Tea Accessories
Shopping With Barbara Barry May 09, 2014
用現代的茶具，喝傳統的茶
單品2014年05月09日
芭芭拉·巴里稱，泰德·繆林這個安妮女王花邊(Queen Anne's Lace)純銀濾茶器，是「世上最美的一個。」
Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times
BARBARA BARRY, the
Los Angeles-based interior designer, has created a range of products,
including furniture, tableware, bedding and even luggage. But one of her
favorite projects had nothing to do with design.
常駐洛杉磯的室內設計師芭芭拉·巴里(Barbara Barry)設計過各種各樣的產品，包括傢具、餐具、床上用品，乃至行李箱包，但在她最喜歡的項目之中，卻有一件與設計毫無關係。
Six years ago, Ms. Barry collaborated with the Canadian company T to create a custom tea blend called Orange Grove, and earlier this year her second blend, Citrine, was introduced.
六年前，巴里曾與一家名為T的加拿大公司合作，調配出一種特製混合茶，名為「桔園」(Orange Grove)。今年年初，她的第二款混合茶「西特林」(Citrine)又面世了。
“I truly fell in
love with tea on my first trip to Kyoto in 2000,” she said. “And loving
all things Japanese, I learned more about the culture through learning
about ‘the way of tea.’ ”
「2000年，我第一次去京都旅行時，就深深愛上了喝茶，」她說，「也愛上了一切帶有日本味道的東西。在學習『茶道』的過程中，我對日本文化有了更多了解。」
She added: “Tea is like design: what you leave out is as important as what you put in.”
她還說：「茶道與設計如出一轍：你要捨棄什麼和放入什麼，一樣重要。」
On her way to
London, another tea-friendly city, Ms. Barry passed through New York,
taking time out to shop for accessories to enhance the experience of
drinking tea.
在去往倫敦這座同樣熱衷於喝茶的城市之前，巴里途經紐約，抽了些時間去選購茶具，好讓茶喝起來更有感覺。
She began at the
new Ted Muehling store in TriBeCa, where she admired a carved agate
bracelet (she is a big fan of Mr. Muehling’s jewelry) before focusing on
the subject at hand.
她從翠貝卡社區(TriBeCa)新開業的泰德·繆林(Ted Muehling)商店逛起。在那裡，她先看上一隻雕花的瑪瑙手鐲（她是繆林珠寶的忠實粉絲），隨後才注意到手邊這件物品。
When it comes to
tea strainers, she announced, the Ted Muehling sterling silver Queen
Anne’s Lace tea strainer is “the most beautiful tea strainer in the
world. It’s a delight to pour water through the Champagne-like bubble
openings, and there is always a gasp from first-timers.”
說到濾茶器，她稱泰德·繆林的這個安妮女王花邊(Queen Anne\'s Lace)純銀濾茶器，是「世上最美的一個。從香檳酒泡沫般的開口中把茶水倒出來，會讓人有一種愉悅感。第一次使用的人總會發出一聲驚嘆。」
At Alessi, Ms. Barry found a new spoon by LUCY.D that was “thoughtfully designed to hold the tea in its folded handle.”
在Alesssi商店，巴里發現了一個由LUCY.D設計的新款茶勺，這把勺子「設計獨具匠心，可把茶葉裝在對摺的手柄中。」
As for porcelain
tea sets, she noted, Augarten, an Austrian company, makes her favorites.
And the Rottenberg service, crowned with a series of whimsical heads,
is “magical,” she said. “Each head is put on by hand and smoothed to
perfection. The porcelain is almost translucent, and drinking from the
low, wide teacup makes you feel delicate.”
至於陶瓷茶具，她提到了一家澳大利亞公司
Augarten，也是她的最愛。還有一套羅騰伯格(Rottenberg)茶具，茶具的幾個茶蓋上都頂着形態各異的腦袋，「太神奇了，」她說，「每個腦
袋都是手工接上去的，又被處理得天衣無縫。」這套瓷器差不多是半透明的，而且從這個不高的寬口茶杯中喝茶，會讓你覺得很精緻。
Most of her go-to
Japanese products were found online, including a handcrafted bowl for
drinking matcha (a green tea made with a bamboo whisk) and a whisk
keeper, both sold by Hibiki-an, a shop in Kyoto.
她常用的日本產品大部分都是在網上找到的，包括一隻用來喝抹茶（一種用竹製茶拂做出來的綠茶）的手工大茶碗，以及一個茶拂托。這兩件物品都在京都一家名為Hibiki-an的商店中有售。
“Once you fall for
the taste of fresh matcha, you will want all the accompaniments that
make this a special ritual,” she said. “It might take a little practice
to get that foamy top on the tea. I find some days are easier than
others.”
「你一旦喜歡上新鮮抹茶的味道，就會想要一切使之成為一種特殊儀式的器具，」她說，「要讓茶麵浮起一層泡沫，還得稍微練習一下。我發現，有的時候做起來比較容易，有時就比較難。」
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