Tea Tutorial for Beginners

Beginners Tea Tutorial

1, choose tea

The quality characteristics of tea is expressed in the appearance and internal quality of two aspects, including the appearance of the rope, color, broken, purity, the internal quality of the aroma, soup color, taste, leaf bottom.

2, choose water

(1) the importance of water and tea

Ming Dynasty Zhang Yuan "Tea Records": tea, water God; water, tea body. Ming Dynasty Zhang Dafu "Plum Blossom Hall": tea must be sent to the water, eight points of tea, meet ten of the water, tea is also very carry on; eight of the water, try ten of the tea, tea is only eight ear.

(2) types of water

Ancient times: Tianshui, ground water, Tianshui is better than ground water. Tianshui: snow water, rain water, snow water is superior to rain water. Earth water: mountain water, river water, well water. Mountain water that is spring water, should take clear, cold, sweet, light, clean, cold, live the person who cooks tea. River water is the surface water, it is appropriate to take the people far away. Well water is underground water, the ancient cloud: dark pulse and sex stagnation, taste into the color turbid, there is a nuisance to the tea gas.

(3) modern water

Tap water: ① water tank water: tap water into the ceramic tank, placed in a day and night, so that the chlorine evaporated, and then boiled water tea. ② tap faucet outlet connected to the ion exchange water purifier, so that the tap water through the resin layer, chlorine and calcium, magnesium and other mineral ions removed, become deionized water, and then used to make tea. Bucket water: pure water, the most reflective of the true face of tea; mineral water, you need to find a match with the tea.

(4) boiling water skills: a boil, two boil, three boil

boiling water: water should be burned sharply, to be boiled until the water is purely cooked, do not boil slowly, a long time to boil and then use. Boiling water old and young with mineral ion changes. Too tender calcium and magnesium ions in the boiling process did not precipitate, will affect the tea soup flavor. Long-boiling water, carbonate decomposition of carbon dioxide gas dissolved in the water is lost, will weaken the freshness of the tea; trace nitrates in the water at high temperatures will be reduced to nitrites, the water after a long time to boil, water evaporation, nitrite concentration continues to increase, is not conducive to human health, so the overnight water is not suitable for the next day to reboil and drink.

3, ready to ware

The choice of tea needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis, a look at the occasion, the number of things and grade are based on the occasion to determine, in general, the leisure tea tea tea briefly used by casual, hospitality tea tea can be selected to appreciate or a higher grade. Second, look at the number of people, the number of small, the capacity of the vessel to be small, the number of people, the capacity of the vessel is slightly larger. Third, look at the tea, the tea is different, appreciation focus. Tea is a service for tea, first of all, practical, convenient, followed by the pursuit of beauty.

4, elegant room

Ming Dynasty Xu Wei "Xu Wenchang secret collection": tea is suitable for the House, Yunlin, bamboo stove, the ghosts and elegant people, the cold sky, sitting, pine and moon among the flowers and birds, clear white stone, green and fresh moss, the hands of the spring draw, red makeup, sweeping the snow, the boat blowing the fire, smoke in the bamboo.

①Music: Traditional Chinese instrumental music, such as guqin, guzheng, xiao, flute, etc., is appropriate. Also appropriate to use modern oriental music, western light music or the nature of the Lu. In short, the choice of atmosphere is relaxed, elegant tunes are more appropriate.

②Clothing: tea and tea-tasting people dressed in traditional Chinese clothing is appropriate.

③ Ikebana: the Song Dynasty will burn incense, hanging paintings, flower arrangement, tea called the four arts of life. Ikebana's artistic quality is clear, far away, the pursuit of comfortable simplicity, extraordinary and pure feelings. Tea flower arrangement techniques to pure, simple and simple. Still singular leaves.

4 incense: strong tea needs to burn heavier incense; tea, burning lighter incense.

5 tea hanging: with the flower arrangement, to not hang the flower axis for good, tea hanging more calligraphy word axis, hanging a single pair of fashion, hanging position to the principle of positive position.

5, brewing brewing program: prepare ware, boil water, prepare tea, warm pot, set tea, brewing, tea, collect furniture. Three elements of tea: the amount of tea, water temperature and time.

6, tasting a view color, two smell, three taste (three look, three smell, three taste, three taste) three look: appearance, color, leaf bottom; three smell: dry tea, out of the soup, the bottom of the cup; three taste: fire, taste, flavor; three taste: mouth, tongue, throat.