Why do some Hong Kong people like to drink longevity eyebrows when drinking tea?

Share what I learned when I collected old white tea.

Around 2008, I once collected a batch of longevity eyebrows bought from Hong Kong pharmacies. According to the seller at that time, "I have been in his family for 35 years." This is the first time for me to drink such an old birthday eyebrow, which has a strong aroma of old tea and is clean and tasteless. Since then, it has also set me on the road of collecting old white tea.

When chatting with the seller, he once said: "This batch of tea was originally produced in Fujian, and it was shipped to Hong Kong as a raw material for slimming tea, and the purchase price was very cheap."

In addition, I also read in the white tea craft book that in the 1980s, a "new craft white tea" was developed in China, especially for Hong Kong, as long as it was lightly dried, rather than completely dried by nature.

Based on the above two kinds of information, I personally think that Shoumei was once regarded as a slimming tea in Hong Kong because of its low price. In addition, the appearance of new white tea technology customized for Hong Kong makes the lower-grade Shoumei tea more delicious.

Therefore, some people in Hong Kong should have long been accustomed to the taste of longevity eyebrows.

The weather in Hong Kong (Guangdong) is hot and humid. White tea can clear away heat and diminish inflammation, and relieve summer heat. In the era of zero sales of white tea in China, Hong Kong is the main sales area of white tea, and many people especially like to drink white tea.

There is also a saying in the workshop: Pu 'er and Narcissus are homophonic in Cantonese, much like "protecting you before you die". Drinking tea early in the morning is really uncomfortable, so people prefer the well-meaning birthday girl.

It is said that the name Shoumei was first called by Cantonese, because the leaves of Shoumei have fluffy white hair, which is a bit like the eyebrows of an old birthday girl.

Not exactly. Especially the older generation likes Pu 'er, especially when eating snacks in tea houses (not just drinking tea, but a small restaurant that eats snacks, friends in Guangdong should understand). Because I feel that Pu 'er can eliminate the greasy feeling of snacks.

As for me, I like to drink Shoumei when I eat snacks in the teahouse. I don't like drinking Pu 'er very much, because good Pu 'er is hard to find. The quality of Pu 'er in the teahouse is very general, with no taste, only color. Although the longevity eyebrows in the teahouse are average, they are at least sweet and not too dark, which will not make my teeth turn yellow easily and become my first circle.

Hong Kong people go to teahouses to have morning tea. Before that, most people liked to drink scented tea, Tieguanyin and oolong tea. They joined Pu 'er tea more than 20 years ago. It was under the influence of Hong Kong that tea houses in Guangzhou began to drink "Jupu" (Pu 'er with chrysanthemum) in the 1980s.

There are all kinds of drinks. Many people who drink Chaoshan tea also drink Pu 'er. Life-saving eyebrows have gradually appeared in recent years, and green tea is not much to drink.

Hong Kong people like to drink Tieguanyin, fragrant tablets or Pu 'er tea.

In Chinese mainland, most of the first greetings when they meet are: "Have you eaten?" The version of this sentence in Hong Kong is "Did I have tea with you?" , that is, "Have you had tea?" When friends who haven't seen each other for many days meet, they will say "the first day of tea" after a few pleasantries, which means to get together and have tea another day. This sentence can be used in almost all scenes. Businessmen talk about business and neighbors get together for tea, which is a traditional and decent way of communication and a way of life.

In early Hong Kong, nothing grew, and it was difficult for people to make a living. They drifted to this colony, cutting off their constant contact with their native land. With the difficulty of survival and the pain of separation, people need a medium to relieve mental stress and seek inner recognition, so drinking tea has become this medium.

Hong Kong people's tea drinking habits come from the business culture of old Guangzhou. Since the mid-Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou has become the political and economic center of the Pearl River Delta. Some businessmen engaged in trade have created "tea drinking" activities for leisure and business negotiations in addition to having two meals in the morning and evening. There are many old teahouses and teahouses under the skyscrapers in Hong Kong. Many of them are elderly people, drinking tea, reading newspapers and listening to Cantonese opera. They drank "morning tea" leisurely. Rich businessmen, stars and senior white-collar workers all have the ability to enjoy afternoon tea at three or four o'clock in high-end places such as Wenhua, Dongfang and Peninsula Hotel. Many Hong Kong people's childhood begins with their elders going to teahouses. Hong Kong is vast and sparsely populated, and the best places for gathering are teahouses and more advanced tea restaurants. In the noisy atmosphere, people sit down one after another, and the oldest person turns over the menu to decide whether to drink Pu 'er, scented tea, Longjing, narcissus or Longevity Eyebrow.

Hong Kong people are used to drinking white tea, and more traditional elderly people will also save some white tea, because white tea does have long-term medicinal effects. Conditional families or old teahouses will collect some white tea at home or in warehouses and turn it into old tea. For more than a hundred years, with a flick of a finger. Today, white tea still appears in tea houses, tea rooms, tea restaurants and other spaces in Hong Kong. This kind of leaves with the functions of eliminating fat, diminishing inflammation, clearing away heat and detoxifying has given people warm and warm spiritual sustenance in the turbulent history of a hundred years.

Hong Kong people have a realistic attitude towards drinking tea: "Eat salted fish and endure thirst". Life is a struggle between man and fate. Instead of complaining, it is better to soak all the hardships and patience in a pot of thick white tea soup. The charm of white tea lies in its original and natural fragrance. Its taste needs meditation to feel, and once you feel its charm, you will never forget it.

Everyone has different tastes, just like some people like to drink bean paste porridge for breakfast and some people like to eat tofu.