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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 26 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Gongfu Tea at the Fair

Sit at a Chaozhou seller's table at the Guangzhou tea fair: take a cup of gongfu tea, ask which brew it is, hear the seventh and marvel that it's still fragrant, learn that Dancong is not only fragrant but stands many brews, and swap business cards.

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THE STORY

A tasting table at the Guangzhou tea fair, a Chaozhou seller behind a tiny clay pot and three thimble cups, Owen and Lan on the stools in front.

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工夫 茶。gōngfu chágongfu tea, word for word tea of work and time
来， 喝 杯 工夫 茶。lái, hē bēi gōngfu cháCome, have a cup of gongfu tea.
这个 杯子 真 小！zhège bēizi zhēn xiǎoThis cup is really small!
第 几 泡？dì jǐ pàowhich brew, word for word the how-manyeth steeping
这 是 第 几 泡？zhè shì dì jǐ pàoWhich brew is this?
第 七 泡 了。dì qī pào leThe seventh already.
第 七 泡 还 这么 香！dì qī pào hái zhème xiāngThe seventh brew and still so fragrant!
您 是 潮州 人 吗？nín shì cháozhōu rén maAre you from Chaozhou? Politely.
耐 泡。nài pàostands many brews, word for word endures steeping, endure falls
不仅 香，bùjǐn xiāngnot only fragrant

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