hangzhou

Brought my clients to a tea house in Hangzhou this afternoon. The owner brewed seven different teas for us — Longjing, Biluochun, the works. My Australian guests kept filling their cups to the top until I stopped them. In Chinese tea culture you never fill it all the way. That is for noodles. Tea gets small refills. And you tap the table twice when someone pours — an old thank you gesture. Such small things, but they make the whole experience.