/2019/12/08/inventing-the-way-of-tea-in-taiwan/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:21:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /2019/12/08/inventing-the-way-of-tea-in-taiwan/comment-page-1/#comment-3468 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 14:21:11 +0000 https://anthrodendum.org/?p=3496#comment-3468 Kerim, don’t make me nostalgic for the wondrous chayiguan of Taichung in the mid-1980s! At the time the invention of bubble tea was not far off, and coffee was not as hegemonic among hipsters. Tatami and low table apportioned rooms, with a wide variety of books and newspapers, were the preferred haunt, usually located around the corner from an MTV. There were even chayiguan built as gardens on a Taoyuan rooftop. Oh well, here in Boston, high mountain oolong in my office will have to do

]]> /2019/12/08/inventing-the-way-of-tea-in-taiwan/comment-page-1/#comment-3429 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:16:36 +0000 https://anthrodendum.org/?p=3496#comment-3429 And now, gongfucha in Chengdu, presenting itself as a cradle of this style of tea, has changed into a less-utilitarian theatrical practice, probably influenced by the association of gongfu with martial arts…

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