Tea time around stove: new lifestyle to celebrate Chinese New Year

STORY: Tea time around stove: new lifestyle to celebrate Chinese New Year DATELINE: Jan. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of tea party in Chongqing 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TOURIST 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHU RONG, Teahouse owner STORYLINE: Enjoying tea time around a stove has become a trending lifestyle in southwest China's Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality during this Spring Festival. In Mountain City Lane, a historical and cultural site in Chongqing, many teahouses have provided stove-boiled tea and traditional performances to entertain tourists. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Tourist "I think it's very romantic. The atmosphere is great." Teahouses have also provided tea with red dates, cranberries and other fruits to make it sweeter and tastier. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHU RONG, Teahouse owner "Boiling tea on the stove is becoming more and more popular. People love to have tea and watch performances here as a way to relax. They put dow

Hokkaido rice tastier due to global warming: Aso

Hokkaido rice tastier due to global warming: Aso

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso makes a speech in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Oct. 25, 2021, ahead of a general election on Oct. 31. Aso said rice in Hokkaido has become tastier thanks to global warming, a remark likely to raise eyebrows among climate campaigners.

Hokkaido rice tastier due to global warming: Aso

Hokkaido rice tastier due to global warming: Aso

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso makes a speech in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Oct. 25, 2021, ahead of a general election on Oct. 31. Aso said rice in Hokkaido has become tastier thanks to global warming, a remark likely to raise eyebrows among climate campaigners.

Osaka housewife finds dried giant squid 'tastier than thought'

Osaka housewife finds dried giant squid 'tastier than thought'

Satoko Ono, a housewife from Osaka Prefecture, tries a piece of dried grilled giant squid at a tasting event in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 22, 2015. Ono, the first person to eat the squid at the event, told reporters it was "tastier than thought." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo