Green tea

Today, I visited my Chinese teacher and his roommate, also an exchange professor. They served me a delicious green tea. Now, if you read the web, there are all sorts of arcane practices associated with the preparation of Chinese tea. See for example Chinese tea 101. http://chineseteas101.com/brewingmethod.htm I don't know how many Chinese people engage in these rituals. My friends prepare tea quickly and matter-of-factly by getting the water very hot and adding a spoon of dried green tea. They don't fool with strainers and teabags. The expanded leaves rest in the cup's bottom when you finish. Simple and delicious.

The Chinese have been consuming tea for perhaps 5000 years, while the West has known about tea for fewer than 400. Maybe we ought to try doing it their way.