Congratulations, my friends, you’ve started a might-be uneasy but interesting journey leading you to a fabulous future. Hi, I am Mabol, a tea coach. I majored in Tea Science in 2001 at Huazhong Agriculture University, spent 7 years studying tea, and got my Master degree. It’s hard initially, however, just like seven-year itch, but I have totally fallen in love tea, tea has been my best friend and the most passionate life partner. Therefore, in January 2015, I established my personal studio - Discover Cha, doing tea training in colleges or some organizations, consulting, tea events, and tea tours. It’s a wonderful journey that we have gained lots of joy and friendship. What’s more, tea has achieved better me, keeping me young, smart, knowledgeable, energetic and positive.
恭喜你们，我的朋友，您已经开启了通往精彩未来的趣味旅程。我是钟梅，一个茶师。2001年，我师从华中农业大学学习茶学专业，并获得硕士学位。七年之痒总是痛苦的，但苦尽甘来，我深深地爱上了茶，并与之终身为伴。因此，2015年1月，我创建了自己的个人工作室- 彩云国茶语，从事茶培训、咨询、公益茶会、文创产品以及茶山游学活动，收获了无尽的快乐和无数的友谊。同时，得益于茶，修养身心，茶成就了更棒的自我，使我年轻，善于学习而保持头脑灵活，博学，有活力，最重要的是拥有一种健康、乐观、积极的生活方式。
(▲Introduction of Tea Art Junior Course)
Tea does not belong to China only, it belongs to the whole world, tea is the universal language. In past years, I was able to make tea friends from each corner of the world because I can speak fluent English, and to share the abundant and diversified culture has become my goal. Meanwhile, I was told by friends again and again that “I wish to learn English from you.” Therefore, I did make the course of Tea Art In Dual Language since 2016, you may check those free lessons either from Himalaya FM channel or my public wechat account: Discover Cha.
茶不仅属于中国，也属于世界，其实茶就是一种世界的语言。过去几年，得益于我的英语，我可以和全世界的朋友分享一杯茶汤，终身与茶为伴，去推广博大精深的茶文化也成了我的梦想。这个过程中，不断的有身边的朋友说：我向你学习英语吧。于是，从2016年以来，我都一直在坚持分享《茶学英语双语》文章，你可以在“喜马拉雅FM”频道或者我的自媒体“彩云国茶语”了解学习更多的《茶学英语双语》内容。
However, that’s not a completed series. During this summertime, Thiago, one friend studying in PhD of anthropology at California University visited me, learning tea from me and doing research about tea in Kunming. I think it’s a good opportunity to make such course for him and you guys, with the hope to help you with mastering both English and tea. The Tea Art In English Junior has 10 lessons, and I designed them in different situations, each lesson has two sections: dialogue and vocabularies, both parts are practical in your daily life. It introduces the six types of tea and pu-erh tea generally, containing the knowledge of the origin, the brief introduction, the processing, and the brewing skill.
尽管如此，之前《茶学英语双语》是碎片式的，并不成体系。这个夏天，一个在加州大学学习人类学博士的朋友，武昭，来到昆明向我学习茶，同时在昆明研究茶文化对中国人的影响，我觉得这是一个重新梳理茶文化学的很好的机会。《茶艺英语初级》包含10节课，设计了不同的场景，简单地介绍了六大基本茶类和普洱茶，包括产地、简介、加工工艺和冲泡技巧，希望帮助有需求的朋友学习茶的同时，也可以练习英语，提高英语水平。
This course is suitable for you if you like tea, or do tea business, or study overseas, or want to improve your English simply. Of course, it requires basic English skill although this course is just a start. Thanks to Thiago and Robert，who helped me with this lecture recording, so to other teachers and friends who encouraged me and supported me in accomplishing Tea Art In English version I. I will open the first door through this course for you and hope that you can continue with this wonderful tea journey. There might be some points from my personal subjective perspective, or improper expression, I would appreciate that if you can help me to improve it. The copyright of Tea Art In English belongs to DiscoverCha Studio, any commercial usage is forbidden without the permission or authorization by Mabol Zhong. Of course, if you have any question or need, please feel free to contact us.
如果你喜欢茶，或者做茶叶贸易，又或者在海外学习，甚至是纯粹的想要学习英语，这个课程都很适合你。当然，本课程虽然基础茶文化学，但是要求已经掌握了一定的英文基础。感谢武昭和土豆的友情赞助，完成了音频部分的录制，也谢谢其他朋友老师和朋友的支持和鼓励，因为有你们，才有了这《茶艺英语初级》的第一版。然而，这仅仅是为大家打开了第一道门，希望你可以坚持下去，茶之路很精彩，也学无止境。当然，课程中可能有一些我个人的主观观点，或者不恰当的表示，希望得到你们的完善。此课程为彩云国茶语工作室原创仅用于交流学习，禁止任何企业和个人未经允许用于商业用途，如果学习中有任何困难，或者其他需求，请联系本工作室。
The last but not the least, hope you enjoy it as much as I made it. It’s important to speak it out loudly in your daily use no matter how. After all, we all become better by making mistakes. Good luck, my friends!
最后，希望你们可以享受这一堂课，正如我制作这些课程一样愉快。语言仅仅是一种交流的工具，不管语法对与错，在生活中能够勇敢的说出来非常重要，毕竟，我们都在错误中不断的成长。加油，我的朋友们！
