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1 hour ago, Anna N said:What? No tea?
Tea is seldom drunk with food in China. Before or after eating, maybe, but tea drinking is generally an activity requiring full, undistracted concentration on the tea.
One exception is 饮茶 (Mandarin: yǐn chá; Cantonese: yum cha), the breakfast meal where one eats 点心 (Mand: diǎn xīn; Cantonese: dim sum), but despite 饮茶 literally meaning 'drink tea', not everyone does even then.
15 minutes ago, Anna N said:What? No tea?
Tea is seldom drunk with food in China. Before or after eating, maybe, but is generally an activity requiring full concentration on the tea.
One exception is 饮茶 (Mandarin: yǐn chá; Cantonese: yum cha), the breakfast meal where one eats 点心 (Mand: diǎn xīn; Cantonese: dim sum), but despite 饮茶 literally meaning 'drink tea', not everyone does even then.
15 minutes ago, Anna N said:What? No tea?
Tea is seldom drunk with food in China. Before or after eating, maybe, but is generally an activity requiring full concentration on the tea.
One exception is 饮茶 (Mandarin: yǐn chá; Cantonese: yum cha), the breakfast meal where one eats 点心 (Mand: diǎn xīn; Cantonese: dim sum), but despite 饮茶 literally meaning 'drink tea', not everyone does even then.
8 minutes ago, Anna N said:What? No tea?
Tea is seldom drunk with food in China. Before or after eating, maybe, but is generally an activity requiring full concentration on the tea.
One exception is 饮茶 (Mandarin: yǐn chá; Cantonese: yum cha), the breakfast meal where one eats 点心 (Mand: diǎn xīn; Cantonese: dim sum), but despite 饮茶 literally meaning 'drink tea', not everyone does even then.
