This poem will be ignored by most. But if you are a tea drinker, you may find it of interest. The original puerh tea came from the mountainous region of the Younnan Province in Southwestern China. By the late 1800s, it had become the gourmet tea for connoisseurs. However, its availability almost disappeared due to wars and governments. As the narrative poem explains, in the late 1990s, a group of Taiwanese tea makers spurred the rejuvenation of this tea-making process, creating one of the world’s finest teas. Some of the tea trees in the region are over a thousand years old. It is not inexpensive. However, if you love rich, smooth teas, you will want to treat yourself. The following reputable distributors offer this authentic, traditionally made tea: Global Tea Hut (https://globalteahut.org/) and Living Tea (livingtea.net). They also have fascinating websites and newsletters to enhance your knowledge. Global Tea produces one of the best quarterly magazines on the tea experience I have ever read.
(Picture licensed through depositphotos.com.)
While attending a conference in Vegas, I treated myself to a gourmet dinner. As I dined, I was distracted by a nearby conversation.