Yadda shayi ya zama wani ɓangare na al'adun balaguro na Ostiraliya

A yau, titin gefen hanya yana ba matafiya kyautar 'cuppa', amma dangantakar ƙasar da shayi ta koma shekaru dubbai.

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Tare da babbar hanyar Ostiraliya mai nisan mil 9,000 1 - kintinkirin kwalta da ke haɗa dukkan manyan biranen ƙasar kuma ita ce babbar titin ƙasa mafi tsayi a duniya - akwai tasha na hutu. A karshen mako mai tsawo ko kuma makonnin hutun makaranta, motoci za su janye daga taron jama'a don neman abin sha mai zafi, suna bin alamar hanya mai dauke da kofi da saucer.

Waɗannan rukunin yanar gizon, mai suna Driver Reviver, masu aikin sa kai ne daga ƙungiyoyin jama'a, suna ba da shayi, biskit da tattaunawa kyauta ga masu tuƙi mai nisa.

Allan McCormac, darektan Driver Reviver na kasa ya ce "Kofin shayi muhimmin bangare ne na balaguron balaguron balaguro na Australiya." "Ya kasance koyaushe, kuma koyaushe zai kasance."

A cikin lokutan da ba a sami barkewar cutar ba, 180 na tsayawa a cikin babban yankin kuma Tasmania tana ba da kofuna masu zafi ga mutane sama da 400,000 da ke tafiya kan titunan ƙasar kowace shekara. McCormac, mai shekaru 80 a wannan shekara, ya kiyasta sun ba da fiye da kofuna 26 na shayi (da kofi) tun 1990.
Jagorar gida zuwa Sydney
McCormac ya ce "Ma'anar 'yan Australiya suna ba da abin sha da kuma hutawa ga matafiya masu gajiyarwa mai yiwuwa ya koma kwanakin kocin," in ji McCormac. “Ya zama ruwan dare mutanen kasa su rika ba da baki. Wannan ra'ayin har yanzu ya ci gaba a zamanin da motoci suka zama ruwan dare gama gari… Ya zama ruwan dare ga mutanen da ke tafiya - ko da watakila doguwar tafiya ta yini, balle a lokacin hutu - don yin kira ga wuraren shaye-shaye a duk faɗin Ostiraliya, waɗanda ke buɗe a cikin ƙananan garuruwan ƙasa. kauyuka, su tsaya su sha shayi.”
Ga yadda ake ceto hutun bazara, a cewar masana balaguro

Yawancin waɗancan kofuna an ba da su ga direbobin biki masu tafiya, suna ɗagawa daga jiha zuwa jiha tare da yara marasa natsuwa a kujerar baya. Babban burin Driver Reviver shine tabbatar da matafiya zasu iya “tsaya, farfaɗo, tsira” kuma su ci gaba da tuƙi da faɗakarwa. Ƙarin fa'ida shine fahimtar al'umma.

“Ba mu samar da murfi. Ba ma ƙarfafa mutane su sha abin sha mai zafi a cikin mota yayin da suke tuƙi,” in ji McCormac. "Muna sa mutane su tsaya su ji daɗin kofi yayin da suke wurin… kuma su ƙara koyo game da yankin da suke."

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Shayi ya samo asali ne a cikin al'adun Australiya, daga tinctures da tonics na al'ummomin Australiya na farko na dubban shekaru; zuwa abincin shayi na lokacin yaƙi da aka ba wa sojojin Australia da New Zealand a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya da na biyu; zuwa kwararowa da farin ciki da karɓuwa na yanayin shayi na Asiya kamar tapioca-nauyin kumfa shayi da koren shayi irin na Jafananci, yanzu ana girma a Victoria. Har ma yana nan a cikin “Waltzing Matilda,” waƙar da mawakin daji na Australiya Banjo Paterson ya rubuta a cikin 1895 game da matafiyi mai yawo, wanda wasu ke ɗauka a matsayin waƙar ƙasar Australiya da ba na hukuma ba.

A ƙarshe na mayar da shi gida zuwa Ostiraliya. Dubban wasu sun kasance suna toshe ta hanyar dokokin balaguron balaguro.

Jacqui Newling, masanin tarihin abinci kuma Sydney Living ya ce "Daga tafiya a cikin 1788, shayi ya taimaka wajen haɓaka haɓakar mulkin mallaka na Ostiraliya da ƙauyuka da tattalin arzikinta na birni - da farko madadin shayin da aka shigo da shi daga waje da shayi na Sinanci da Indiya. Mai kula da kayan tarihi. "Shayi ya kasance, kuma ga mutane da yawa yanzu, tabbas ƙwarewar al'umma ce a Ostiraliya. Ajiye tarkon kayan a gefe, ana iya samunsa ta wani nau'i ko wani a duk azuzuwan… . Abin da ake bukata shi ne tafasasshen ruwa.”

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Tea ya kasance mafi mahimmanci a cikin dafa abinci na gidaje masu aiki kamar yadda yake a cikin kyawawan ɗakunan shan shayi na birane, irin su Vaucluse House Tearooms a Sydney, "inda mata za su iya saduwa da jama'a a ƙarshen 1800s lokacin da mashaya da gidajen kofi suke. yawancin wuraren da maza suka mamaye,” in ji Newling.

Tafiya don shan shayi, a waɗannan wurare, wani lamari ne. Wuraren shayi da “dakunan shakatawa” sun kasance a tashoshin jirgin ƙasa kamar yadda suke a wuraren yawon buɗe ido, irin su Taronga Zoo da ke tashar jirgin ruwa ta Sydney, inda ruwan zafi nan take ya cika ma'aunin zafi da sanyio na fitinun iyali. Shayi "tabbas" wani bangare ne na al'adun balaguro na Ostiraliya, in ji Newling, kuma wani bangare ne na gogewar zamantakewa na gama gari.

Sai dai yayin da yanayin Australiya ya sa ya dace da noman shayi, al'amurran da suka shafi kayan aiki da tsarin sun addabi ci gaban fannin, in ji David Lyons, wanda ya kafa kungiyar al'adun shayi ta Australiya (AUSTCS).

Yana son ganin masana'antar ta cika da Camellia sinensis na Australiya, shukar da ake noman ganyenta don shayi, da ƙirƙirar tsarin inganci mai nau'i biyu wanda ke ba da damar amfanin gona don biyan duk matakan buƙata.

A halin yanzu akwai ɗimbin gonaki, tare da mafi girman yankuna masu noman shayi suna cikin nisa-arewacin Queensland da arewa maso gabashin Victoria. A cikin tsohon, akwai gonar Nerada mai girman eka 790. Kamar yadda labarin ya gabata, ƴan'uwan Cutten huɗu - farar fata na farko a yankin da mutanen Djiru suka mamaye, waɗanda su ne masu kula da ƙasar - sun kafa gonar shayi, kofi da 'ya'yan itace a Bingil Bay a cikin 1880s. Daga nan aka yi ta fama da guguwa mai zafi har sai da babu abin da ya rage. A cikin shekarun 1950, Allan Maruff - masanin ilmin halitta kuma likita - ya ziyarci yankin kuma ya sami ɓataccen tsire-tsire na shayi. Ya dauki kayan yanka gida zuwa Innisfail a Queensland, kuma ya fara abin da zai zama noman shayi na Nerada.

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A kwanakin nan, ɗakunan shayi na Nerada suna buɗe wa baƙi, suna maraba da baƙi daga ko'ina cikin duniya zuwa rukunin yanar gizon, wanda ke sarrafa fam miliyan 3.3 na shayi a shekara. Yawon shakatawa na cikin gida ya kasance alheri ga shagunan shayi na yanki, suma. A cikin garin Berry da ke kudancin gabar tekun New South Wales, Shagon Shayi na Berry - a bayan babban titi kuma yana zaune a tsakanin gungun 'yan kasuwa da shagunan kayan gida - ya ga ziyarar ta ninka sau uku, wanda ya sa shagon ya haɓaka ma'aikatan su daga 5. zuwa 15. Shagon yana sayar da teas daban-daban guda 48 sannan kuma yana yi musu hidima, a teburi masu zaman kansu da kuma a tukwanen shayi na ado, da biredi da scones na gida.

“Ranakun aikinmu yanzu sun fi kamar yadda karshen mako suke. Muna da ƙarin baƙi zuwa gabar tekun kudu, wanda ke nufin akwai mutane da yawa da ke yawo a cikin kantin,” in ji mai ita Paulina Collier. "Muna da mutane da za su ce, 'Na ko da mota daga Sydney a ranar. Ina so in zo in sha shayi da scones.'

Shagon shayi na Berry yana mai da hankali ne kan samar da "kwarewar shayi na ƙasar," cikakke tare da shayi mai laushi da tukwane da aka ƙera akan al'adun shayi na Biritaniya. Ilimantar da mutane game da farin cikin shayi na ɗaya daga cikin manufofin Collier. Yana da ɗaya don Grace Freitas, kuma. Ta fara kamfaninta na shayi, Nomad Tea, tare da tafiye-tafiye a matsayin babban abin da ya fi mayar da hankali. Ta kasance tana zaune a Singapore, tare da ra'ayin yanar gizo mai mai da hankali kan shayi da kuma sha'awar tafiya, lokacin da ta yanke shawarar yin gwaji tare da haɗa teas ɗinta.

