<head id="NEST_Kunno.h1">Kunsten � drikke te</head> <head id="NEST_Kun_097en.h1">The Art of Drinking Tea</head>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s1">I en gammel park i Chengdu i Kina ut�ver lokalbefolkningen den langsomme kunsten � drikke te.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s1">In an old park in Chengdu, China, the locals practise the slow art of drinking tea.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s2">For te er ikke noe man slurper i seg i all hast.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s2">Because tea is not something you simply slurp in haste.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s3">Den skal nytes med respekt.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s3">It is to be enjoyed with respect.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s4">Jeg bestiller en kanne sjasminte.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s4">I'm ordering a pot of jasmine tea.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s5">Ved siden av vann er te den mest brukte drikk i verden.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s5">Besides water, tea is the most common drink in the world.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s6">Kineserne har nytt sin te i flere tusen �r, men f�rst tidlig p� 1600-tallet introduserte hollenderne teen i Europa.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s6">The Chinese have enjoyed their tea for thousands of years, but it was not until the seventeenth century that the Dutchmen introduced tea into Europe.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s7">Men fart p� den europeiske tetradisjonen ble det f�rst da den britiske botanikeren og �tetyven� Robert Fortune utf�rte avansert landbruksspionasje ved Kinas teplantasjer.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s7">However, the European tea tradition did not speed up until the British botanist and �tea thief� Robert Fortune engaged in advanced agricultural espionage of China's tea plantations.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s8">Inntil da var tedyrkingen en vel bevart hemmelighet trygt innelukket bak den kinesiske mur.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s8">Until then, the cultivation of tea was a well-kept secret safely hidden behind the Great Wall of China.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s9">Kunnskapene Robert Fortune brakte med seg fra Kina la raskt grunnlaget for britisk teproduksjon i India og p� Ceylon.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s9">The information Robert Fortune brought with him from China was soon to lay the foundation of British tea production in India and Ceylon.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s10">Britenes te-suksess i Darjeeling, Assam og p� Ceylon skyldes kunnskapene til Fortune.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s10">The tea success of the British in Darjeeling, Assam and Ceylon are all the result of Fortune's knowledge.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s11">Men muligens klarte ikke britene � knabbe den kinesiske te-magien.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s11">But maybe the British didn't manage to snatch the magic of the Chinese tea.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s12">Min milde sjasminte i Chengdu, som er laget av sesongens ferskeste blader, kan vanskelig sammenlignes med den masseproduserte poseteen.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s12">My mild jasmine tea in Chengdu, made of the season's freshest leaves, can hardly be compared with the mass-produced tea bags.</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s13">If�lge en gammel kinesisk tradisjon skal teen plukkes tidlig om morgenen under en klar gr�bl� himmel, �mens luften omkring fjelltoppene er lett og gjennemsiktig og duggens duft ennu stiger fra bladene.�</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s13">According to an old Chinese tradition the tea leaves are to be be picked in the morning under a clear, blue-grey sky, �whilst the air around the mountain tops is light and lucid and the scent of the dew still rise from the leaves.�</s>

<s id="NEST_Kunno.s14">Da vil, mente de gamle kineserne, tebladene b�re med seg aromaen fra det tidlige morgendugget helt fram til teen skal nytes.</s> <s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s14">Then, the old Chinese thought, the tea leaves will keep the aroma from the early morning dew until the moment when the tea is to be enjoyed.</s>

<head id="NEST_Kunno.h1">Kunsten � drikke te</head>	<head id="NEST_Kun_097en.h1">The Art of Drinking Tea</head>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s1">I en gammel park i Chengdu i Kina ut�ver lokalbefolkningen den langsomme kunsten � drikke te.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s1">In an old park in Chengdu, China, the locals practise the slow art of drinking tea.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s2">For te er ikke noe man slurper i seg i all hast.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s2">Because tea is not something you simply slurp in haste.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s3">Den skal nytes med respekt.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s3">It is to be enjoyed with respect.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s4">Jeg bestiller en kanne sjasminte.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s4">I'm ordering a pot of jasmine tea.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s5">Ved siden av vann er te den mest brukte drikk i verden.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s5">Besides water, tea is the most common drink in the world.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s6">Kineserne har nytt sin te i flere tusen �r, men f�rst tidlig p� 1600-tallet introduserte hollenderne teen i Europa.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s6">The Chinese have enjoyed their tea for thousands of years, but it was not until the seventeenth century that the Dutchmen introduced tea into Europe.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s7">Men fart p� den europeiske tetradisjonen ble det f�rst da den britiske botanikeren og �tetyven� Robert Fortune utf�rte avansert landbruksspionasje ved Kinas teplantasjer.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s7">However, the European tea tradition did not speed up until the British botanist and �tea thief� Robert Fortune engaged in advanced agricultural espionage of China's tea plantations.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s8">Inntil da var tedyrkingen en vel bevart hemmelighet trygt innelukket bak den kinesiske mur.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s8">Until then, the cultivation of tea was a well-kept secret safely hidden behind the Great Wall of China.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s9">Kunnskapene Robert Fortune brakte med seg fra Kina la raskt grunnlaget for britisk teproduksjon i India og p� Ceylon.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s9">The information Robert Fortune brought with him from China was soon to lay the foundation of British tea production in India and Ceylon.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s10">Britenes te-suksess i Darjeeling, Assam og p� Ceylon skyldes kunnskapene til Fortune.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s10">The tea success of the British in Darjeeling, Assam and Ceylon are all the result of Fortune's knowledge.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s11">Men muligens klarte ikke britene � knabbe den kinesiske te-magien.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s11">But maybe the British didn't manage to snatch the magic of the Chinese tea.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s12">Min milde sjasminte i Chengdu, som er laget av sesongens ferskeste blader, kan vanskelig sammenlignes med den masseproduserte poseteen.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s12">My mild jasmine tea in Chengdu, made of the season's freshest leaves, can hardly be compared with the mass-produced tea bags.</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s13">If�lge en gammel kinesisk tradisjon skal teen plukkes tidlig om morgenen under en klar gr�bl� himmel, �mens luften omkring fjelltoppene er lett og gjennemsiktig og duggens duft ennu stiger fra bladene.�</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s13">According to an old Chinese tradition the tea leaves are to be be picked in the morning under a clear, blue-grey sky, �whilst the air around the mountain tops is light and lucid and the scent of the dew still rise from the leaves.�</s>
<s id="NEST_Kunno.s14">Da vil, mente de gamle kineserne, tebladene b�re med seg aromaen fra det tidlige morgendugget helt fram til teen skal nytes.</s>	<s id="NEST_Kun_097en.s14">Then, the old Chinese thought, the tea leaves will keep the aroma from the early morning dew until the moment when the tea is to be enjoyed.</s>