Drinking tea is a part of Chinese life. When visiting a friend’s home or having business affairs, you are often asked cordially if you want tea? It is polite and a greeting. To make good tea, the use of tea sets, the selection of tea leaves and the brewing method are all related!
What props are indispensable for drinking tea
No matter what you do in life, you must There will be tools that complement each other, and choosing tools is also a science. Tea sets are a medium for tea tasting and enlightenment. They may seem diverse and complicated, but in tea ceremony culture, it is a kind of etiquette for the host to make tea for guests. The occasion, number of people, and tea are all factors that need to be considered. In addition to the use of tea sets, the tea ceremony is reflected In addition to culture, using the right tea set can also make tea making and drinking more smooth!
1. Spoon holder: It has the same function as the chopstick holder. The teaspoons and tea clips are scattered directly on the table and it does not look good. The spoons are placed more neatly and beautifully. The materials of the spoons vary widely, including ceramics, bamboo, stone or plastic. You can choose based on your personal budget and preferences.
2. Tea spoon:
A tea spoon is also called a "tea spoon" because it is shaped like a spoon, so it is called a tea spoon. It is mainly used to dig out the tea leaves that have been soaked in the teapot. After brewing, the teapot is often tightly packed. In addition, the mouth of the teapot is generally small, so it is neither convenient nor hygienic to dig out the tea leaves by hand. Therefore, use a teaspoon and the tip at the back of the teaspoon to clean the teapot spout. When choosing, it is recommended to choose a length shorter than the tea tray, which is convenient for storage and more beautiful.
The tip of the teaspoon can clear the spout of the teapot. Steeped tea leaves can also be scooped out.
3. Tea tongs:
Tea tongs, also known as tea chopsticks, are small tea sets used for warming and washing cups.
At the beginning, it was because the traditional cup was put into hot water to sterilize when making tea, and the hot cup could not be picked up, so tea clips were used to pick it up, and it could also be used to pick out the brewed tea leaves.
4. Tea Sea:
Also known as "tea cup", also known as "fair cup", because the tea soup in the teapot and the tea leaves are in sufficient contact, which will cause uneven density. If the tea is poured directly from the teapot into the teacup, some cups may be thicker and some may be lighter. The Fair Cup solves this problem. When choosing a teapot, it is recommended that the opening should be large, so that it is more convenient to pour tea, the water will flow out smoothly, and it is easy to pick up. The capacity should be larger than the teapot, so that there will be no problem of too much tea.
5. Tea leaves:
Good tea leaves must be completely dried, with intact leaf shape, and should not have too many tea corners, tea stems, thick old yellow flakes and other debris. Longjing tea is in the shape of a sword, Wenshan Baozhong tea is in the shape of a strip, and Dongding tea is in the shape of a hemisphere. Bar-shaped tea must be tight and thin, well-proportioned and neat; hemispherical tea must be round and firm; sword-shaped tea leaves such as Longjing must have flat, pointed and small leaves.
When choosing tea, you can identify it by "looking at the color", "identifying the shape", "smelling the aroma", "tasting the tea", and "looking at the tea residue". When purchasing, you can ask the store to brew the tea. After brewing for 4 to 5 times, if there is still a sweet and fragrant tea flavor, it can be considered a real good tea; after brewing for several times, the shape of the tea leaves of good quality should be uniform, and the broken tea contained in it should be and less impurities.
6. Tea tray:
Tea trays are made of a wide range of materials and styles. Experts suggest that when selecting, pay attention to the fact that the bottom of the tray should be flat so as not to make the tea cup unstable; the edges should be light and the color should be white. , because dark-colored tea trays tend to hide dirt, and tea stains are harder to see and clean. The most popular ones are mostly made of bamboo and wood. They are priced at an affordable price and can be found for more than a thousand yuan. They are simple and elegant in shape. However, the disadvantage is that the material is easy to crack due to its natural properties. It is recommended to wipe off excess water when cleaning every day, and Keep it dry in the shade, otherwise the humid weather in China will easily cause mold and damage, and the life of the tea tray will also be reduced.
