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What does the seventh cup of seven gentlemen's tea mean?

The seventh cup of seven gentlemen's tea means the seventh cup in quantity.

The seven gentlemen in tea refer to tea barrel, tea spoon, tea sprinkling, tea spoon, tea clip, tea needle and tea knife.

Tea knife, one of China tea sets. Tea sets mainly refer to tea drinking utensils such as teapots and teacups, and there are only a handful of them. But the ancient concept of "tea set" seems to refer to a wider range. According to Pi Rixiu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, the types of tea sets listed in Ten Odes on Tea Sets are "Tea Dock, Tea Man, Tea Shoots, Teahouses, Tea Stoves, Tea Bakers, Tea Ding, Tea Ou, Tea Boilers, Tea Knives, etc."

Pu 'er tea knife is named "tea knife" because it looks like a knife, and it is flat. Tea knives can be made of wood, bamboo, ivory, ox horn, ox bone, gold, silver, copper and iron.

Tea ceremony group usually includes: tea clips: also known as tea tongs, shaped like clips; Tea spoon: also known as tea, shaped like a small spoon; Tea bucket: or leaky tea ware, shaped like a circular funnel-shaped appliance; Tea needle: also known as a tea expert, shaped like a thin-headed needle; Scraping tea ware: a rod-shaped instrument with a flat elbow; Teapot: It looks like a vase.