Thursday, May 17, 2007

Internet induced Tea-Break

Since this week (or maybe longer?), I'm not able to view my blog though I can post and edit, so do my blog visitors who get online through China isp providers. Blog.com was alerted of the problem with question ticket raised by me.

The internet problem brought me back to the middle ages, my posts are like drift bottles carried away by a black sea, out of sight from people at this shore... We are now so accustomed to the exsistence of modern technology, which makes our live convenient, without which we would somehow feel paralyzed.

Maybe it's time to pick up an old fashion tea break to fully relax: boil water in a clay pot over a clay stove fueled with charcoals to brew a cuppa in porcelain cups. Good suggestion, but, hold on: tap water or bottled water from supermarket could not be old-fashioned classic; I'm not suppose to drill a well in my block, rivers in my city do not meet the drinkable standard yet, and in this season, Shanghai has little rainfall, even there were a rain, the rainwater is polluted and unfit to drink.

Alas, farewell my fantasy of reliving the old way. We've walked a long way from, and can't go back; even if we took all the troubles to go back, that life might not be as poetic as we imaged from a long distance seperated by time.

a cheering up painiting "aroma of the tea"

Posted by Helen Xu Fei at 12:27:59 | Permanent Link | Comments (2) |
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1 - Hi Helen. Hello from Rincon, Puerto Rico. I just discovered your blog. I'm so impressed about your schooling for 7 years on tea. I look forward to seeing more about your tea experiences. My tea education journey has just started this year. I have a bachelor's degree in biology, but I'm just taking my first tea class. As you said, so much to learn, but very fasinating and enjoyable. P.S. It's a beautiful painting and I loved the tea business card! It's fun to enjoy tea in other mediums besides a cup sometimes. All the best. Pam (Comment this)

Written by: Pam in Puerto Rico at 2007/05/31 - 10:02:42
2 - Hello Pam and Rincon resident..I am just starting to learn about teas and am quickly getting the bug to learn more. I live in Portland, Oregon, and am of Puerto Rican decent..Found this page because Im doing research on the tea and coffee markets in PR, mabye get into exporting/importing since Portland and Seattle are leading the way on the west coast for consumption! Does anyone know of any tea classes, or if there is anything like that offered out here?
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Written by: Anonymous at 2007/11/18 - 04:27:23
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