Two of Eric Berryman’s favorite things are drinking tea and telling stories, both of which were on the agenda on a recent rainy afternoon in the Manhattan neighborhood of SoHo.
“This first infusion I’m going to do is just to awaken the leaves and open things up,” he said, beginning with the tea.
“You could drink it, but it wouldn’t be very flavorful.”Serving an audience of one, in a ramshackle office space and storage room above the Performing Garage theater, Berryman poured hot water from a portable kettle over a pile of loose, Chinese black tea leaves in a small vessel.
The water turned a deep amber as the leaves softened and unfurled.
After a moment, he poured the liquid away, refilled the vessel and served the tea in two gleaming white cups.
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