茶艺师中英双语基础茶课

BASIC ENGLISH TEA CLASS ( Part 1)

茶艺师中英双语基础茶课I

I.The introductions of tea sommeliers茶艺师的自我介绍

Hi~ My name is xxx, I’m a tea sommelier. Nice to meet you!

大家好，我叫xxx，是一名茶艺师，很高兴认识你们。

Among all the months,April is my favorite.Not only can I appreciate all the new-published teas,but also drinking a cup of fresh Ming Qian tea.I enjoy sharing nice t ea with tea drinkers and also listening to their stories of tea.

我偏爱四月，因为四月是新茶上市的季节，可以饮一杯清雅鲜甜的明前茶。我喜欢与客人分享好茶，也喜欢听茶人分享茶的故事。

II.The basic knowledge of six tea categories 六大茶类的基本表达

As for those of you that are either from China or foreign countries and rarely had any access to tea, we can start by introducing the basic tea knowledge.

对于很少接触茶的中国朋友和外国朋友，我们可以从茶的基本知识入手开始介绍。

How to categorize different kinds of tea, how to brew tea and appreciate it and how is traditional tea art carried out in the modern society?

茶叶如何分类、如何冲泡和品鉴、传统的茶艺在现代社会中又如何进行呢？

Based on the different producing methods, tea is generally classified into six categ ories: Green tea, Yellow tea, White tea, Oolong tea, Black tea and Dark tea.

There are some processed tea besides the six tea categories, such as Jasmine tea,

Osmanthus Oolong Tea and so on. As for some other kinds such as buckwheat an d chrysanthemum, we call them ‘tea that’s non-

tea’. Because essentially these are not classified as tea. We’re just calling them t ea habitually.

Green tea belongs to the unfermented tea category with West Lake Dragon Well, Dongting Green spiral, Xinyang Maojian as representatives.

绿茶属于不发酵茶，代表茶品有西湖龙井、洞庭碧螺春、信阳毛尖等。

Green tea is kept unfermented to preserve the natural substance in the fresh tea le aves which contain a variety of nutrients such as tea-

polyphenol, catechin, chlorophyl, caffeine, amino acid, and vitamins.

绿茶未经发酵，保留了鲜叶的天然物质，含有的茶多酚、儿茶素、叶绿素、咖啡碱、氨基酸、维生素等营养成分比较多。

Yellow tea belongs to the light-

fermented tea category with Junshan Silver needle tea, Mengding yellow-

bud and Huoshan yellow-

bud as representatives. This kind of tea is native to China.

黄茶属于轻发酵茶，代表茶品有君山银针、蒙顶黄芽、霍山黄芽等，是中国特有的茶类。edure- the ‘Stack cover process’ which is the key factor to forming the unique f eatures of yellow tea.

黄茶加工工艺近似绿茶，只是多了一道工序——闷黄，这是形成黄茶特点的关键。White tea is China’s traditional famous tea that belongs to the slight-fermented tea category with Silver Needle White Tip, White Peony, Shoumei tea(G

ongmei) as representatives.

白茶属于微发酵茶，是中国传统名茶，代表茶品白毫银针、白牡丹、寿眉（贡眉）等。The term ‘white tea’ first appeared in the book

S even things > by Lu Yu from Tang Dynasty. Emperor Huizong of Song( Zhao Ji) als o had a thorough analysis and discussion about white tea in a chapter of .

白茶的名字最早出现在唐代陆羽《茶经》七之事中，宋微宗（赵佶）在《大观茶论》中有一节专门论述白茶。

Oolong tea belongs to the semi-

fermented tea category. It stands out in the six tea categories for its unique featur es with Tieguanyin, Big red robe and Phoenix Dancong and so on as representativ es.

乌龙茶属于半发酵茶，在六大茶类中具有鲜明特色，代表茶品铁观音、大红袍、凤凰单从等。There are four main producing areas of Oolong tea in China : Northern Fujian Ool ong, Southern Fujian Oolong, Guangdong Oolong and T aiwan Oolong.

在我国，乌龙茶主要分布在四个大的产区，闽北（福建北部）乌龙，闽南（福建南部）乌龙，广东乌龙以及台湾乌龙。

Black tea belongs to the completely fermented tea category. It’s interpreted as bl ack tea instead of red tea with Keemun Black Tea, Lapsang souchong,Yunnan black tea, Sichuan congou black tea as representatives.

红茶属于全发酵茶，在英文里面为black tea 而不是 red tea，代表茶品有祁门红茶、正山小种、云南滇红、川红工夫等。