"Laoba tea"(Laoba means father) is a special scene in Haikou,a pot of tea with some snacks,people sit around an old table,chatting with each other,it sounds familiar to the British afternoon tea ,however,there is a big difference between them. When people talk about British afternoon tea,it remains us of the words like elegance or nobility. And for those local people in Haikou,Laoba tea just a chance for killing time and strengthen the relationship with theirs friends,it hasn't the limitation of time or place. Though people named it Laoba tea,actually everyone is suitable for it. It passes the taste of local people,and it also a place for releasing pressure. Most of places of traditional laoba tea are barely furnished,the prices of food and tea there are cheap Those places always full of people and smoke,some people even can spend the whole day in there.
The teahouse of Laoba tea is a little world of society,a mirror of the traditional life in Hainan.
