Low Tea和High Tea傻傻分不清楚,下午茶的正确打卡方式你get了吗
前段时间电视剧《三十而已》持续刷屏。除了晒包,贵妇们聚在一起,最经常做的就是喝喝下午茶,聊聊天~ 例如,顾佳与王太太“品茶”的名场面。她一语道破low tea和high tea[1]的区别,让强撑姿态的王太太好不尴尬。 [1] high tea 高茶,黄昏时吃的正式茶点,与简单的晚餐相似,通常有一道热菜(或三明治)和一壶茶,在英格兰北部和苏格兰尤为流行。 不过,下午茶并不是贵妇们的专属消费。近年来,越来越多的小姐妹也约起了下午茶,它成为展现生活格调的一种方式。 但下午茶的讲究也很多,要想搞清楚下午茶的正确打开方式,我们先要区分的是“茶饮”和“茶餐”两个概念。在英语中这两个词都可以用tea表示,因此容易弄混。 “茶饮”和“茶餐” Tea the drink There are two forms of tea that often cause confusion in the tea world: tea the drink and tea the meal. Tea the drink is made from the Camellia Sinensis plant and from the processing of the plant white, green, oolong, and black teas are produced. The basic teas are also often blended with other plants like vanilla, mint and melon as well as flavors like Oil of Bergamot to make Earl Grey Tea. The beverage is made by steeping[2] processed leaves, buds, or twigs of the tea bush in hot water for a few minutes. The processing can include oxidation, heating, drying, and the addition of other herbs, flowers, spices, and fruits. [2] steep 浸泡。 The term “herbal tea” usually refers to infusions[3] of fruit or of herbs (such as rosehip, chamomile, or jiaogulan) that contain no Camellia Sinensis. [3] infusion 泡制。
Tea the meal on the other hand involves tea the drink as an important part but really is directed toward social and family gatherings where tea and food are often consumed together. Generally speaking, the tea meal became most popular and refined in England but spread to English speaking countries or former English colonies as well. Tea meals are also celebrated in other countries in differing forms.
“下午茶”、“高茶”和“晚点”有什么区别 而茶餐又分为“下午茶”、“高茶”和“晚点”,区分不同茶餐的关键是供应时段、餐品和场所。
Traditionally, loose tea would be served in a teapot with milk and sugar. This would be accompanied by various sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress[4], tuna, ham, and smoked salmon), scones[5] (with butter, clotted cream[6] and jam) and usually cakes and pastries. Traditionally the tea and food would be served on a lounge[7] (or low) table. [4] cress 水芥(常放在沙拉和三明治中食用)。 While afternoon tea used to be an everyday event, nowadays it is more likely to be a treat in a hotel, café, or tea shop, although many Britons still have a cup of tea and slice of cake or chocolate at teatime. Accordingly, many hotels now market and promote afternoon teas.
To the uninitiated[8] “high tea” may be a confusing term. [8] uninitiated 无专门知识(或经验)的人。
High tea is an early evening meal, typically eaten between 5:00 and 6:00 pm. It would be eaten as a substitute for both afternoon tea and the evening meal. The term comes from the meal being eaten at the ‘high’ (main) table, instead of the smaller lounge (low) table. It is now largely replaced by the later meal tea.
It would usually consist of cold meats, eggs and/or fish, cakes and sandwiches. In a family, it tended to be less formal and is an informal snack (featuring sandwiches, cookies, pastry, fruit and the like) or else it is the main evening meal.
On farms, in rural areas or other working class environments, high tea would be the traditional, substantial meal eaten by workers immediately after nightfall, and would combine afternoon tea with the main evening meal.
In recent years, “high tea” somehow became a word for exquisite afternoon tea. Such usage is incorrect. High tea is not, in traditional terms, afternoon tea.
Tea is the main evening meal, even if the diners are not drinking tea. It is traditionally eaten at 5 o’clock in the evening, though often it is later, as late as 9pm.
In many rural parts of the United Kingdom tea as a meal is synonymous with dinner in standard English. Under such usage, the midday meal is sometimes termed dinner, rather than lunch. High tea不等于“高级下午茶”
This form of tea is increasingly served in high-end US hotels, often during the winter holidays and other tourist seasons, and many big-city teahouses, where it is usually correctly described as “afternoon tea”. |