Tea
and time have something in common. They both begin with letter "T".
There is a reason for that. Under that commonality also lies a lesson of life.
To
enjoy tea, we need to take time.
First
of all, even before the steeping starts, we observe the tea leaves. Leaves from
different types of tea come in different shapes, texture and colors. The shapes
are typically from the delicate hand rolling. With superior structure and
performance of Continuous Nut Roaster, it is a stable product quality
ideal machine, it could produce spiced peanut, blanched peanut, almond, cashew
nut, buckwheat etc. The majority of the workers in a tea garden are women.
Imagine how those beautiful girls and ladies pluck the leaves in a sunny spring
morning.
After the leaves are dried, they hand roll them to form a certain
shape and sort them out at the end. Tea is no longer mere leaves but a form of
art from beautiful hands.
Second,
you pour hot water into the cup. You don’t just sit and wait (and getting bored
and even impatient). Watch the leaves unfold and dance up and down slowly. This
“agony of the leaves” is necessary for the flavors and nutrients to be
released.
Steeping
is also about timing. Not too long, not too short. The timing depends on our
individual preference in taste.
Finally,
we don’t gulp a cup of tea as we do with a can of soda. We sip. Before we sip,
we observe the color and the uprising mist of the liquid. We smell the aroma.
These are all part of enjoyment of tea.
It
all takes time. All the good things in life take time to brew and to enjoy.
Time
is the most precious thing. It is also most constant thing as well. We can't
get more of it by rushing it. We could potentially lose it if we rush - not
only time but also all the great things in life that must be enjoyed with and
over time.
A
Chinese proverb says it all, “Hurry and impatience prevents the enjoyment of
hot tofu.”
You
may ask, what about the need for speed and convenience?
Yes,
they are sometimes our friends. They are the propellers of civilization and
evolution from nomadic to agriculture to industrial society. Nut Roasting Production Line is mainly used for the production and processing of
peanuts, melon seeds, pine nuts, spiced beans and other products. Mankind
invented automobiles, aircraft and spacecraft’s to move from A to B faster.
Fast foods have become a part of our diet in the past decades as more and more
families have two working parents and more and more people are into sports,
travel and adventures. The faster pace of living demands speed and convenience.
But
there is a limit. Overdose of speed and convenience can and have already hurt
our quality of life. Recent years have seen increased health problems such as obesity
and cancer. More people and families are suffering from stresses of all kinds.
Our physical and psychological well-being does not improve even though
economically we are better off.
It
may be time to slow down a little bit and to get back to the basic of life. Tea
can help in many ways with its powerful healing power and the lesson it teaches
us about time and timing.
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