Recognition and use of tea utensils

The tea utensils in people's mouth generally refer to the teapot, but with the continuous development of the tea industry, kung fu tea utensils are also more and more elaborate. In the process of making tea, the use of tea utensils is particularly important. Common tea usually have tea cups, tea leaks, bowls, tea plates, tea, tea, tea, tea, tea towels, tea needles, water boiler, tea canisters, tea boats, tea sea, tea spoons and other thirteen, and understand that they are the key to good tea, the following is to introduce you to these common tea and its methods of use:

Thirteen common tea and the use of tea, it is the key to make good tea!

One, tea cups

Tea cups are tea utensils, water from the teapot, poured into the tea cups, and then to the guests to taste the tea. Teacups are divided into two sizes: small cups are also called tasting cups, is used in conjunction with the smell of cups; large cups can also be used directly as a tea and tea utensils, mainly used for high-level delicate tea tasting.

Thirteen common tea utensils and the use of this is the key to making good tea!

Second, the tea funnel

The tea funnel, also known as the tea bucket, one of the main tea art of the Han Chinese tea. Commonly used when brewing tea, placed on the mouth of the pot to guide the tea into the pot, to prevent the tea leaves fall out of the pot.

Thirteen common tea utensils and the use of methods, which is the key to making good tea!

Three, gaiwan

Gaiwan is a kind of cover, under the bracket, in the bowl of the Han tea. Also known as the "three bowls", "three cups", cover for the sky, the bracket for the ground, the bowl for the people, implying the meaning of heaven and earth and people. The "tea tray" is also known as the "tea boat". Gai Bowl Tea, shall use boiling water to punch the bowl, and then put tea leaves into the water with a cover, percolating tea time depends on the number and type of tea for about 20 seconds to 3 minutes. In the Qing dynasty, the Yongzheng period, the prevalence of the use of gaiwan.

Thirteen common tea utensils and methods of use, which is the key to making good tea!

Four, tea plate

Tea plate (also known as tea boat) is placed in the teapot, tea cups, tea ceremony group, tea favorites and even the shallow bottom of the tea food vessels; it can be very large, can also be very small, the shape of the square can be rounded or fan; can be a single layer can also be a mezzanine layer, sandwich used to hold wastewater, can be a drawer-type, or embedded; a single layer of a plastic tube connected to drain the plate of wastewater, but still need a bucket under the tea table. But the tea table under the need for a bucket; a wide range of materials, gold, wood, bamboo, pottery are desirable. The most simple and durable metal tea tray, bamboo tea tray is the most elegant and appropriate. In addition, there are sandalwood, mahogany tea tray, such as green sandalwood, ebony tea tray.

Thirteen common tea sets and the use of methods, which is the key to making good tea!

Five, tea is

The tea is one of the six Han tea ceremony, is the Han Chinese folk cooking test tea when the amount of tea into the soup measuring utensils. In the tea ceremony, the tea out of the tea canister in the tea or teapot, need to use the tea to measure.

Thirteen common tea utensils and the use of this is the key to good tea!

Six, tea hostage

Also known as tea chopsticks, tea hostage function with the same teaspoon, can be tea residue from the pot hostage. It is also often taken to hold a tea cup to wash the cup, anti-scald and health.

Thirteen common tea utensils and methods of use, which is the key to good tea!

Seven, tea towel

Tea towel is also known as tea cloth, tea towel's main function is to dry the pot, the tea before drinking tea will be the teapot or tea bottom part of the title of the stay of the miscellaneous water drying, can also be wiped dripping desktop tea.

Thirteen common tea utensils and the use of this is the key to making good tea!

Eight, tea needle

Tea needle, also known as "tea through", one of the Han tea tea. Generally made of wood, horn material. In addition to drinking Pu-erh tea is used to pry the tea knife in the tea bucket. Tea spoon, tea needle, tea clip, tea, tea sea, together with the tea tube, six utensils also known as the tea ceremony six gentlemen. The function of the tea needle is to unclog the inner net (honeycomb) of the teapot to keep the water flowing smoothly, or to put in the tea leaves and then spread the tea leaves evenly, with the broken tea at the bottom and the whole tea at the top. Nowadays, when people drink Pu'er tea, they use the metal tea needle as a tea cone.

Thirteen common tea utensils and methods of use, which is the key to good tea!

Nine, water boiler

The tea boiler in ancient times with the wind stove, the more common for alcohol lamps and electric kettles, in addition to the gas stove and electronic water boiler.

Thirteen common tea utensils and the use of this is the key to making good tea!

Ten, tea canisters

Tea is a dry product, very easy to absorb moisture and produce texture change, it is water, odor adsorption is very strong, and the aroma is very volatile. Distinguished from the texture, tea cans are generally tin, iron, ceramics, glass, paper, etc., in which to choose to have a double lid iron colored tea cans and long-necked tin bottles for the best, with ceramic storage of tea, it is appropriate to the mouth of a small belly.

Thirteen common tea utensils and methods of use, which is the key to good tea!

Storage of tea, with what containers, with what method, there are certain requirements. Generally in the teahouse, with a large mouth glass bottle to contain tea, its purpose is to allow customers to see more clearly the character of the tea.

Eleven, tea boat

"Tea boat", also known as "tea" or "marigold", also known as tea toots, tea toppers. Ancient Han Chinese folk popularized a kind of tea calendars bearing plate. Started in the southern dynasty. Its use to bear the tea calendars to prevent scalding of the hand, and later because of its shape like a boat, so the name of the tea boat or tea boat. Its common functions are: hot water hot cups, tea overflow in the pot, heat preservation.

Thirteen common tea utensils and the use of this is the key to good tea!

Twelve, tea sea

Tea sea, also known as tea cup or fairway cup. Teapot of tea broth steeped to the appropriate concentration, the tea broth poured to the sea of tea, and then poured in the small tea cups, in order to achieve uniformity in the concentration of the tea broth. A strainer can also be placed over the tea sea to filter out the tea dregs and tea powder. When there is no special tea sea, you can also use a teapot as a teapot. Its general function is: to hold a good tea, and then poured into the cups, so that the concentration of tea in each cup is similar, precipitation of tea residue.

Some of the tea sea refers to the tea craft furniture, the use of bamboo, wood, stone and other raw materials made from its role is basically equivalent to the tea tray, with a drainage system, but more artistic than the tea tray.

Thirteen common tea sets and the use of this is the key to good tea!

Thirteen, teaspoon

Teaspoon, also known as tea grill, spoon, shaped like a spoon so called teaspoon, its main purpose is to dig out the soaked teapot tea, tea brewing, often tightly stuffed teapot, coupled with the general mouth of the teapot are not big, dig out the tea by hand is not convenient and unhygienic, so they all use a teaspoon.

Thirteen common tea utensils and methods of use, which is the key to good tea!

The basic steps of tea:

1, tea is concerned about the inside and outside of the teapot and tea cups have to use hot water to burn hot, so that you can net pots, but also to go to the mold, so the first step to warm the cup.

2, and then choose the tea, about one-fifth of the total teapot or one-half or so put in, do not put more, do not put less.

3, pour boiling water, immediately after the teapot in the water to pour out, is to wash the tea leaves.

4, the formal bubble, pour about 80-85 degrees Celsius water, wait about 1 minute, you can drink it!

5, after use, take out the lid of the pot, the bottom of the pot towards the sky, this can protect the tea utensils.