E ho'āʻo ana e ho'ākāka i kahiʻano o nā hopena kiʻekiʻe
I ka'ōleloʻana a kekahi mea 'teaʻono,' pehea keʻano? I keʻano maʻamau, hoʻohana pinepine ia i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka tea a iʻole kahi mea loli maʻamau. Akä, e like me ka nui o nä mea inu inu wai e noi aku i nä mea nui loa a me nä mea hoÿokomo i ke kuai aku i nä teas i kaulia ma ke 'ano' tea küikawä, 'ua poho ka laina.
ʻO ka pane maoli i ka nīnau, 'He aha ka meaʻono?' he paʻakikī.
He aha keʻanoʻo ka mea kūikawā?
Ma keʻano laulā, hiki iā mākou ke wehewehe i nā 'ʻano kūikawā' like me nā mea i hanaʻia i ka lima ( e like me ka teathothox ) aiʻole kūikawā (e like me nā teaser teas a iʻole nā teas maʻemaʻeʻole).
ʻOi aku kaʻoihanaʻoihana ma mua o ke kaona (aiʻole kaʻai).
ʻOiai he laulā nui loa,ʻo kaʻoihanaʻoihana kolepa kahi māhele o kaʻoihana papa tea e hana ana:
- Loose-leaf teas
- ʻO ka hoʻoilina waiwai hoʻokahi
- Fair Trade a iʻole nāʻano teas
- Nāʻano liʻiliʻi o ke kī e like me ke keʻo keʻo me ka pu-erh tea
- ʻO nā meaʻono likeʻole o ke kēni e like me nā teaset teas (ʻoiai e hakakā kekahi ma kēia wahi)
Uaʻike nui kaʻoihana papahana lawaiʻa i ka uluʻana i nā makahiki he umi i hala iho nei aʻaʻole he mau hōʻailona e lohi ana. Hōʻikeʻia nā teasenaʻano nui ma nā supermarkets, nā kālepa pahu nui, a me nāʻoihana'ē aʻe he nui a me ka pūnaewele ua wehe i nā puka hou no nā kamupene kele na mea kūʻai nui e kūʻai pololei aku i ka mea kūʻai.
- ʻO kahi hōʻailona o nā mea nui loa,ʻo Makaibari Estate Second Flush Muscatel Black Tea . He meaʻono, biodynamic, Fair Trade Darjeeling ke koʻi mai kahi māla waina.
- Ma nā hanana he nui, he hui kū i ka lau lahui e like me ka mea i kūʻaiʻia e Art of Tea, he mea nui nā teas, akā, makemake kekahi poʻe e kālepa i kēia mau mea me ka teas teas.
Ma keʻano liʻiliʻi, hiki paha iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kahi 'ʻona' tea 'e like me ke kahe iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pahu pahu i loaʻa i ka supermarket. ʻO ka hapa nui o nāʻano nui i kūʻaiʻia e like me ka laulā-pau aʻo kekahi e hāʻawi ana i nāʻeke lauti me he mea kūpono no ka poʻe kūʻai.
ʻAʻohe 'Realty Tea''Ōlelo
ʻO ka pilikia me ka ho'āʻoʻana e ho'ākāka i ka 'specialty tea'ʻo ia heʻaʻohe mana hoʻohālikelike.
ʻO nā hui e like me ka Tea Association o ka USA 'specialty tea' hoʻohanaʻia e like me kahiʻano laulā. Heʻano likeʻole kaʻoihana kō i ka māhele o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, heʻano'ē aʻe ko kahi'āina 'ʻano' tea ''ē aʻe. ʻO ka nui o kēlā mea he mea maʻalahi paha ia me kahi tiʻa iʻikeʻoleʻia i ka moʻomeheu.
ʻO kēia pilikia ka mea e hoʻokomo ai i kekahi o kaʻoihana kāhi no ke noiʻana i kahi wehewehe hoʻonohonohoʻana no ka 'teaʻono.' Uaʻike kekahi mau mea kālai waho a me nā mea kūʻai liʻiliʻi ua lilo ka manawa i ka hoʻohanaʻia a ua hoʻomaka e koho i 'artisanal tea' i mea kākau no kā lākou teas.
ʻAʻole ia he mea maʻamau no ka mea lawe mai i ka meaʻai e hōʻailona i ka mea i manaʻoʻia e kekahi poʻe he meaʻona haʻahaʻa loa ia e like me keʻano 'teaʻono.' Hiki paha i kēia papa ke hana kūpono i ka hanaʻana (e like me ka hoʻouluʻana i nā meaʻala'ē aʻe ma luna o nā lau) aiʻole nā lālani maikaʻi loa, akā,ʻaʻohe mea e hōʻemi ai i ka hōʻailona hōʻailona e makemake ai ka poʻe kūʻai aku no ka 'tea maikaʻi loa.'
I ka uluʻana o ke kāʻei kiʻekiʻe i ka honua holoʻokoʻa, hiki paha iā mākou keʻike i nā kiko'ī no ka mea kūikawā (a me ka mea hoʻolaha) teas. Ua hana mua nāʻoihana inu mea'ē aʻe a ua hoʻopōmaikaʻiʻia nā mea hana a me nā mea inu.
Loaʻa i kahiʻohe nui o ke kola
ʻO ka nūhou nui no nā mea inu inu wai, eʻoki anaʻoe i nā pōmaikaʻi o kahiʻoihana noʻonoʻo a me ka hoʻokūkū.
ʻO ka mea wale nō e mālama iāʻoe e heluhelu i nā inoa o ka lawaiʻa me ke akahele a nānā i ka hope o ka mea holoi kīʻaha a mea paha e hoʻokomoʻole inā hiki iāʻoe.
Aia kekahi manawa ola o nā meaʻokoʻa hou e kali ana iāʻoe, ponoʻoe e hele a hiki i ka hele a me kaʻike.