1, warm tools

Certainly the steps to make tea

Boiling water to shower all the tea utensils, followed by the teapot, tea cups drained, the purpose of warming is to raise the temperature of the tea utensils, so that the tea brewing temperature is relatively stable, but also to play a role in cleaning.

2, place tea

Tea is to put tea, tea pot (cup) into a certain number of tea, the number of tea leaves with different tea and different, and personal preference and put.

3, brewing

Tea, the boiling water into the pot, usually eight minutes full of water is appropriate, the brewing time is generally about 5 minutes, the more frequent brewing, the longer the steeping time.

4, pouring tea

The brewed tea should be poured into the sea of tea first, and then poured from the sea of tea into the guest's cup.

5, serving tea

Tea, tea tray needs to be given to the guest, placed in front of the guest's right hand, and ask the guest to taste the tea.

6, tea

Brewed after the tea can not be rushed to drink, but should first look at the color of the shape, and then the end of the cup smell, and then sip the soup to enjoy the taste.

Second, on the basics of the tea ceremony

1. Recognize the Chinese tea

The tea ceremony refers to the norms of tea, in order to give play to the advantages of various types of tea, inhibit the shortcomings of the etiquette should follow the "and frugal respect for the United States," the basic essence of the tea ceremony. China's six major types of tea varieties of hundreds, thousands, can be expressed in the corresponding tea ceremony etiquette.

2. Recognize and apply the tea utensils

To learn the tea ceremony, first of all, we need to understand a variety of tea utensils and their functions. The process of tea ceremony is very practical, when you first learn it, you may want to use the tea utensils to make tea, to appreciate the fun of the tea ceremony.

. Basic Hand Gestures

When learning to make tea, hand gestures also have an impact on the effectiveness of the tea ceremony. There are many ritual processes in the traditional tea ceremony, which can vary from region to region and from school to school, while the popular mass tea ceremony is relatively minimalist.

4. Preparation

To learn the tea ceremony, it is important to know the tea utensils needed to make tea. Traditional tea tools include: teapot, teacup, teaspoon, teaspoon, tealight, teacup, tea cup, tea tray, tea towel, tea bowl, tea leak, tea plate, water boiler, tea needle, tea wallet, tea folder and so on.

5. Cleaning utensils

Boiler with water boiling boiler, and then injected into the tea utensils scalding, this step is called cleaning utensils, that is, cleaning the tea utensils, warming the meaning of the utensils.

Three, the novice must pay attention to a few tea matters

(1) with insulation cup tea: tea is suitable for ceramic pots, cups, should not use insulation cup. Because of the insulation cup tea, tea for a long time to maintain high temperature, tea in some of the aromatic oils escaped, so that the flavor is reduced; leaching of tannins and theophylline too much, there is a bitter and astringent flavor, and therefore also lost some of the nutrients.

(2) tea with boiling water: tea with boiling water, will destroy many nutrients. For example, vitamin C, P, etc., in the water temperature of more than 80 ℃ will be destroyed, but also easy to dissolve too much ellagic acid and other substances, so that the tea with a bitter taste. Therefore, the water temperature of tea should generally be mastered at 70 ℃ -80 ℃. Especially green tea, such as the temperature is too high, the tea bubble cooked, turned into black tea, will lose the original green tea fragrance, cool flavor.

3) too long tea time: tea leaves steeped 4-6 minutes after drinking the best. Therefore, 80% of the caffeine and 60% of other soluble substances have been steeped out. If you take too long, the tea will be bitter and astringent. Put on the warm water bottle or stovetop for a long time to cook the tea, easy to chemical changes, should not drink.

(4) throw away the tea leaves: most people have made tea, the used tea leaves thrown away. In fact, this is uneconomical, the tea leaves should be chewed and swallowed, because tea contains more carotene, crude fiber and other nutrients.

(5) accustomed to brewing strong tea: brew a cup of tea of moderate concentration, generally need about 10 grams of tea. Some people like to make strong tea. Tea is too thick, leaching too much caffeine and tannic acid, too much gastrointestinal irritation. After brewing a cup of tea, you can renew the water and brew 3-4 cups.