2024年10月13日 星期日

Joel 紅茶

 紅茶的國際價格正在上漲,原因主要是印度和斯里蘭卡等主要生產國因極端氣候和茶葉病害導致的減產。日本進口量最多的斯里蘭卡(前稱錫蘭)也因2022年斯里蘭卡國內的經濟危機,生產量增長停滯,進一步影響了日本的紅茶進口價格。


印度作為紅茶的主要生產及消費國,其東北部的大吉嶺與阿薩姆地區是代表性產地。以北印度為指標的拍賣價格在2024年9月下旬達到每公斤約260印度盧比,較4月開始的價格上升約30%。今年的價格上漲主要由異常天氣引起,當地3至5月的「春茶」(First Flush)與5至7月的「夏茶」(Second Flush)受到了旱災與洪水的雙重打擊。此外,茶葉病害的蔓延也是造成減產的因素之一。這些病害菌在高溫陽光下會死亡,但在6至9月的季風期很難根除,加上部分農藥因出口規定無法使用,導致病害無法有效控制。


日本進口紅茶的另一大來源斯里蘭卡,也因經濟危機導致紅茶產量下降。2022年斯里蘭卡因為中國的債務陷阱而陷入債務違約,通貨貶值導致化學肥料無法順利進口,且老化的茶樹無法及時更換,這些都抑制了紅茶的生產復甦。目前斯里蘭卡的紅茶拍賣價格已較2021年翻倍,達到每公斤約1215斯里蘭卡盧比。斯里蘭卡產量的下降使得歐美市場將需求轉向北印度產茶葉,進一步推動了印度紅茶價格的上漲。


日本的紅茶進口主要來自印度和斯里蘭卡,這兩國的價格上漲對日本市場已產生影響。一些進口北印度紅茶的日本貿易公司因日圓貶值導致進口成本增加,自4月至10月期間已經對製造商提高了約20%的售價。雖然國內紅茶價格目前尚未明顯波動,但隨著國際價格的上升,後續可能會出現更大的影響。部分製造商表示,為了提供穩定價格和品質的產品,正在考慮多元化供應來源,以應對未來可能持續的價格波動和供應風險。


過去也曾經是世界紅茶主要產區的台灣,近年來紅茶市場則是持續增長,主要產地有南投縣魚池鄉的日月潭紅茶(台茶18號)聞名,這種紅茶以其獨特的薄荷和肉桂香氣而受到喜愛。新北市坪林區的蜜香紅茶,這種茶因小綠葉蟬的作用而帶有天然蜜香,另外,花蓮縣也有生產蜜香紅茶,還有嘉義現以及台中市也都有小規模的紅茶生產。目前台灣紅茶的年產值預估超過新台幣300億元,主要的台灣紅茶品種有台茶18號(紅玉)具有濃郁的香氣和口感、台茶21號(紅韻)融合了印度大葉種和祁門小葉種,有著細緻的柑橘香、台茶12號(金萱)以奶香味著稱,口感甘醇以及台茶8號(阿薩姆紅茶):強烈的麥芽香氣,適合搭配牛奶飲用。


資料來源:日經新聞

2024年4月18日 星期四

cup o’ joe. one's cup of tea. Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea


 one's cup of tea. Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea


Elegance and flavor breathe new life into a traditional Japanese drink.
TOKYO -- What do the words "Japanese green tea" call to mind? The tea ceremony, with its elaborate rules for serving and sipping, perhaps? Or the bott
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one's cup of tea 
in British
informal
one's chosen or preferred thing, task, company, etc
she's not my cup of tea




MEDITATION FOR REAL LIFE

How to be Mindful With a Cup of Coffee
By DAVID GELLES

Take a mindful moment with your morning cup o’ joe.


cup of joe

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of uncertain origin.
  • Possibly a shortening of "cup of jamoke", from java + mocha: this origin was given in a military officer's manual from 1931, around when the term first appeared.[1]
  • Alternatively, perhaps a use of joe ‎(fellow, guy), signifying that coffee was the drink of the common man.
  • Another theory suggests that US soldiers in World War I (1914-1918) referred to a serving of instant coffee made by the G. Washington Coffee Refining Company (founded in 1910) as a "cup of George", and that the common abbreviation of the name "George" ("Geo.") was then read as "Joe".[2]
  • Another theory derives the term from Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), the Secretary of the U.S. Navy who abolished the officers' wine mess and thus made coffee the strongest drink available on ships. Snopes considers this is unlikely because it says there is no attestation of the phrase "cup of joe" until 1930, 16 years after the 1914 order banning the wine mess.[3] Confusingly, some other sources consider the Daniels derivation unlikely for the opposite reason: they say "cup of joe" predates the order.[4][5]
A cup of coffee.

Noun[edit]

cup of joe ‎(plural cups of joe)
  1. (chiefly US, idiomatic) A cup of coffee [quotations ▼]
  2. (figuratively) One’s personal preference.

Synonyms[edit]

one's cup of tea. Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea

 one's cup of tea. Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea


Elegance and flavor breathe new life into a traditional Japanese drink.
TOKYO -- What do the words "Japanese green tea" call to mind? The tea ceremony, with its elaborate rules for serving and sipping, perhaps? Or the bott
ASIA.NIKKEI.COM






one's cup of tea 
in British
informal
one's chosen or preferred thing, task, company, etc
she's not my cup of tea

Ancient Japanese ceremony gives new meaning to a cup of tea