Cantonese people especially like to drink morning tea. Generally speaking, middle-aged and elderly people like to drink Pu'er tea from Yunnan, which is warm and lubrication to the stomach. Most young people like to drink Oolong tea from Fujian (also known as Tieguanyin), which is refreshing and relieves stagnation.
Tieguanyin, Phoenix Dancong, Ginseng Oolong, Pu'er, etc. are mostly brewed using the Kung Fu method, commonly known as Kung Fu tea.
Some Cantonese people serve morning tea as breakfast.
Some Cantonese people serve morning tea as breakfast. In many cases, the whole family sits around the table,** *Enjoy family relationships; some use teahouses as a place for recreation, chatting with friends and social interaction. Most of the people who spend their time in this way are retired elderly people who have leisure time. They are usually the first to arrive and the last to leave. They buy a newspaper, a pot of tea, and two small snacks, and read while eating. You can sit there from the time the teahouse opens in the morning until the store closes. Inviting tea to tea is also a common way of socializing in Guangdong. It is a pleasant pastime for friends to gather in a teahouse to enjoy delicious food, connect with each other, exchange information, and even negotiate business. It is not an exaggeration to say that morning tea is a way of life for Cantonese people. It is like the Cantonese people to put out a few small dishes and steamed buns to make the usual breakfast comfortable and elegant, and it is also a kind of regional culture. A comfortable elegance.
A couplet from a teahouse in Guangzhou in the old days is well written: Busy for fame, busy for profit, take a break from the busy schedule and have a cup of tea; work hard, work hard, enjoy the hardship, bring a pot of wine. This is probably also a manifestation of the mentality of Cantonese people who enjoy life very much. It is said that we are having morning tea, but in fact, the tea is just a supporting role, and the dim sum, porridge and various side dishes are the protagonists. There are so many varieties of Cantonese dim sum, and they are also very exquisite. Porridge is definitely indispensable for morning tea in Guangzhou, such as fish fillet porridge, preserved egg and lean meat porridge, pork liver porridge, etc. You can know the taste as the name suggests.
Chaozhou tea culture is another important series of Guangdong tea culture, and it is especially famous for "Kung Fu tea". "Kungfu" was originally the name of tea (a medium-sized tea), and later evolved into a method of cooking tea.
Chaozhou Kung Fu tea is characterized by exquisite and compact tea sets, exquisite cooking and emotional attachment to tea.
The tea sets for Kung Fu tea are often "multiple pieces in one set", and a tea set comes with a teapot. Tea trays, tea cups, tea mats, tea cans, water bottles, dragon jars, water bowls, red clay stoves, sand Yao, tea baskets, feather fans, etc. Generally, 12 pieces are common. If all 12 pieces are high-quality, they are called "Twelve Pieces". "Treasures", if 8 of them are high-quality products, or 4 are high-quality products, they are called "Eight Treasures" or "Four Treasures".
Kung Fu tea is different from ordinary tea drinking. The first difference between the two is that it is not drank in big mouths and big cups like ordinary tea drinking, but tasted in small cups. The meaning of tea is not so much In order to quench your thirst, it is better to say that you are savoring the fragrance of tea and expressing your love with tea.
Kungfu tea pays special attention to the etiquette of drinking tea. After the tea is brewed, the host and guest always give way to each other, and then invite the elders and distinguished guests to taste it first. The fragrance is gone in one sip.
The etiquette of Kung Fu Tea is the traditional "tea ceremony" of Guangdong