What kind of tea is usually used to brew kung fu tea?

Kung Fu Tea uses oolong tea leaves such as Tieguanyin, Shui Xian and Phoenix tea. Kung Fu tea is prevalent in most parts of Fujian as well as the Chaoshan and Hailufeng areas of Guangdong. Drinking Kung Fu Tea is generally appropriate for three people, and the more sophisticated is to use a small ceramic pot produced in Yixing and white porcelain glazed teacups, the caliber of this teacup is only the size of a silver dollar, like a small wine glass.

Small ceramic pots (cans) filled with oolong tea and water, placed on a small charcoal stove or small alcohol stove to cook. After the tea is cooked, the teapot is picked up and placed in a zigzag pattern of three porcelain cups above the circular motion (commonly known locally as "Guan Gong patrol") to fill each small cup in turn.

At this point you can hold up a small cup of fragrant tea slowly savored. Drinking tea can not be a cup full and then pour a cup, but according to the number of cups back and forth in turn order to pour. Therefore, in addition to the work of tea brewing to work, tea drinking also needs to work.

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Working tea is known for its high concentration, which seems to be too bitter at the beginning, but after getting used to it, it is not enough flavor for other teas. Drinking work tea is mostly used oolong tea leaves, such as Lingtou monocotyledon, white leaf monocotyledon and phoenix monocotyledon. Oolong tea between black and green tea, semi-fermented tea, only this type of tea can be brewed out of kung fu tea required color and flavor.

Lingtou Mono-Cong, White Leaf Mono-Cong are produced in Lingtou Village, Raoping County, Chaozhou City, the tea soup is bright yellow, golden yellow, honey-colored, honey aroma is very good, the tea water is sweet and moist, sweetness and long-lasting, etc., known as White Leaf Fairy, was once the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse hospitality to foreign guests of the exclusive use of the tea; it is the representative of the most distinctive characteristics of the Chaozhou Shantou Kung Fu Tea.

Phoenix monocotyledon is produced in the Phoenix Mountain area of Chaozhou, the color of the tea broth is slightly brown, the tea leaves are tight and thick, and it is very resistant to brewing, and it can be brewed for about 20 times in general. It can be categorized into osmanthus, jasmine, honey and other flavors, and is one of the representatives of Chaoshan artisanal teas after Lingtou monoculture tea.

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