To Zhao Yingli, a cup of tea is a lot more than a mixture of water and tea leaves. "When I look at tea, it speaks its own language," the tea expert based in Beijing said. "To really get to know it, you need to learn to talk with it." And that is exactly what Zhao, a teacher of professional tea ceremony presenters, tells his student to do. "People can learn the skills of tea ceremony in just three days. But to acquire respect for tea and to learn to communicate with tea takes at least three years." Zhao is...