Your Cup of Tea?
By Ingrid Sorensen
May 30th, 2010
After visiting Silk Road and Special Teas in downtown Victoria yesterday and doing a bit of research on the history of tea, I began to realize that my tiny teacup has been silently harboring an ocean of tradition and knowledge. I’ve always thought tea was a great example of a “slow food” – a quality food that works to preserve cultural and biological diversity, while emphasizing pleasure and responsible eating – but until yesterday, I had no idea just how accurate that description was. The story goes that tea was first discovered over 5000 years ago when the Chinese emperor, Shen Nung, was drinking boiled water and several tea leaves from a nearby bush blew into his pot. The emperor enjoyed the new concoction and thus tea drinking was born. Tea was originally popularized in Buddhist temples, where
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We did come and enjoy the music, food, people and the festival this weekend. It was awesome! The music was great, food was incredible and we left with a fistful of information and a gratifying feeling about being part of something good.
After visiting Silk Road and Special Teas in downtown Victoria yesterday and doing a bit of research on the history of tea, I began to realize that my tiny teacup has been silently harboring an ocean of tradition and knowledge. I’ve always thought tea was a great example of a “slow food” – a quality food that works to preserve cultural and biological diversity, while emphasizing pleasure and responsible eating – but until yesterday, I had no idea just how accurate that description was. The story goes that tea was first discovered over 5000 years ago when the Chinese emperor, Shen Nung, was drinking boiled water and several tea leaves from a nearby bush blew into his pot. The emperor enjoyed the new concoction and thus tea drinking was born. Tea was originally popularized in Buddhist temples, where
