Tegal people have their own tea

Tegal Tea (better known as the tea poci; also Slawi tea) is the typical tea Tegal, Indonesia. This special tea aroma and taste quite sepet. This meal is served drinks with sugar and more fitting stone drunk while still warm, slightly hot.

Culture poci tea or moci has become a tradition for Tegal, is due to the growth of the tea factories in Tegal in 1930-an who was evoke tradition. Tea into incentive since the colonial era up to now and has become the local culture.

Kabupaten Tegal indeed have a lot of tea plantations and industries, both large and small, among others, PT. Gunung Slamet whose products include Cap Poci Tea, Tea Bottle Cap, Cap Berko Tea, Tea "Trumpet", Tea "Brand Shoes", Tea "Sosro" and also the supplier of raw materials for the PT. Sinar Sosro with products Sosro Bottle Tea, Fruit Tea, and S-tee and Tebs. Also PT. Naga pole that produces tea and Tang Two Tjatoet Tea, Tea Company "Two Birds" producing Tong Tji.

To meet the demand supply of the tea industry in Tegal, some raw materials shipped from the West is the largest tea production centers in Indonesia. Supply of leaf tea plantation West Java is then processed in factories Tegal into several types of tea. In addition to fragrant jasmine tea (jasmine tea), also produced the type of green tea and black tea.

Tegal tea or often called Slawi tea, became special when served with the hot water in poci gerabah, Poci Tea is served with rock sugar. That makes it become like that because, when served with tea in hot water, which gerabah-permeable pore that react with the tea and cause the characteristic odor. Some like tea, if presented in poci ceramic or porcelain. According to them, in this poci, steaming hot tea detained in ceramic wall so hard that any type of tehnya, the smell will not be damaged.

Gerabah is very unique in its use. If you buy gerabah (poci) for use at home, that do not directly fill it with hot water and tea and then you drink. Gerabah this should be filled with hot water and tea as "rendaman" for 7 days. Change the water and tea every day. This is meant to smell the original clay of the gerabah can be removed with a tea fragrance, so fresh when used heavily to drink.

Internet Culture

2000 is the era of the internet world in the world, except in Indonesia, not as one of the largest internet user of the world. Although the infrastructure has not been as good as in other countries, but internet users shows the progress that Indonesia is very big. Industry and business this virtual world also appear in almost all major cities, especially cities in Java island. Internet cafes, internet cafes, computer shops, all visible in the corners of the city. Young people, office employees, parents with young style to join the Internet world. There is a kind of cultural formation of a new era in all digital now, laptops are becoming the default mandatory for everyone who wants to appear in fashion shows and a new style of culture.

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