How to make tea by covering a bowl?

Gai Bowl is a kind of tea set in Han Dynasty, with a lid at the top, a tray at the bottom and a bowl in the middle. It is also the most commonly used tea-making tool, suitable for making any kind of tea. Therefore, it is known as the "universal tea set" in the tea industry. If you want to make a good cup of tea with a covered bowl, you should pay attention to the correct brewing method. The following are the steps to cover a bowl and make tea:

1, temperature cup

Pour boiling water into the cover bowl, and then pour the water in the cover bowl into the small teacup to keep the cover bowl and teacup clean and hot when using.

2. Tea set

Put a proper amount of tea leaves into the cover cup.

Step 3 spray water

After the tea leaves are put into the cover bowl, the water is circulated into the cover bowl, so that each tea leaf is fully wetted and heated. Try not to be too full when flushing, especially the seventh and eighth points of the bowl wall. If the water is too full, the heated area along the bowl is large, and it is very easy to burn your fingers when pouring tea.

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When the water is slightly full, cover the cup. Before this, you can turn the tea leaves with the cup cover to make each tea leaf fully spread.

Step 5 pour tea

Pick up the lid bowl with your forefinger, middle finger and thumb, gently press the middle of the lid with your forefinger, grasp the edge of the lid mouth with your middle finger and thumb, lift the lid cup, make the lid cup lean forward slightly, and slowly pour the tea into the small cup. In the Qing dynasty, there were also ways to drink tea directly without a small teacup.