7. Teapot:
Common materials include pottery, porcelain, purple sand, glass or stone. The ones used by more people are purple sand or ceramics. Pottery teapots are fine in texture and breathable. Excellent, slow thermal conductivity and good heat preservation.
It is recommended to buy a teapot with a round body, because the round shape helps the tea leaves to stretch and can better present the perfect taste of the tea leaves. It is also suitable for novices to use. In addition, you need to check the lid of the teapot when purchasing. Whether the teapot fits the body of the pot and has good precision. If the teapot is shaken after the lid is put on, the lid will not collide with the body of the pot. If the precision is insufficient, the heat will easily escape and cause uneven brewing of the tea, affecting the overall flavor of the tea.
8. Tea rules:
The function is to put tea leaves into the pot for brewing. Common tea is made of bamboo. Cut the bamboo in half, then cut the front edge diagonally and grind it into The shape is easy to hold tea, so it is more convenient and hygienic to take tea leaves.
China's tea leaves are mostly hemispherical oolong tea, which is suitable for tea use. Therefore, it is very common in the Chinese tea industry and is a convenient and fun tea-drinking gadget. At present, there are many tea designs with pattern designs in the market, and they will make changes to the bamboo tea designs. When purchasing, it depends on your personal preference.
9. Kettle:
Traditional kettles still have special charm, with strong heat preservation and heat storage properties, such as Japanese iron or Chinese pottery, but they are heavier and The price is slightly higher. Most traditional kettles are made of stainless steel, and the grade of stainless steel varies greatly. Kettles of poor quality can easily turn into metal ions and precipitate when heated, exposed to acid, alkali, etc. Nowadays, most people use improved electric kettles or quick-boil kettles, which are cheap and can shorten the boiling time. They are modern tea making kettles that are relatively common in recent years.
10. Coaster:
Place it on the table. It is a small shallow plate specially used for cups. It has the effect of a coaster and can also avoid leaving tea stains on the table.
11. Tea tasting cups:
Used to taste tea and watch the color of the tea soup. Tea tasting cups are mostly made of white porcelain, purple sand or glass. Most of them are used by one person alone. One cup One bite is just right.
12. Smell-smelling cup: As the name suggests, it is used for smelling the aroma of tea soup. It is slender and taller than ordinary tea-tasting cups and has a narrow mouth to facilitate the retention of aroma. It is specially designed for tea-tasting. Tea sets developed for the unique aroma of Chinese tea are often sold as a set with tea cups. ?
This is how to make tea that tastes fragrant and smells good
Steps to make tea:
1. Take out the tea bag, scoop out an appropriate amount of tea leaves and put it into the teapot. The tea used in this demonstration is spherical oolong tea. Lan Yuting reminds that the amount of spherical or hemispherical tea should not be too much, which is about 1/4 of the space in the pot. If you like to drink strong tea, you can put more tea leaves, about 1/4 of the space in the pot. Half in the pot.
2. Pour hot water into the pot, the temperature is about 85 degrees Celsius to 90 degrees Celsius. Water that is too hot can easily cause the tea leaves to taste burnt, but there are exceptions, such as heavily roasted tea leaves. Old tea is suitable for brewing with boiling hot water. In order to maintain a consistent temperature inside and outside the teapot, you can also pour hot water on the body of the teapot.
3. Cover the pot and let it soak. After the hot water on the outer layer of the pottery pot dries up, pour it out. The soaking time is about 1 minute. Many people think that the first brew of tea is not drinkable, but the essence of good tea is actually the first brew. However, if it is too cheap tea or loose tea without indicating the origin, try not to buy or drink it.
4. Pour the brewed tea soup into the sea of ??tea.
5. Then pour the tea from the sea into the scent cup.
6. Continue to pour the tea soup in the scent cup into the tea tasting cup. First, appreciate the color change of the tea soup retained in the scent cup, and smell the elegant fragrance of the tea soup in the scent cup, and then Enjoy tea.
Tips: This step is usually only done in the first brew, because the first brew is when the essence of the tea leaves is released, so the smell of the tea is the strongest at this time.