The taste of tea in the world

Sitting under the quiet porch, through the light rain and wind of an autumn afternoon, watching the dreamy scenery hidden in the mist, lighting a fire of fate, making a pot of quiet tea, letting my soul drift into the peaceful space, enjoying the inspirations from nature through the four changing seasons, appearing and disappearing, blooming and fading.

Tác giả Nguyễn Hiếu Tín — Author Nguyen Hieu Tin

Along with that charming tea flavor, countless reunions have been forged, making people feel more clearly the purity of the soul, the simplicity of life. Because it helps us listen to the sound of clear water, boiling in the warm heart, enjoy the astringent, bitter, fragrant, sweet aftertaste of life and count all the peace of the years in the gentleness of a cup of pure tea, despite the world being cloudy and windy, stirring the inherently unpeaceful heart of the world.

Tea has truly become a beautiful piece of music, although it has no melody, but makes the drinker feel in harmony, it is a harmony, containing elegance, cultural style, and soulmate love, making people love each other and be more in harmony with each other.

Tea is very dependent on fate. When you set foot in a bustling urban area, tea also enjoys the noisy, bustling atmosphere of the city, but tea is still tea that cannot be mixed with anything else.

Tea does not have the intoxicating quality of wine, nor the thoughtfulness or self-restraint of coffee, nor the cool, gentleness of cocoa. The bitter, sweet, intimate flavor of tea is very sympathetic, although not noisy and inviting, it still has a strange attraction.

Meeting together in the taste of human tea, people can contemplate many new things in life, as well as increase their ability to know and understand themselves more without needing anyone to confirm...

( Entry to the contest "Impressions of Vietnamese coffee and tea" under the program "Honoring Vietnamese coffee and tea" for the 3rd time, 2025 organized by Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper).