Name: 一壺茶，五段故事：一起走進茶的世界吧！ (5 Fascinating Tales in the World of Tea)
Uploaded: 2025-09-17T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 11 min 40 s

From ancient brews to cheesy new twists, we're spilling the tea on everything from China's oldest leaves to England's fanciest cups.

從古老的茶葉到新奇的茶葉，從中國最古老的茶葉到英國最時尚的茶杯，我們為您一一介紹。

It's a journey through time, one sip at a time.

這是一次穿越時空的旅行，每次只需啜飲一口。

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Waiting over an hour for tea sounds ridiculous, shocking even, but this isn't your everyday tea.

喝茶要等一個多小時，這聽起來很荒唐，甚至令人震驚，但這可不是你日常喝的茶。

Cheese tea is exactly what it sounds like, tea topped with cheese.

奶酪茶就像它的名字一樣，在茶上澆上奶酪。

In a single bar, we can sell about 2,500 cups of tea a day.

在一個酒吧裡，我們每天可以賣出約 2 500 杯茶。

In a single bar, we can sell about 4,500 cups of tea a day.

在一個酒吧裡，我們每天可以賣出約 4 500 杯茶。

And today, cheese tea is more than just a novelty.

如今，奶酪茶已不僅僅是一種新鮮事物。

From Malaysia to Los Angeles, people are drinking it everywhere.

從馬來西亞到洛杉磯，到處都有人在喝它。

That iced tea you buy in those expensive bottles, fermented and sweetened?

你買的那種昂貴瓶裝發酵加糖冰茶？

Somewhere along the line, the word was lost in translation.

不知從什麼時候起，這個詞在翻譯中丟失了。

In Japanese, cha means tea, and this is kombu.

在日語中，cha 是茶的意思，而這就是昆布。

Kombu is a type of seaweed, and a staple ingredient in Japanese cuisine.

昆布是一種海藻，也是日本料理的主要配料。

And Rishiri Island, off the northernmost tip of Japan, has become known for the kombu that grows here.

而位於日本最北端的利尻島則因生長昆布而聞名。

Zenichi Kosaka is a third-generation fisherman.

It's a staple ingredient in Japanese cuisine, so I think you have to have kombu.

昆布是日本料理的主料，所以我認為你必須吃昆布。

The reason Rishiri Island is suitable for kombu is because of the seawater and the spring water that flows from Rishiri Lake.

利尻島之所以適合種植昆布，是因為這裡有海水和從利尻湖流出來的泉水。

I think the reason is that it has a lot of nutrients.

我認為原因在於它有很多營養成分。

If you eat kombu, you can live a long life.

After kombu is harvested and dried, it can be used to make anything from soup to salad to garnish.

昆布收穫並晒乾後，可用於製作湯、沙拉和裝飾品等任何食物。

But for our purposes, we're going to make kombucha.

但為了我們的目的，我們要製作昆布茶。

Chiharu Hirakawa is a shop owner selling kombucha made from locally harvested kombu.

平川千春（Chiharu Hirakawa）是一位店主，銷售用當地採摘的昆布製作的昆布茶。

Kombucha is a tea that has been boiled to make kombu broth.

昆布茶是一種煮沸後製成昆布湯的茶。

Kombucha has a lot of sea minerals, so it's very good for the body.

昆布茶含有大量的海洋礦物質，對身體非常有益。

I have to ask, do you know about American kombucha?

我想問一下，你知道美國昆布茶嗎？

Kombucha is made by pouring hot water into kombu powder.

製作昆布茶的方法是將熱水倒入昆布粉中。

But do you have any words for those seeking real kombucha?

但是，對於那些尋求真正昆布茶的人，您有什麼話要說嗎？

美國人應該試試日本的昆布茶。

I hope people will drink kombu broth and fall in love with Japan.

我希望人們喝了昆布湯後會愛上日本。

Tea is the most popular drink in the world, and there are countless ways we make and consume it.

茶是世界上最受歡迎的飲料，我們有無數種泡茶和飲茶的方法。

But if you want to drink tea in the oldest way we still know of, you'll first need to hike deep into the remote tea mountains of southwest China and hand-pick leaves and buds from tea trees that are hundreds of years old.

但是，如果您想以我們所知的最古老的方式喝茶，您首先需要徒步深入中國西南部偏遠的茶山，從樹齡數百年的茶樹上親手採摘茶葉和茶芽。

It's a long way to go for authentic Chinese tea, but one person is doing it.

要喝到正宗的中國茶，還有很長的路要走，但有一個人正在這樣做。

I'm the owner of Tea Drunk, which is a tea house in New York City.

我是紐約市一家茶館 Tea Drunk 的老闆。

Historic teas really represent the pinnacle of tea culture, and these teas are usually not mass-produced, and they're trying to be as authentic to the tea as possible.

