. In addition, gifting tea to and from men has long been a tradition in Asia.
It is not without irony that this particular slow-tea culture custom is now being taken up like a relay-race baton in the least expe
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So true. My birthday is next month and my Chinese friends have a raw pu’er cake already waiting for me to when we get to Hong Kong.
I’m frankly amazed at how many males in IT are interested in fine tea, I suspect much of it has to do with the pace of slow tea and how it serves as both a stimulant while also a moment away to refocus and address problems from a different perspective.