Brewing?culture

Brewing culture

   《CHINA DAILY》上有一篇有关桃子老师茶馆的报道，我在桃子老师的博客上看到了，连蒙带猜读下来，顺手翻译出来，供大家参考。好久不碰英文了，又感觉到了中西文化的差异，感觉是两个脑子在工作，不容易啊。 

Brewing culture  

By Ye Jun,Wang Yuanzheng (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-10-24 11:31

For Taozi, aka Ms Peach, the opening of her own teahouse is a dream come true.

And the same holds true for tea lovers, too, because this is a woman who knows the ins and outs of Chinese tea and how to introduce it to lay drinkers.

The owner of Imperial Farmhouse (御品阁茶苑) is licensed by the Chinese Ministry of Labor as both a professional chayishi (tea ceremony performer) and a pingchayuan (tea judge).

Taozi is a total perfectionist when it comes to the country's beverage of choice, so it took her half a year to prepare Imperial Farmhouse's opening.

She has arranged a full set of typical teas from every category - green, oolong, black, dark-black and pu'er. Guizhou's "emerald sprout" (贵湄翠芽), or Henan's "furry tip" (信阳毛尖) teas cost 38 yuan per person. Each guest gets one cup that can be refilled up to six times.

West Lake "dragon well" and Dongting Lake "emerald spring spiral" teas cost 58 yuan and 68 yuan per person.

Pots of famous green teas each cost from 188 to 288 yuan and serve up to five people.

The teahouse offers a full set of oolong from southern and northern Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan. Representative varieties include tieguanyin (铁观音, iron goddess of mercy), dahongpao (大红袍, bright red gown), fenghuang dancong (凤凰单枞, phoenix single tree) and dongfangmeiren (东方美人, eastern beauty).

Tieguanyin and fenghuang dancong are known for their floral aromas and exquisite flavors. Dahongpao is an old tea lovers' favorite because of its powerful taste and the strong sensation it creates on the palate. Taiwan's eastern beauty offers a diversity of floral fragrances. These oolong teas are available by the cup or by the pot.

Imperial Farmhouse offers typical Chinese black teas from Fujian, Yunnan, Anhui and Jiangsu's Yixing.

It has prepared set menus of tea tasting options arranged according to different varieties' health benefits, starting from 1,080 yuan. These allow drinkers to sample four or five different teas in one sitting.

Top-end consumers can try Jinjunmei (金骏梅, golden brown plum flower), a Fujian black tea that has recently become popular. Or they can sip northern Fujian's best oolong, or "rock tea" (岩茶), known for its strong aroma and flavor.

The teahouse is located inside the east gate of Xiannongtan, a 600-year-old cultural site under State-level protection.

Xiannongtan, or "ancestors' farming altar", was built in 1420, during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It was where Ming and Qing emperors sacrificed to the God of Agriculture and farmed with their ministers as part of an important ceremony.

The facility has been renovated into an athletic training center.

The teahouse has four private rooms and an outdoor garden. Each private room is uniquely decorated with traditional square tables and carved wooden chairs, comfortable bamboo sofas and imperial-style beds.

Daily 9 am-1 am. East gate of Xinnongtan, Yongdingmennei Dajie, northwest of Yongdingmen Bridge on South Second Ring Road. 6301-1612

精心冲泡的文化

对于桃子小姐而言，开办自己的茶馆终于使他美梦成真。对于广大茶艺爱好者来说，这也是一个福音，因为桃子本人就是一个深谙中国茶叶沏泡、出汤的专家，而且能把它介绍给大家如何饮用。

桃子的御品阁茶还有资格培养劳动部颁发执业资格的专业茶艺师和品茶师。

Taozi完全是完美主义，对于茶叶这种中国国家的首选饮料，她花了半年时间准备先农坛开张。

她已安排从每个类别中的典型茶全套-绿色，乌龙茶，黑，暗黑色普洱茶。贵州的“翡翠苗”（贵湄翠芽），或者河南的“毛茸茸的头”（信阳毛尖）茶费用每人38元。每位客人得到1杯，可以冲泡6次。

西湖“龙井”和洞庭湖“翡翠螺旋弹簧”（碧螺春）茶成本58元和68元每人。

也可以点一壶著名的绿茶，每壶188元或二八八元，可供5人饮用。

该茶楼提供从福建南部和北部乌龙，广东乌龙和台湾乌龙茶。代表品种有铁观音，大红袍（鲜红色礼服），凤凰单枞（凤凰单树）和东方美人（美东部）。

铁观音和凤凰单枞有众所周知的花香和精致的口味。大红袍是一个老茶客的最爱，因为其独特浓重的口味和强烈的砂岩感觉。台湾东部美丽的花卉为当地乌龙茶提供了香气的多样性。这些乌龙茶均可通过杯或壶饮用。

御品阁还提供典型的中国红茶，出自福建，云南，安徽，江苏宜兴。茶室还它编排了一套品茶选项菜单，根据不同人的健康需要，允许每次品尝四，五个不同的茶叶品种。这套项目起价1080元。

最高端的消费者可以尝试金俊梅（金黄色梅花），它是福建红茶目前已经成为流行。或者，他们可以喝闽北的最佳乌龙，或岩茶，品尝其强大的香气和口味。

在茶馆位于内的先农坛东门，有着将近600年历史国家级文物保护单位。先农坛建于1420年，在明朝时期（1368-1644）。这是在明清皇帝祭祀农业先祖，并与他们的大臣们亲自扶犁耕种作为一个重要的仪式。目前该设施被改建变成一个体育训练中心。

该茶楼有4个包厢和室外花园。每个包房装饰独特，与传统的正方形桌子和椅子木雕刻，舒适的沙发和皇竹式床。

每日上午9时至凌晨1时。电话是 6301-1612先农坛东门，永定门内大街，南二环永定门桥西北角。