 | The Human Touch with LuLuFengposted by TeaHouseTimes Admin, ADVERTISER TEA RELATED PRODUCTSSaturday, April 17th 2010 @ 3:21 PM |
Lu Lu-Feng: Tea is my life. I’ve devoted my life to tea. Tea and my life have become one. I must have tea every day. I cannot live without tea. I feel funny and uncomfortable if I don’t come across tea during the day. I drink tea morning, afternoon, and night. I also drink tea according to the weather and how I feel. Tea tastes different in different weather. If it’s hot, I like to drink lightly roasted tea because it’s lighter and more aromatic. In the winter, I drink medium roasted tea because it’s more soothing and I won’t feel as cold. In any season tea makes me feel good.
I think tea is something very natural, and it’s good that it’s been brought to civilized society where a lot of things have gone wrong. When life is too busy and bustling, you miss the human touch. With tea, you can bring some humanity back to society. Tea won’t bring chaos. It’s good for your mental health. Some people need religion; others need tea to interact with other people.
But you must use your heart to really experience tea. When I drink good tea, I use my heart to smell the aroma. When I inhale tea it goes right into my soul. For a tea to be very good, you need the right combination of heaven, earth, and man. Sometimes it takes years for you to come across a very good tea. I feel very fortunate, as I’ve already come across it four times since I’ve been working in tea. It’s so rare. Some people never come across a good tea in their lifetime. When I come across a good tea, I have a memory of it for many years. For a long time afterward, I remember that tea. So I am satisfied with my life. I am very lucky.
*Taken from The Meaning of Tea, used by permission. See also book review. Lu Lu-Feng has managed the
Wu Ling Tea Farm located in Xue-Ba National Park of Taiwan for the past eight years.
His gratitude for a life in tea shines through in this interview from The Meaning of Tea.
From the Mar/Apr10 issue of The Tea House Times. To view the most recent issue, please register / log-in at http://www.theteahousetimes.com for free access.
