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Teahouses

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T he fast pace of modern life has given birth to milk

tea, which values portability, but we can still see
the emphasis on “lifestyle” in many of the new-style
tea drinks, and their attempts to shape a life phi-
losophy of “snatching a little leisure from a busy life” for the
urban people with their branding and design concepts. However,
it’s often not the fast-paced consumption of drinks that really
becomes a lifestyle and influences people, but the tea drinking
habits that have a cultural heritage.
Jing Yang Fuzhuan Brick Tea and Jin Hua Fu Tea were
brought back to the attention of the public by the TV series
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” starring Sun Li. Tea stalls set up in the
park with bamboo tables and chairs in Sichuan and Chongqing
are selling local Baba Tea and bowl-shaped Tuo tea. Hainan
Laoba tea has been passed down for centuries. There is a type of
sour tea fermented by traditional methods in Deang, Yunnan.
These teas, preserving traditional culture, start to be in
tune with modernity from the moment young generations walk
into teahouses. With their unique flavor of life at the city’s out-
skirts, teahouses have become a universal image for the colorful
local culture and life of the residents.

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