Pay attention to drinking tea in Guangdong

In Chaoshan, Guangdong, almost every household, men, women and children, likes to drink oolong tea in small cups. Matching tea sets, such as stoves, kettles, teapots and teacups, are called "Four Treasures of Tea Making", namely Yushu Simmer, Chaoshan Furnace, Chen Meng Pot and Ruochen Ou. Chaoshan furnace is a kind of coarse pottery charcoal furnace, which is specially used for heating. Yushuxian is a kind of clay pot with a long mouth and a high handle, which is placed on an air stove and is specially used for boiling water. Chen Meng jar is a kind of teapot smaller than ordinary teapot, which is specially used for making tea. If Chen Ou is a cup half the size of a ping-pong ball, it usually ranges from 3 to 5 cups, which is specially used for drinking tea. Because the phoenix fir produced in Chaoshan is thick and big, it is more troublesome to place the altar, so it is useful to cover the bowl instead of the pot.

The water for making tea should be sweet mountain spring water, and boiled water must be used immediately. After the pot is warmed, put the tea, brew it, and pour the tea into the cup, and you can drink it. The way to drink tea is even more peculiar. First of all, you should hold up a cup and send the tea soup to your nose to smell the fragrance. Only through your nose can you feel the fragrance. Then press the rim of the cup with your thumb and forefinger, hold the bottom of the cup with your middle finger, raise a glass, pour the tea soup into your mouth, and taste the soup in your mouth. You will feel more than sweet. Once the tea soup into the belly, mouth "yeah! Hey! " After the aftertaste, I feel that the nose and mouth are fragrant, the throat is full of saliva, and the "two armpits are windy" is endless. The purpose of this way of drinking tea is not to quench thirst, but to appreciate the aroma and taste of oolong tea, with emphasis on material and spiritual enjoyment. Therefore, whenever "friends come from afar", they are "happy" to sip oolong tea!