歷史名茶真正代表了茶文化的頂峰，這些茶通常不是大規模生產的，他們在努力盡可能地還原茶的原貌。

It's almost like a masterpiece of music played versus a practice, or an original piece of artwork versus the copies.

這就好比演奏的音樂傑作與練習曲的對比，或者原創藝術品與複製品的對比。

The masterpiece tea, so to speak, comes from ancient tea trees that grow in the wild.

可以說，這種名茶來自於野生的古茶樹。

They only bud for 15 days out of the year, so Xunlan must race each spring to find the trees and harvest them in time with the help of local farmers.

這些樹一年中只有 15 天會發芽，是以荀蘭必須在每年春天爭分奪秒地尋找這些樹，並在當地農民的幫助下及時採摘。

The best tea trees are always on some of the hardest-to-get-to places because they need to be on very steep slopes.

最好的茶樹總是在一些最難到達的地方，因為它們需要在非常陡峭的山坡上。

In this region, it's not uncommon for tea trees to grow for several hundred years.

在這個地區，茶樹生長几百年的情況並不少見。

These tea trees right now are at their prime, and this is what tea is meant to taste like.

這些茶樹現在正值生長旺盛期，這就是茶的味道。

Once we pick the tea, we need to spread it out in a cool area where the water can travel out before we can wok-fry the tea.

採摘後，我們需要將茶葉攤放在陰涼處，讓茶葉中的水分流出，然後才能炒茶。

This step is to kill the enzymes so the tea's fermentation can be stopped.

這一步驟是為了殺死酶，從而停止茶葉的發酵。

Then we take the tea leaves out, and then we roll the tea.

然後，我們把茶葉取出，再把茶葉揉成一團。

Once the sun dries the tea, you need to pick out any discoloration.

晒乾茶葉後，需要挑出茶葉上的色斑。

This sorting process usually takes months to finish because we do have to do them one by one with every single tea.

這個分揀過程通常需要幾個月才能完成，因為我們必須對每種茶葉逐一進行分揀。

Months will go by before this tea is ready to be poured out, but the journey is well worth it to Shan'an.

這種茶要經過幾個月的時間才能傾倒出來，但對於山安來說，這趟旅程是值得的。

Those extreme fine points in taste that tea offers us,

茶為我們帶來的那些極致細膩的口感、

I think it provides us a level of joy that's beyond anything else.

我認為它帶給我們的快樂是其他任何東西都無法比擬的。

And my job here is to preserve this art and hopefully even push it to a new height.

而我在這裡的工作就是保護這門藝術，甚至希望能將它推向一個新的高度。

We know we have China to thank for introducing tea to the Western world, but how did it make its way to England and become the cultural obsession it is today?

我們知道，將茶引入西方世界要感謝中國，但它是如何傳入英國併成為今天的文化痴迷者的呢？

Well, that's all thanks to one Portuguese woman.

這一切都要歸功於一位葡萄牙婦女。

這個人就是布拉幹薩的凱瑟琳。

She had just won the hand of England's King Charles II.

她剛剛贏得了英國國王查理二世的垂青。

With the help of a very large dowry, including money, treasures and spices, this worthwhile trade made her the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.

在鉅額嫁妝（包括金錢、珍寶和香料）的幫助下，這筆有價值的交易使她成為英格蘭、蘇格蘭和愛爾蘭的女王。

When she arrived to her new homeland, she brought with her packets of loose leaf tea in crates labelled...

當她來到新家園時，她帶來了一包包裝在箱子裡的散葉茶，上面貼著......

It's a theory that this was later abbreviated to...

有一種說法是，這後來被縮寫為...

Now tea could already be found in England, but was only really used for medicinal purposes.

現在，在英國已經可以找到茶葉，但只是真正用於藥用。

Catherine continued drinking tea to her heart's content.

And as the new royal, everything about her, including her beverage habits, was copied by other ladies, desperate to be just like their idol.

作為新的皇室成員，她的一切，包括她的飲酒習慣，都被其他女士模仿，她們迫切地想成為自己的偶像。

Another thing Catherine brought to the table from Portugal was the idea of tea-drinking experience.

凱瑟琳從葡萄牙帶來的另一個理念是飲茶體驗。

She popularised the use of porcelain teacups and mugs.

By the end of the 17th century, much of British aristocracy were enjoying the hot beverage.

到 17 世紀末，許多英國貴族都開始享用這種熱飲。

Today, while tea can be found pretty much everywhere, it remains a special daily pastime for the Brits.

如今，雖然茶几乎隨處可見，但對於英國人來說，茶仍然是一種特殊的日常消遣。

Longjing tea is a world-renowned product.

Our village has been producing tea for at least 400 years.

我們村生產茶葉的歷史至少有 400 年。

Longjing tea is best suited to the autumnal climate.