Is afternoon tea culture in Hong Kong inherited from Britain?

Tea tasting is a common hobby of China and Britain. Tea entered Europe through East-West trade and soon became popular. Today, when it comes to western tea tasting culture, it always reminds people of the elegant British porcelain tea set with refreshments.

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It is said that the concept of English afternoon tea originated from the seventh Duchess of Bedford (Anna, 1788- 186 1). /kloc-in the 0 th and 8 th centuries, the British only used breakfast and dinner every day, while the British nobles usually ate dinner after 8 pm. In this way, the long time between breakfast and dinner makes many people hungry. The Duchess likes to invite three or five confidants to her home at about four o'clock every afternoon to enjoy the delicious tea, exquisite sandwiches and cupcakes contained in the above porcelain tableware, which is the beginning of afternoon tea culture in Britain. Later, this habit became popular in aristocratic social circles and became a fashionable culture in which fashionable ladies and gentlemen got together for tea in the afternoon.

I like watching TVB TV dramas in Hong Kong best. Many scenes take place in tea restaurants, where many Hong Kong people have breakfast, afternoon tea or entertainment. People who grew up in mainland China are curious about tea restaurants.

The easiest way to get to know Hong Kong is to walk into a crowded tea restaurant in the evening.

Hong Kong has a small land and a large population, and its working speed is extremely fast. Cheap and fine tea restaurants abound. Each has its own way to win, and each has its own specialty. Even if porridge and noodles are only as good as others, there are still people waiting in line at night. In the eyes of Hong Kong people, only queuing to buy is the extreme praise and high recognition of a brand. If you have time and energy, you can wait for one or two at the gate of a famous tea restaurant.

Tea restaurant is a unique fast food restaurant in Hong Kong, which combines the characteristics of fast food restaurants and restaurants and provides western-style catering with Hong Kong characteristics. It is a popular eating place in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, there are tea restaurants in all districts, and the business hours are uncertain. Usually from 6 am to 1, tea restaurants in prosperous areas such as Mong Kok are more likely to open all night.

If you want to talk about the food characteristics of Hong Kong people, of course, you should go to the teahouse to enjoy "a cup of two pieces". The scenes of the waiter in the old teahouse adding water to the tea drinker with a pitcher, and the dim sum clerk hanging a dim sum plate on his chest with a cloth belt to sell his heart have left an unforgettable page in the history of Hong Kong's diet. Even though the old teahouses have gradually disappeared, the new restaurants replaced by them are still the first choice for most Hong Kong people to get together with their relatives and friends.

The habit of English afternoon tea has become a part of Hong Kong tea culture. The typical life in Hong Kong is that every three o'clock in the afternoon, people put down their work and go out of the office building to have a cup of afternoon tea, and some even last until seven o'clock in the evening. Drinking afternoon tea at the Golden Pillar in the Peninsula lobby is a status symbol. Since the middle of last century, having afternoon tea in Peninsula Hotel has become a pursuit of many Hong Kong people. In 1980s, Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Maggie Cheung and other frequent visitors once had the reputation of "shadow teahouse". Not only stars like to come here for leisure, but also senior officials of the Hong Kong government sometimes entertain guests and friends here. The atmosphere here is also very suitable for petty bourgeoisie who pursue elegance, freedom and leisure. Decades have passed, no matter what the world is like, the pursuit and love for afternoon tea on the peninsula has been enduring. Now more and more tourists come here, treat this kind of consumption as a scenic spot, and then invite guests living on the peninsula to treat them or treat them. It is purely an occasional luxury to comfort their nervous and tired hearts.