Drinking tea on Lunar New Year is a long-standing Vietnamese tradition. In the cold weather of New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers around a pot of steaming fragrant tea and takes a sip. The tea tastes astringent and then sweet, adding sweet lotus seed jam, what could be better?
Tea drinking culture - A long-standing Vietnamese tradition
In Vietnam, since ancient times, tea has become indispensable in every home because enjoying tea is as simple as a daily habit, both rustic and sophisticated. Sometimes it is elaborate and elevated to art imbued with Vietnamese culture.
The Vietnamese way of enjoying tea has its own unique features: From inhaling the aroma before drinking, then taking a small sip to feel the acrid taste of the tea, then slowly feeling the gentle sweetness in the throat.
The culture of drinking tea has existed for a long time in Vietnamese history, from the cup of tea offered to guests in every Vietnamese family to the image of a banyan tree drink shop in the village with a pot of green tea, peanut candy, and pipe tobacco. In the past, in noble royal courts, kings and lords enjoyed tea in elaborate and extravagant ways. Royal tea is scented, the brewed water must be morning dew water or upstream water. As for meditation, people come to tea to calm their minds before the storms of life.
From the traditional culture of drinking tea to the sophisticated art of enjoying tea
The art of enjoying tea of Vietnamese people, although not following any standards, still exudes elegance and sophistication. Tea drinking culture has gone through the ups and downs of time and is not religious like the Japanese Tea Ceremony, but still retains its precious values and has become a traditional art.
Vietnamese people enjoy tea without being too picky but are extremely focused on flavor. They always preserve and take care of the tea leaves from the moment they are born, taking great care in boiling water, preparing tea, keeping the teapot hot... to create the most delicious and perfect teapot.
Enjoy Tet tea in the last days of the year
The pleasure of enjoying tea at the end of the year, in the cold winter, seems to have become a tradition and a cultural practice of Vietnamese people. During the year-end party, everyone in the family gathers around a pot of tea. Take small sips, slowly to fully feel the flavor of the essence of heaven and earth.
In Vietnam, the Tao - Spirit - Soul of Tea is associated with the situation of a country that has endured the turmoil of natural disasters and enemy attacks but still remains resilient, proud and sincere. Therefore, life is full of troubles, the main thing is that the mind must be peaceful, the health must be healthy, and the temperament must be beautiful. Enjoying tea is a way to calm your mind, nourish your health and create a noble spirit.
Time is gradually passing towards the end of the year, it's time for us to ease our burdens, let go of our worries and return to gather around a cup of fragrant tea. A peaceful home with a mother, father, loved ones, where love is present and tolerantly welcomed. A cozy stove, a full pot of green banh chung, an apricot branch with bright flowers, a cup of tea to calm the body and mind... Peaceful, simple but happy.
Enjoy tea on the last day of the year to calmly reflect on past events, to share stories with relatives and friends and to enjoy the delicate and profound sky of Bao Loc.
Even though there is a deep sky ahead, each bird has its own direction of flight... Tea Doi Dep is indispensable to start a fragrant week on Tet, hope you will always be at peace, improve your internal strength - oxygen level. qualities, improve your own realm, and achieve success in the Year of the Cat 2023.
