Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Tea & Cigarettes 茶 和 抽菸

Smoking cigarettes 抽煙 (Chou Yan) is just part of life here in China.
No special considerations to non smokers. As many socialize around the tea tables, smoking is no big deal.
It is nice to enjoy tea without sucking up the after burn, and to be fair, if you object, most will oblige and blow their smoke in the other direction.

Typical set up in a local tea and wine shop, one of 11, in back of the Hua Hua, not counting the one on the ground floor, all within a 5min walk.
Note the two ashtrays and cigarette pack on the table.

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