On the afternoon of June 7, Beijing time, a small pot of tea with the theme of "brothers with different surnames all over the world" was held × the cultural exchange tasting meeting of the Sri Lankan Embassy in China. This is one of the series of high-end tasting meetings of the global embassies in China, and it is also another exchange after the International Tea Day Small Can Tea visits the Sri Lankan Embassy in China.
With cultural exchanges and tea drink appreciation as the core, this activity is committed to building a key bridge for the integration and mutual learning of tea culture, so that "this magical oriental leaf" travels through a long and vast time and space, so that Chinese black tea and Ceylon black tea, two "brothers with different surnames" with the same root, jointly tell the long history of tea, and let more people in the world know tea, love tea, and share a beautiful tea life.
One leaf each table
"Brothers with different surnames", a tea relationship
At the exchange and tasting meeting, Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Palita Kohona and Mei Jiang, vice president of Small Pot Tea, jointly tasted high-end black tea from China and Sri Lanka, and were willing to make more people in the world fall in love with tea through "brotherhood".
Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Palita Kohona said in her speech: "This year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka, so it is very interesting to hold a tasting session at this time node. As we all know, the sri Lankan people love tea very much, including me personally. I know that tea is also a very important drink for Chinese, and it is also a traditional Chinese culture. It is a great pleasure to be able to co-host this black tea tasting activity with the small pot of tea, and feel that 'tea' connects us with this beautiful Sino-Si tea edge. ”
Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Palita Kohona sips small pots of tea
Mei Jiang, vice president of Small Pot Tea, further explained the theme of the event in his speech - "red", black tea, the red of feelings. Brothers with different names, we have the same roots, all from this magical leaf, we are all brothers. Two brothers with different surnames, the same root and the same origin, 150 years ago, Chinese tea crossed the ocean from Fujian to Sri Lanka, and opened a different "flower". It is this magical leaf that, no matter how life changes, it accompanies us and makes our lives better.
Mei Jiang, vice president of Small Pot Tea, delivered a speech
Although the way of drinking tea in different countries and regions is different, "harmony and difference" has always been the most far-reaching spiritual connotation of tea culture.
In the long river of China's five-thousand-year culture, tea culture has always been a very active "chapter". It can be said that every frame of the historical picture scroll is soaked with a rich tea aroma. Tea not only has a long history in China, but also smells the world, shaping a variety of tea cultures and tea stories in different countries and regions. Ceylon black tea, which has the same root as Chinese black tea, enjoys a good reputation in the world and has become the national business card of Sri Lanka.
Homologous and fragrant
Unlock together, a modern way of life
At the cultural exchange tasting meeting, when the small pot tea Dian black tea and Sri Lankan Ceylon black tea appeared together with their own customs, Zhang Yilin, a small pot tea research researcher and category research and development manager of the tea development department, explained the difference between the two black teas to the guests: "Small pot tea And Dian black tea, all based on the core production area of Yunnan Fengqing County (' The spring single bud of the high-altitude ecological tea garden is used as raw material, and the scientific fermentation process of temperature control and humidity control makes it have both the sweet fragrance of traditional Dianhong and the nectar fragrance of characteristic varieties, the taste is mellow and sweet, and the taste is sweet and silky. The aroma of Ceylon black tea is rich and long-lasting, the taste is fresh and sweet, and many people like to add some milk or add some sugar to buffer and increase nutrition when drinking this tea. ”
The tea is fragrant and the laughter is eloquent. The interactive sessions of "Tea Fun Quiz", "Tea Drinking Fun Special" and "Tea Fun Tasting" brought the atmosphere of the scene to a climax. A pot of good tea, accompanied by delicious tea food, taste the poetry and excitement of tea life in the shade of summer, and the guests on the scene experienced the healthy and beautiful life brought by the tea rhyme of the two countries.
Small pot of tea X The scene of the cultural exchange tasting meeting of the Sri Lankan Embassy in China
As Mei Jiang, vice president of Small Pot Tea, said, tea life is an ancient way of life, and it has become a good consumption choice for modern urban young people in the course of historical changes and the efforts of all parties. Tea can slow down time, drink tea can better relax the tense nerves, so that the busy "996" life has a slow time. On the other hand, tea, as a symbol of oriental traditional culture, also enriches the spiritual life of young people and enjoys the cultural wealth left by their ancestors.
Sri Lankan Ambassador Palita Kohona also said that whether the Sri Lankan people are daily hospitality or self-drinking, whether there are exquisite tea sets and rituals, as long as they drink tea, they fully enjoy the beautiful experience brought to us by tea, which has become a national habit.
The guests at the scene said that through this tasting activity, they could not only feel the long history of tea and taste the profundity of tea culture, but also "unlocked" the healthy and poetic lifestyle contained in tea.
A leaf warm
The ambassador praised the small pot of tea innovation and inheritance
At the exchange and tasting meeting, The small pot of tea hosted the Sri Lankan ambassador with Chinese tea, and also treated the world with Chinese hospitality, enhancing the cultural exchange and integration between China and Sri Lanka.
China is the hometown of tea, and it is also the country with the largest scale of tea cultivation, the most complete product variety and the deepest tea culture. In addition to creating high-quality tea, Chinese tea enterprises should have the courage to explore the expression of tea life that conforms to modern times, and establish tea life resonance and connection with the world and more young people.
As a modern Chinese tea, small pot tea has always insisted on inheriting Chinese tea culture in innovation. Since going up the mountain in 2012 to find tea, the small pot of tea has gone through a decade. Ten years of "tea road", small pot tea has always been adhering to the core concept of "innovation is the best inheritance", upgrading the industrial chain of the tea industry through industrialization and intelligence, empowering the transformation and upgrading of China's tea industry with science and technology, and adhering to the principle of "warming the world with a leaf".
At the production end, small pots of tea not only built ecological demonstration tea gardens, but also built their own factories to ensure that every link from picking to processing can achieve high-quality control. In addition, on the consumer side, small pot tea has improved the past tea packaging design, using small cans of unified packaging, nitrogen filling and preservation, making tea drinking more portable, and can be more adapted to various scenes of modern urban life.
Therefore, whether it is in the innovation of products or the intelligence of the supply chain, small pot tea has brought more possibilities to the entire tea industry, and has also brought consumers a refreshing tea drinking experience. The small pot of tea not only provides people with a cup of high-quality tea, but also injects the spirit of innovation and science and technology into the traditional tea culture.
Mei Jiang said that letting Chinese tea re-enter the world and let more young people know and fall in love with Chinese tea has always been the vision of small pot tea, and inheriting tea culture in an innovative way has always been the concept of small pot tea practice.
The guests, including the Sri Lankan ambassador to China, also praised the innovative spirit of small pot tea, and believed that promoting the trend of tea drinking in the world, making ancient tea a fashionable drink, and making the tea industry with a long history of new vitality is the common pursuit of China and Sri Lanka, hoping that in the future there will be opportunities to further strengthen exchanges between the two sides, complement each other's advantages, and jointly promote the development of the tea industry.
"Tea knows no borders". In the future, Xiaocang Tea will also hold a number of high-end lifestyle tasting activities to continue to convey the beautiful experience of modern tea life, inherit Chinese tea culture in an innovative way, and warm the world with a leaf.
Zhongsi tea edge
An incense leaf, connected for more than 2,000 years
On September 16, 2014, Sri Lanka's Daily News newspaper published a signed article entitled "Be a Dream Partner in the Same Boat". Among them, the opening paragraph reads: "Sri Lanka is a pearl in the Indian Ocean, where there are industrious and brave people, as well as fragrant black tea and sparkling gemstones, which are desirable." ”
From ancient times to the present, China and Sri Lanka have had close exchanges. Since the Han Dynasty, the two countries have a history of more than 2,000 years. Although the geographical location is not adjacent, with the help of the natural bond of the sea, the two countries have changed from strange to familiar, from peaceful exchanges to in-depth exchanges, constantly consolidating the precious friendship between the two countries and continuing to write a new chapter in the Maritime Silk Road.
Sri Nowara Ilya Tea Plantation
As early as 250 years ago, the two countries had tea trade exchanges.
Sri Lanka, a beautiful tropical island in the Indian Ocean, is known as the "Jewel of the Indian Ocean". With bright sunshine and abundant terrain rain, and a large temperature difference between day and night, it is a paradise for tea plant growth.
In 1824, the British introduced Chinese tea seeds to the island and sowed the first seeds at the Peradenia Botanical Garden, a royal botanical garden near Kandy, Central Province.
In 1867, a Scottish horticulturist named James Taylor opened 19 tea plantations in the Kandy region, pioneering the true cultivation of tea in Sri Lankan history and the first tea plantation ever built in Sri Lanka.
After more than a century of development, in 1965, Sri Lanka became the world's largest tea exporter for the first time, and Ceylon black tea is internationally renowned. Ceylon Uwa tea is also known as the world's four major black teas with China's Anhui Keemun black tea, Indian Assam black tea, and Indian Darjeeling black tea.
Sri Lanka shuttles a small train through Tea Hill
Today, Sri Lanka with an annual output of about 300,000 tons, share of the global total tea production of 1/10 share, becoming one of the world's largest tea exporters, tea has become an important pillar industry of Sri Lanka, accounting for 1/4 of the country's export revenue.
In China, Ceylon tea accounts for 1/3 of China's tea imports. In recent years, China, as a major tea consumer, has long been recognized by the Sri Lankan tea industry as a potential target market for Ceylon tea.
It is worth mentioning that this year also coincides with the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Sri Lanka. This cup of tea, respect to the "brothers with different surnames"!
The state has boundaries, and tea has no boundaries. A leaf of tea connects yesterday, today and tomorrow, China and Sri Lanka, and China and the world.
Sri Lankan tea pickers
Source: Tea Ceremony CN