"Songhua brews wine, spring water makes tea." The steaming, fragrant and fragrant tea has spread Chinese tea culture to the world.

However, there was actually a kind of "ice" teapot in ancient times. Its method of making tea was unheard of, and many people had never drunk this kind of tea.

Do you know what's going on?

A major of the British invading army discovered wild large tea trees in India in 1823. Some people believe that the birthplace of tea is in India.

But tea in other parts of the world, as well as the habit of growing tea, were directly or indirectly passed from China, so the whole world believes that China is the origin of tea.

Where does Chinese tea originate?

There are different opinions on the origin of tea drinking in China.

Some believe that Chinese tea originated in ancient times, some believe that it originated in the Zhou Dynasty, and others believe that it originated in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty. The main reason for the divergent opinions is that there was no word for "tea" before the Tang Dynasty.

There is only a record of the word "tea".

It was not until Lu Yu, the author of the Tea Book, that he reduced the word "tea" by one stroke and wrote it as "tea". Therefore, it is said that tea originated in the Tang Dynasty. However, there is also evidence that tea appeared in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

The origin of the Chinese teapot also has a story.

To make tea from tea leaves, people are planting a variety of tea trees, and it takes a long time to promote tea leaves.

Therefore, before the Han Dynasty, China did not have special tea-drinking utensils. People mixed eating and drinking utensils. They used pots for cooking tea and bowls for drinking water and drinking tea.

It was not until the Han Dynasty that tea-drinking culture gradually became popular, and "teal houses" dedicated to drinking tea began to be built.

However, people still used washed bowls as utensils at this time.

During the Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, people's etiquette for getting along became more standardized, and tea sets began to be separated from drinking and drinking utensils.

During the Three Kingdoms period, a soup bottle for holding and filling water also appeared.

The soup bottle has a unique shape, the spout is a standard parabolic shape, the water outlet is round and small, the water is powerful and the water is accurate.

There is a chicken head on one side of the pot. It was originally a decoration and evolved into a hollow bone shape in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Water can flow into the pot along the way.

It's like the prototype of a teapot.

Our country entered the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and tea culture finally reached its peak.

People all regard "regardless of customs, just pour tea and drink" as a standard, and drinking tea is a commonplace meal.

Tea sets have also become diverse.

Among them, Lu Yu said in the "Tea Classic" that "Yue porcelain is like jade", "Xing porcelain is like silver", "Yue porcelain is like ice", which exactly describes the tea sets made of beautiful porcelain.

Among the many tea sets, there is a piece of equipment called the "Ice Teapot", which has a particularly strange shape. It is hard to believe that it is also a teapot.

I saw that the ice teapot was like a modern pan, with a large and wide "bottom", shallow cup walls, and a lid.

How does it make tea?

After research, we learned that the ancients would select the tenderest black tea and green tea, spread the tea leaves lightly, and then take out the chilled square ice cubes, let a layer of ice cubes press on top of the tender tea leaves, and finally cover them.

Put on the lid.

However, the ice cubes were thick at this time, and the lid could only barely cover the ice cubes, but did not close to the teapot.

Don't worry, after a while, the ice cubes will slowly melt and the lid will close naturally.

At this time, the "ice tea" is made. Slowly filter it out and pour it into a tea cup. The aroma is overflowing and it is refreshing and refreshing.

How does iced tea taste?

I haven’t drank it either, and many people haven’t.

However, we can boldly speculate: iced tea looks scary, but it must taste bad. Otherwise, with our Chinese people’s habit of eating and drinking, the crayfish that foreigners are most afraid of can be made into delicacies by us, iced tea

If it tastes good, why would it be given up?

It is precisely because it tastes bad that it has not been passed down.

Our country also holds cultural and natural heritage days.

On the same day, the China Tea Museum and Lu Art Culture jointly held the "A Heart of Ice in a Jade Pot" Early Summer Gathering to savor the refreshing taste of tea in early summer.

In order to fit the theme, two latest tea sets were naturally released - a silver replica of the mid-Qing Dynasty "Queyue" teapot, and a silver "Banyue" ice teapot.

The shapes of the two teapots evolved from the ancient "ice teapots".

The retro style makes visitors full of imagination about ancient life.

In the hot summer, the ancients drank a glass of iced drink. No matter it tasted good or not, it was refreshing and refreshing.

Many people may feel sad that the ice teapot has withdrawn from the stage of history.

In fact, there is no need to regret it. The content of tea will gradually change with the development of the times.

History is constantly advancing, and people's lifestyles are also changing. It is reasonable and normal for some content to disappear and some content to increase.