3 The annual average humidity in Kunming is 71 percent while in both Guangzhou and Hong Kong it is 78 percent. This information is drawn from the Baidu website: http://wenku.baidu.com/view/43105e6d011ca300a6c39022.html (accessed 10 April 2009).
4 It may seem strange that Zongming regards raw Puer tea as “cold” and therefore harmful but likes to take a cold shower every evening. However, the coldness of the shower isn't the same as the coldness of raw Puer tea. The former refers to the temperature of the water. Many Hong Kong people take cold showers because the weather is humid and mostly warm. The latter, by contrast, refers to the intrinsic quality of the tea in terms of Chinese medicine. For example, the intrinsic quality of lychee is taken to be hot; even after being frozen, a lychee is still considered hot.
5 Some researchers argue that artificial fermentation techniques such as these had been utilized by the Yunnanese much earlier, since at least the 1930s (Yang Haichao 2007).
6 Dian is the abbreviation for Yunnan, and qing literally means “blue-green.” Dian Qing was juxtaposed with Dian Lü (lü means “green”), Yunnan's other green tea, which is dried mostly by baking.
7 The nine wholesale tea markets were Kangle, Jinshi, Xiongda, Tangzixiang, Qianwei, Juhua, Xiyuan, Dashanghui, and Jinli.
8 This survey was conducted by the Promotion Association of Kunming Ethnic Tea Culture and the Long-Run Puer Tea Institution of Yunnan Agricultural University (Yunnan Daily 2006c).
9 Many private tea companies in Hong Kong supply tea for local tea restaurants or international traders, but they don't necessarily open tea shops or teahouses.
10 It is uncertain in what year the survey was conducted.
GLOSSARY
Anhua Hei cha Anhua dark tea
bai ban blank version
bai cha white tea
Bai Mudan White Peony
Baihao Wulong White Hair Oolong
baihua exaggerated or nonsense words
bei qiu lament for autumn
ben ren the indigenous people
bing cha / yuan cha round cake (shaped) tea
boyin chaguan broadcasting teahouses
bu hexie inharmonious
bu qi supplementing the vital breath
Cha chan yi wei. Tea and Chan Buddhism have the same flavor.
Cha Jing The Classic of Tea
Cha Ma Gu Dao the Ancient Tea-House Road
cha qi / ba qi tea energy
Charen yi chengxin wei zhong. A tea person should care very much about honesty and faith.
cha yi shi the craftsmanship in tea infusing
chaboshi tea doctor
chachang tea factory
chadui tea team
chaguan teahouse
chahui tea meeting
chao cha stir-roasting (tea leaves)
“chao cha” “” tea speculation
chao gu speculate on the stock market
chao qing stir-roasted green tea
chaosheng pilgrimage
chazhuang household tea unit
chen yun aged appeal
chenhua aging, fermentation
Cheshun Hao Cheshun brand
chuanqi legends
chun sheng sprouting in spring
chuantong jiating shougong zhizuo handmade traditionally by a family
da shu cha forest tea
daguan full display
Dan ding tianxia, huiwei wuqiong. Its blandness is unique; its aftertaste lingers in the mind.
Dian Hong Yunnan Red tea
Dian Lü Yunnan Baked Green tea
Dian Qing Yunnan Sun-dried Green tea
dong cang storing and hiding in winter
dou cha tea competition / tea game
Duihua Dialogue (title of a CCTV program)
fa shui ferment with added water
fan cooked rice
fengkuang de Puer cha crazy Puer tea
fu yong feng ya cultural pose
fugu revive the past
gai tu gui liu replacing tusi [native officials] with imperial officials
ganma godmother
gongfu a practice that takes great effort
gongfu cha fa the craft of tea infusing
guanxi the network of relationships in Chinese society/socializing through gift exchange
Haoji old family commercial tea brands
Haoshi bu guo san. Good things don't happen more than three times.
he harmony
hei cha dark tea
hong cha red tea (known as black tea in English)
hong nong ming liang strong and bright red
hong qing baked green tea
Hong Yin Red Mark tea
Honglou meng Dream of Red Mansions
Hongtu Lantian red earth and blue sky
hua transformation
hua smooth
hua gange wei yubo turning hostility into friendship
huang cha yellow tea
huigan long-lasting sweetness in the throat after the strong and bitter flavor (lingering sweetness after bitterness or astringency)
huyou (original) irrelevant, exaggerated, or nonsense words; (paraphrased) any behavior related to cheating, swaying, hyping, wheedling, or agitating someone with fictitious content
jian a trade unit for Puer tea, usually one jian has eighty-four cakes of Puer tea in a bamboo basket or a cardboard box, weighing a total of 31.5 kilograms
jianghu lit., “rivers and lakes”
Jianghu zai nial? Jianghu zai renxin. Where is jianghu located? In the human heart.
