Do you have tea in Australia?

Australia, the "Southern Continent" is a highly developed capitalist country. The capital is neither Melbourne nor Sydney, but Canberra. A country riding on the back of sheep, so there are so many sheep. Interestingly, Robinia pseudoacacia is the national flower, and British immigrants come the most, so the per capita consumption of tea ranks first, which has a historical origin. Under the influence of British imperialism, the custom of drinking tea has penetrated into European countries.

Look at a set of data: Australia imported tea for nearly 100 years, and was once one of the top five tea importers in the world, with an average annual import of about 20,000 tons. Although it has declined in recent years, the import volume has been relatively stable. 98% of imported tea is black tea. China tea only accounts for 8% of the total imports. Australians drink 6.5438+0.7 million tons of black tea every year, of which only 0.65438+0.7 million tons are locally produced. In other words, most of the tea is imported, and the import volume is 95%. It was imported with 1700 tons 1996 more than ten years ago, with an annual per capita consumption of 0.95 kg. Mainly drink black tea. At present, tea mainly comes from India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and China.

Because there are many British immigrants in Australia, their tea customs do not have the oriental charm of China, but follow the English afternoon tea culture. In the past, every government department and work unit in Australia had a "tea lady", which was a very important position. Convening and preparing tea is all their work. Every morning 10: 30 and around 3: 30, the tea waiter will push a cart of snacks, tea and coffee to get everyone together and have a chat. Here is a small folk accident to share: it is reported that there is a very famous tea waiter in the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. One day, the foreign minister gave a meeting to everyone, but it was time for tea, so the waiter knocked at the door and interrupted the meeting, telling the minister that tea was ready and could not wait long. After a while, before the meeting was over, the tea waiter forced the meeting to stop. Of course, this is an exception, but it shows that in those days, even ministers could not destroy everyone's tea time. But now, such tea gathering opportunities become rare, because everyone thinks that this kind of work efficiency is too low, so afternoon tea leisure seems to be no longer needed. Gradually, afternoon tea more than ten years ago basically disappeared in Australia.

In addition, in remote rural areas of Australia, a peculiar "teapot dance" is popular in traditional tea art. When the water in the teapot is boiled, put in the tea leaves, then lift the teapot and dance around your body, jumping faster and faster. But the tea soup in the pot did not spill or splash, which won the admiration of the people present. Then the speed gradually spread and finally stopped jumping. At this point, the tea and boiling water in the pot have been fully mixed, and the taste of tea soup has been fragrant, so the host began to serve tea to the guests in order.

Black tea and green tea are very popular in Australia. Black tea is a European immigrant community in Australia. These European immigrants and their descendants have the same habit of drinking black tea as Europe. They need to filter out the tea residue and like to season it with sugar, milk, lemon or other juice. They especially like black broken tea with strong tea fragrance, strong irritation and bright soup color, which shows that Australians attach importance to the quality of black tea. Green tea is very popular in Asian immigrant communities in Australia, especially in Chinese communities. These people keep the custom of drinking green tea in their hometown and still like drinking green tea abroad.

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