02/10/2026
en↴這次在加拿大 Taiwanfest 的「共飲之島」工作坊裡，有一個環節name your drink ,其實不只是大家最後做出一杯什麼樣的飲料，而是每一個人為自己的可樂取了什麼名字。
因為「命名」這件事情，看起來很簡單，卻是一次重新認識自己的過程。
我們先從幾個很簡單的問題開始：
你是誰？
你的加拿大生活有多甜？
你想加入什麼？
你想成為什麼樣的飲料？
有人加入仙草，有人加入紫蘇、迷迭香、洛神，也有人用自己的記憶去選擇味道。當加拿大的楓糖遇上台灣的仙草，再加上每個人不同的生活經驗，同樣的基礎配方，最後卻沒有兩杯是一樣的。
30個人，就有30杯不同的味道，這正是「共飲之島」最有意思的地方。
我們沒有要求大家做出一道「正確的客家飲料」，而是把食材變成一種語言，仙草可以代表台灣，楓糖可以代表加拿大，而每個人加入的那一味，則是自己的故事。
所以，當一個人替自己的可樂命名時，其實也正在回答一個問題：
「我來自哪裡？我現在在哪裡？而我想成為誰？」
這次來加拿大，想透過利用飲食文化不是把自己的傳統原封不動的搬到另一個地方，而是當它遇見另一片土地、另一群人之後，還能不能產生新的味道，
就像移民一樣。
每個人都帶著自己的味道來到加拿大，然後在這裡重新生活、重新混合、重新定義自己。
最後，一杯客家可樂不只是一杯飲料，它是一個人的名字、一段生活，也可能是他在加拿大重新找到那個客家的自己。
What would you name a drink that tastes like your life in Canada?
At our Collective Island workshop during TaiwanFest, everyone was invited to name the Hakka Cola they had created.
Naming something sounds simple, but it can also be a way of seeing yourself again.
We began with a few questions:
Who are you?
How sweet is your life in Canada?
What would you add?
What kind of drink do you want to become?
Some chose grass jelly. Others added shiso, rosemary, or roselle. Some followed their taste, while others followed a memory.
When Canadian maple syrup met Taiwanese grass jelly, each person brought something from their own life into the recipe.
30 people.
30 flavors.
30 names.
30 stories.
There was no “correct” Hakka drink. Instead, the ingredients became a language.
Grass jelly spoke of Taiwan.
Maple syrup spoke of Canada.
And that one extra flavor spoke for you.
As each participant named their Hakka Cola, they were also answering something deeper:
Where do I come from?
Where am I now?
Who am I becoming?
Food culture does not remain frozen when it reaches a new place. It meets another land, absorbs new memories, and creates a new flavor.
Just like migration.
Each person arrives carrying their own taste, history, and identity. Then life begins mixing everything together again.
In the end, each Hakka Cola became a name, a life, and perhaps a way of rediscovering the Hakka part of oneself in Canada
謝謝 Hakka Affairs Council, Taiwanfest
#客家可樂 #溫德華 #多倫多