jiaohua moralize, domesticate, or civilize
jin gua gong cha Golden Melon Tribute tea
Junshan Yinzhen Jun Mountain Silver Needle tea
kou mouth
kungfu (gongfu) martial arts
lao cha aged (Puer) tea
Lao Huang Pian Yellow Leaf Puer tea
lao jianghu old jianghu
lao sheng cha aged raw Puer tea
leng cold
lipin cha gift tea
Liu Da Cha Shan the Six Great Tea Mountains
Liubao cha Liubao tea
Longjing cha Dragon Well tea
lou fo tong (lao huo tang) slowly stewed soup
lü cha green tea
Lü Yin Green Seal
Lu Yu peng cha tu Lu Yu Brewing Tea (painting)
man man pin taste slowly
maocha the dried basic tea leaves in loose form, the result of rough processing
Maojian a sort of green tea mostly composed of tea buds
men huang sealed yellowing
Mengding Huangya Meng Mountain Yellow Buds
meng cha vigorous tea
menke retainers originating in eighth century B.C.E. China, who were accommodated by the master and served him
mi raw rice
mi tang soup boiled with rice
mianzi face
minjian popular realm
Nametian a subvillage in Yiwu township
neigong inner force
nuan warm
pin cha tea tasting
ping jin shi zao your arrogance is eliminated; your impatience is removed
po si jiu Destruction of the Four Olds
Puer cha Puer tea
Puer lü cha chun rui Puer green tea made from spring buds
Qi Hong Keemun Red tea
qi zi bing seven-son tea cake
Qiang da chu tou niao. The bird that stands out is easily shot.
qing cha blue-green tea
qing chang chaguan pure singing teahouses
qing yin chaguan teahouses for pure tea drinking
qiu shou harvesting as well as withdrawal in autumn
quan min jie bing the entire nation was in arms
quan min jie cha the entire nation was engaged in tea
que liang hu grain-deficient household
Ren zai jianghu, shen bu you ji. Since he is in jianghu, he could do nothing but follow the law of jianghu.
rentou gong cha Human Head tribute tea
rentou
jin gua gong cha Human Head-Golden Melon tribute tea
Rui gong tian chao Tribute to the Emperor
sancha loose tea
Sanzui the name of a tea website in China
sha qing killing the green
sha zhu fan rural family banquets
shai qing sun-dried (green tea)
shai qing maocha sun-dried basic tea material
Shaolin the name of a Buddhist temple in central China, as well as the school of martial arts related to the temple
she di ming quan the bubbling-up of spring water from the bottom of the tongue
Shen Nong Divine Farmer
sheng cha / sheng pu raw (Puer) tea
sheng cha pai raw Puer tea group
Shi se xing ye. Appetite for food and sex is human nature.
shou cha collect tea
Shou zhong you liang, xin li bu huang. You will not feel panic if you have rice in your hands.
shu cha / shu pu artificially fermented (Puer) tea
shu cha pai artificially fermented Puer tea group
Shu da zhao feng Tall trees catch much wind
Shuihu zhuan The Water Margin
shuitu local water and soil
shuitu bu fu water and earth not fitting
shuo shu chaguan storytelling teahouses
Songpin hao Songpin brand
Sui you ren zuo, wan zi tian kai. It is man-made, but it looks like it was created by nature.
suzhi personal quality
tai di cha / xiao shu cha terrace tea
Tieguanyin Iron Goddess of Mercy tea
tong stack
Tongchang hao Tongchang brand
Tongqing hao Tongqing brand
Tongxing hao Tongxing brand
tu earthy
tu cha earthy tea; indigenous tea
tu te chan indigenous product
tuo cha bowl (shaped) tea
waigong outer force
wen zhi bin bin elegant and refined in manner
wenhua culture
wenhua re culture fever
wu wei zhi wei flavorless flavor
Wuyi Yancha Wuyi Rock tea
xia zhang growing in summer
Xiaguan Yi Tuo Xiaguan Bowl Tea Grade B
xiake Chinese knights-errant / wandering swordsmen
Xiangtang a self-identified name of an ethnic group in Yunnan, officially recognized as Yi
xiao yu a small fish
Xibu da kaifa Opening the West
Xinshengdai New Generations
yangsheng nourish life
yi liang wei gang planting food as a guiding principle
yi qing yue xing your mood is elevated; your temper is softened
yi tong jianghu unifying the jianghu
Yinji Puer tea imprinted with the Zhongcha brand
Yinzhen Baihao Silver Needle White Hair tea
Yiwu zheng shan the authentic tea mountain Yiwu
Yuanfei xingqing Homecoming by Yuanfei
yue chen yue xiang the longer the storage, the better the taste (the longer the better)
Yunnan xianxiang Yunnan phenomenon
Yunnan yingxiang Dynamic Yunnan
zheng qing steamed (green tea)
Zhengmei Yunnan Steamed Enzyme tea
Zhongcha the brand name of the Chinese Tea Company; for Puer tea it refers in particular to the Yunnan Provincial Branch
Zhongcha Huang Yin China Tea Yellow Seal
Zhongguo da jia di yi ren the pioneer of cracking down on counterfeits in China
zhuan cha brick (shaped) tea
ziben zhuyi weiba negative capitalism
zishahu purple clay pot
Zong Cha Dian the General Tea Bureau
zui zhenshi most authentic
zuo cha refine tea
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