Street chaxi Taiwan

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May 6th, '17, 11:28
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Street chaxi Taiwan

by Bok » May 6th, '17, 11:28

If you are thinking that gong fu tea in Taiwan involves beautiful setups and teaware think again - this is how people actually have their tea here! Took this shot down south in Tainan on the street. You can see lots of variations of this topic in many corners of the country.

The small buy-everything-shops are full of the crappy teaware items you see them use: cheesy flowery pots, dubious "yixing" in fancy shapes and so on.

Anyways, just a little something I thought I'd share :)
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Re: Street chaxi Taiwan

by victoria3 » May 6th, '17, 13:53

Cool very interesting. Hey, what is that large shinny metal dome thing on the far left with a kettle hovering ontop?

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Re: Street chaxi Taiwan

by Bok » May 6th, '17, 21:31

victoria3 wrote: Cool very interesting. Hey, what is that large shinny metal dome thing on the far left with a kettle hovering ontop?
Not sure, but I think it is part of the kitchen stuff they use, it was in front of a small restaurant.

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Re: Street chaxi Taiwan

by William » May 7th, '17, 07:41

Nice photo Bok. Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Street chaxi Taiwan

by janet11 » May 26th, '17, 21:31

Because it is a part of their daily life, they do not need to pay attention too much?

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Re: Street chaxi Taiwan

by Bok » May 26th, '17, 23:08

janet11 wrote: Because it is a part of their daily life, they do not need to pay attention too much?
Yep and a reminder to us tea geeks to not take ourselves too seriously!

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Re: Street chaxi Taiwan

by LadyJ » Nov 9th, '17, 04:29

victoria3 wrote: Cool very interesting. Hey, what is that large shinny metal dome thing on the far left with a kettle hovering ontop?
All..
They use that large shinny mental dome to cook hot water for showering!! thats what we do in country side here!! that kettle just hovered ontop temporarily since another smaller kettle was on gas stove!! :D

Julia in Taiwan.!!

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Re: Street chaxi Taiwan

by John Sung » Nov 10th, '17, 04:28

Bok wrote:
janet11 wrote: Because it is a part of their daily life, they do not need to pay attention too much?
Yep and a reminder to us tea geeks to not take ourselves too seriously!
Very good advice.

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