Freitas, wacce ke gudanar da ƙananan kasuwancinta daga Sydney, tana son shayinta - Provence, Shanghai da Sydney - don wakiltar abubuwan da suka faru na garuruwan da aka ba su suna, ta hanyar ƙamshi, ɗanɗano da ji. Freitas yana ganin abin ban tsoro a cikin tsarin ƙasa gaba ɗaya game da abubuwan sha masu zafi a cikin cafes: yin amfani da jakunkunan shayi akai-akai da samun ƙarin sani game da kofi.

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“Kuma duk mun yarda da shi ma. Abin ban mamaki ne, "in ji Freitas. “Zan ce, mu mutane ne masu saukin kai. Kuma ina jin kamar, ba haka ba ne, 'Oh wannan babban ƙoƙon [jakar shayi] ne a cikin tukunyar shayi.' Mutane kawai sun yarda da shi. Ba za mu yi korafi a kai ba. Kusan kamar, eh, kofi ne, ba ku da hayaniya game da shi.

Abin takaici ne hannun jarin Lyons. Ga wata ƙasa da aka gina kan shan shayi, kuma tare da yawancin 'yan Australiya da ke da mahimmanci game da yadda suke shan shayi a gida, jin daɗin ƙasa a cikin wuraren shan shayi, in ji Lyons, yana sanya shayi a bayan ɗakin karin magana.

"Mutane suna yin irin wannan ƙoƙarin don sanin komai game da kofi da kuma yin kofi mai kyau, amma idan ya zo ga shayi, suna tafiya tare da jakar shayi na gaba ɗaya," in ji shi. "Don haka lokacin da na sami cafe (wanda ke da shayi mai laushi), koyaushe ina yin babban abu game da shi. A koyaushe ina gode musu don ƙarin ɗan ƙaramin abu. ”

A cikin 1950s, Lyons ya ce, "Ostiraliya na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu amfani da shayi." Akwai lokutan da aka raba shayi don ci gaba da buƙata. Tukwane na ganyen shayi a cikin cibiyoyi sun zama ruwan dare gama gari.

"Jakar shayin, wacce ta shigo nata a Ostiraliya a cikin shekarun 1970s, duk da cewa an yi masa mummunar illa saboda shan shayi ba tare da yin shayi ba, ya kara iyawa da saukin yin kofi a gida, a wurin aiki da lokacin tafiya." ” in ji Newling, masanin tarihi.

Collier, wacce ta mallaki wani cafe a Woolloomooloo kafin ta koma Berry don buɗe kantin sayar da shayinta a 2010, ta san abin da ke faruwa daga wancan gefe; tsayawa don shirya tukunyar shayi mai laushi ya kawo ƙalubale, musamman lokacin da kofi shine babban wasa. Ta ce an dauke shi "tunanin baya." "Yanzu mutane ba za su yarda da samun jakar shayi kawai ba idan suna biyan $ 4 ko komai na shi."

Wata ƙungiya daga AUSTCS tana aiki akan ƙa'idar da za ta baiwa matafiya damar ware wuraren da ake ba da "shai mai kyau" a duk faɗin ƙasar. Manufar, in ji Lyons, ita ce canza tunanin shayi da biyan buƙatun masu amfani.

"Idan kuna tafiya tare kuma kuka buga wani gari ... idan kuna iya fitowa a zahiri a kan [app] kuma yana nuna 'ainihin shayi da aka yi amfani da su a nan,' hakan zai kasance da sauƙi sosai," in ji shi. "Mutane za su iya zuwa," To, me ke cikin Potts Point, yankin Edgecliff?', karanta wasu shawarwarin da bita, sannan su yanke shawara."

Freitas da Lyons - da sauransu - suna tafiya tare da nasu shayi, ruwan zafi da mugs kuma su shiga cikin wuraren shakatawa na gida da shagunan shayi don tallafawa masana'antar da ke lalacewa kuma tana gudana cikin lokaci tare da halayen Australiya. A halin yanzu, Freitas yana aiki akan tarin teas da aka yi wahayi ta hanyar tafiye-tafiyen cikin gida da ƙaƙƙarfan wuri, ta yin amfani da shayin Ostiraliya da masana kimiyyar halittu.

"Da fatan mutane za su iya ɗaukar wannan don haɓaka ƙwarewar shayi yayin da suke tafiya kuma," in ji ta. Ɗayan irin wannan gauraya ana kiranta Breakfast na Australiya, wanda ke tsakiyar lokacin farkawa zuwa ranar tafiya a gabanka - dogayen hanyoyi ko a'a.

Freitas ya ce: "Kasancewa a waje kuma, samun wannan kofi na wuta ko kuma abincin safiya lokacin da kake tafiya kusa da Ostiraliya, kuna jin daɗin kyawawan dabi'u," in ji Freitas. “Abin dariya ne; Zan yi tunanin cewa idan ka tambayi yawancin mutane game da abin da suke sha a wannan hoton, suna shan shayi. Ba sa zaune a wajen ayari suna shan leda.”


Lokacin aikawa: Satumba-24-2021