sOmeOne
August 14th, 2004, 02:43 AM
Hi,
Me, as huge fan of various Asian countries, loves Japanese restaurants. I noticed that Japanese tea is different there than what I am used to drinking in Russia. Japanese tea tends to be green, less concentrated (almost like water) and with no sugar, drinked from very small cups :). What I wanted to know is whether this is the way you drink tea. In Russia our tea is dark (well concentrated), with usually two spoons of sugar and we drink it from large glasses. Sometimes we like it with a little bit of lemon juice and some kids like it with milk (yuck!). Just wondering whether this is one of the ways people do it in Japan or whether you have a completely different way.
With that said, I still like the Japanese tea. I am a huge fan of tea, but unfortunately it is very hard to find good tea in United States.
One last question - does tea has any special meaning in Japanese culture? I know Asian cultures are very complex, much more sophisticated than Euro-Asian and European (and esp. North American/Western). In Russia tea is something that is only shared with friends, or sometimes is used as a drink to go with sandwitches in the morning. When I was a kid, I would never leave home for school without a cup of tea in the morning :) Just a little tradition we have. Russian culture is much different from the Western European however, and when I moved to US I was terrified with the lack of appreciation for tea here.
Me, as huge fan of various Asian countries, loves Japanese restaurants. I noticed that Japanese tea is different there than what I am used to drinking in Russia. Japanese tea tends to be green, less concentrated (almost like water) and with no sugar, drinked from very small cups :). What I wanted to know is whether this is the way you drink tea. In Russia our tea is dark (well concentrated), with usually two spoons of sugar and we drink it from large glasses. Sometimes we like it with a little bit of lemon juice and some kids like it with milk (yuck!). Just wondering whether this is one of the ways people do it in Japan or whether you have a completely different way.
With that said, I still like the Japanese tea. I am a huge fan of tea, but unfortunately it is very hard to find good tea in United States.
One last question - does tea has any special meaning in Japanese culture? I know Asian cultures are very complex, much more sophisticated than Euro-Asian and European (and esp. North American/Western). In Russia tea is something that is only shared with friends, or sometimes is used as a drink to go with sandwitches in the morning. When I was a kid, I would never leave home for school without a cup of tea in the morning :) Just a little tradition we have. Russian culture is much different from the Western European however, and when I moved to US I was terrified with the lack of appreciation for tea here.