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When you arrive in most restaurants in China, from hole-in-the-wall joints to expensive banquet places, you are presented with a cup of ambient temp or lukewarm green tea. This not for you to drink. It's used to clean and rinse your rice bowl and chopsticks. Green tea has proven antiseptic and antibacterial properties!
When you arrive in most restaurants in China, from hole-in-the-wall joints to expensive banquet places, you are presented with a cup of ambient temp or lukewarm green tea. This not for you to drink. It's used to clean and rinse your rice bowl and chopsticks. Green tea has proven antiseptic and antibacterial properties!
When you arrive in most restaurants in China, from hole-in-the-wall joints to expensive banquet places, you are presented with a cup of ambient temp or lukewarm green tea. This not for you to drink. It's used to clean and rinse your rice bowl and chopsticks. Green tea has proven antiseptic and antibacterial properties properties!
When you arrive in most restaurants in China, from hole-in-the-wall joints to expensive banquet places, you are presented with a cup of ambient temp or lukewarm green tea. This not for you to drink. It's used to clean and rinse your rice bowl and chopsticks. Green tea has antiseptic and antibacterial properties properties!
When you arrive in most restaurants in China, from hole-in-the-wall joints to expensive banquet places, you are presented with a cup of ambient temp or lukewarm tea. This not for you to drink. It's used to clean and rinse your rice bowl and chopsticks. Tea has antiseptic properties!
