Identify Tea Cake from East to West品嘗東西方的茶蛋糕

What is the famous teacake from a more than hundred years old company look like in UK, notably Scotland? It's not a tradition concept of tea cake in terms of the wrap outside nor from the inside. This teacake's price can be less than one pond, much more easier to get one. On the contrary, we might heard the auction for eastern tea cake is sold by an insane prices, lump sum for just one Pu Erh tea cake.

 

風靡英國超過百年的茶蛋糕就是這款茶點，顯眼的外包裝加商標，擁有巧克力脆皮和牛奶內餡。如果你也擁有像螞蟻一樣的口味，肯定會愛上它；至於不喜歡太甜的朋友，可能就要配上濃濃的紅茶啦！雖然名聲家喻戶曉，但價格卻沒有水漲船高，一盒不過一英鎊，裡面有六個，換算成台幣一個不到台幣十塊呢！這跟動輒可能喊到天價的東方茶蛋糕（奇貨可居）相當不同。

https://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/3043292/vintage-chinese-teas-are-beating-stock-commodity

Here is a news from the Glasgow Live showed that 'Giant Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games teacake up for sale for a cool £2,000' last year. Actually, that is really a piece of cake compare to the Red mark tea cake. But its all about culture and childhood memory.

各種節慶都少不了這圓滾滾的身影，甚至連2014年的英聯邦運動會（格拉斯哥主辦）都特別製作帶裝上陣，是許多英國家庭中常備的茶點之一，更可說是全蘇格蘭人的共同記憶。

https://www.umiteasets.com/blogs/umi-tea-sets-blog/vintage-puerh-a-simple-tour-through-the-greatest-vintages-of-puerh-red-mark-series

Although the western one is much affordable and acceptable in the perspective of ordinary people, the commoner as us would love to try a sip of the expensive and vintage one for sure if there is any chance, but is for the pride of privilege or for the sake of health?

講完英國平價而香甜的茶點（西方指定茶蛋糕）後，就回頭來看東方的茶蛋糕吧！不是糕點，而是扎扎實實的茶餅。老茶餅在市場上在在刷新成交紀錄（紅印圓餅），實已經見怪不怪！喝下去是什麼滋味還真的說也說不清（普通人很難有品嚐的福氣）。

不過承載千年精華的古樹茶餅（下面這張），其口感跟質感從照片就能感受一二。這茶餅是將數千片完整原葉壓制而成，時間、技術與天地精華盡在其中，是不是光看到就覺得生津解膩了呢？

Frankly speaking, it is really not that hard to find a great tea cake for yourself in a fair price that seems to be worth to drink with family and friends in a lifetime for any reason, including those wish to purify the mind and toast to the day. (image from purple golden brand, cheers to the year of tiger for 2022)

雖然在東方許多地方，老茶餅的價格已因物以稀為貴、飆升到極為誇張的數字；但其實要找到適合自己，價格合理、親民，裡外兼備的茶餅並不那麼困難。一塊茶作伴，也能自己開個解憂雜貨店，樂趣無窮！

底下是紫金淳的生肖餅，牛年過後就要跟上坐的虎爺一起喝茶了（要喝真古樹，就找紫金淳！）

茶力崛起，一起迎向2022！

Just like the picture found in this link https://cakesdecor.com/cakes/232123-the-tiger-who-came-to-tea