大吉嶺茶產(chǎn)自哪里？喝中國茶語英國茶有什么不同的講究

今天的這段對話，在討論茶，

大吉嶺茶產(chǎn)自哪里？喝中國茶語英國茶有什么不同的講究

來聽今天的講解:

A: Welcome to Ye Olde Tea Shoppe

歡迎光臨老茶葉店

B: Thanks. It's my first time to visit England and I've heard so much about English tea. Which would you recommend?

謝謝。我這是第一次來英國旅游，以前聽說過很多英國茶葉方面的故事。你有什么可推薦的？

A: We have quite a large selection. How about Darjeeling or Earl Grey? They're very popular.

我們這兒的茶葉品種多著呢。大吉嶺茶或格雷伯爵茶怎么樣？這兩種茶賣得非常好。

B: Darjeeling? Whereabouts is that in England?

大吉嶺？在英國什么地方？

A: It's not in England at all. It's a district in West Bengal, in India.  Darjeeling is considered to be the “champagne” of tea. In fact, we don't grow tea in England at all.  Most English tea comes from India

根本不在英國。這是印度西盂加托的一個地區(qū)。大吉嶺被人們當作茶葉中的“香檳酒”。事實上．我們英國根本不種茶葉。英國大多效的茶葉都是從印度進口的。

B: That's odd. In China, all Chinese tea comes from China

這倒有點奇怪。在中國，所有的茶葉都是本地產(chǎn)的。

A: Yes I know. I'll fetch you a pot of Darjeeling for you to try

是的，這我知道。我給你泡一壺大吉嶺茶嘗嘗。

B: Is there any special English tea ceremony like we have with Chinese tea?

喝中國茶有特別的講究，英國茶是不是也有？

A: Good heavens, no. We just pour a little hot water into a teapot 6rst to warm it, empty it. put some tea leaves in. add hot water and then leave it for a few minutes to brew.

謝天謝地．沒什么講究。我們只是先往茶壺里倒點熱水暖暖壺，然后把水倒掉，再放進些茶葉，加些熱水，然后泡上幾分鐘就行了。

B: I've heard that you Englishmen have afternoon tea everyday. Is that true?

我聽說你們英國人每天都喝下午茶，是這樣嗎？

A: Well, afternoon tea is said to have or18jnated with one person; Anna, 7th Duchess of Bedford. In the early 1800s she launched the idea of having tea in the late afternoon to bridge the gap between luncheon and dinner, which in fashionable circles might nor be served until 8 0'clock at night. Nowadays, afternoon tea has gone out of fashion for the majority of British people but it's very popular among tourists like yourself

是的．據(jù)說下午茶與一個叫安娜的人有關，她是貝德福德第7任公爵夫人。19世紀初，她提出了傍晚喝茶的想法，以填補午餐和晚餐的空檔，因為上流社會的人們要到晚上8點才吃晚餐。如今，對大多數(shù)英國人來說，下午茶已經(jīng)過時了，但在你這樣的游客中間卻很受歡迎。

B: Yes. And I can see why. So it's ready to drink now, is it?

是這樣，而且我明白這是為什么。那現(xiàn)在可以喝了吧？

A: Yes. I'll pour some out for you. As you can sec it's a black tea and very fragrant. Try smelling it first.

可以了。我來給你倒。你看，這是紅茶，味道很香。先聞聞看。

B: OK. Mmmm . . . Smells nice. Can I taste it now7

好的。嗯……聞起來小錯?，F(xiàn)在可以嘗了嗎？

A: We normally add some milk to it and maybe some sugar if you prefer.

我們一般要加些牛奶進去，你喜歡的話也許還可以加些糖。

B: OK. I'll try a little milk 6rst.

好的，那我先放點牛奶試試。

A: What do you think?

怎么樣？

B: It's certainly different from Chinese tea! We would never dream of adding milk or sugar to our tea. But it tastes quite nice.

真是跟中國茶不一樣！我們從來就沒有想過往茶里加牛奶或糖。不過味道還真不錯。