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What are the classifications of tea?

According to different functions, ordinary tea sets can be divided into the following six categories, namely, tea making utensils, tea separating utensils, tea tasting utensils, tea making utensils, tea making utensils and auxiliary articles.

First, tea sets

1. Cover the bowl:

A common vessel for making tea has a lid on it, a tray on the bottom and a bowl in the middle. The lid is the sky, the tray is the ground, and the bowl is the person. Also known as "Sancai Bowl" and "Sancai Cup". Covering bowls has the advantages of convenience, tasteless, quick heat dissipation, practicality, elegance and beauty, and wide applicability.

2. Teapot: a common appliance for making tea, mostly made of porcelain, purple sand or glass. Zisha pot has the characteristics of good air permeability, good heat preservation performance and adsorption of tea juice, and is often used for brewing oolong tea and Pu 'er tea.

3. Wandering Cup:

According to modern industrial technology and tea-making principle, modern tea-making utensils are different from traditional tea-making utensils. The same cup group can separate tea leaves from tea soup and filter them automatically, which can avoid the shortage that the tea soup is too thick and bitter because the tea leaves are soaked in the cup for too long, simplify the tea making process, and is suitable for use in offices and other occasions.

4. Tea cups:

In daily life, it is very common to brew tea directly in porcelain cups or glasses. Although this kind of porcelain cup or glass is simple, it has a very big disadvantage that tea can't be separated. It may not be a problem to make tea in this way, but after ten minutes, the tea soup is often too strong, and after two refills, the tea soup may be too weak or even tasteless. Therefore, from the point of view of scientific tea drinking, it is suggested to use drifting cups or appliances that can separate tea from water, so as to enjoy tea soup with uniform and suitable taste.

Second, tea sets

Fair Cup:

Also known as tea sea or small cup, it is an instrument for distributing tea. After the tea is brewed, you can pour the tea soup into a fair mug to make the tea soup even, and then distribute it to the guests evenly, so that the concentration of each cup of tea can be even, reflecting an equality.

Third, tea tasting utensils

1. teacup: mainly used for drinking tea soup. The materials are diverse, covering purple sand, porcelain, glass and so on.

2. Smelling cup: used for smelling incense, thinner than tasting cup and more than tasting cup, generally used for brewing oolong tea. Hold the scented cup in the palm of your hand, close to your nostrils, and smell it while rubbing.

Fourth, prepare tea sets.

1. Tea Lotus: a vessel for holding dry tea to be brewed, which is used for placing tea leaves and tasting tea. The shape of tea lotus is mainly hemispherical with mouth, and the texture is mostly porcelain.

2. Teapot: an appliance for storing dry tea. The main function is to avoid deterioration of tea and volatilization of tea fragrance. In terms of texture, there are generally iron, tin, ceramics and so on.

V. Water equipment

There are many kinds of water preparation equipment, such as hand foam, electric kettle, etc., and some tea lovers use iron pot. Feel free to soak in water to make tea, simple and convenient; Electric kettle is a daily household appliance for boiling water and can also be used for making tea. There are also tea lovers who boil water in iron pots to make tea.

Six, auxiliary supplies

1. filter screen and filter screen holder: the filter screen, also known as tea leakage, is placed on the Expo mug and is mainly used to filter tea residue. When the filter screen is not used, it should be placed on the filter screen frame.

2. Combination of tea ceremony utensils: also known as "Six Gentlemen of Tea Ceremony", including tea tube, tea needle, teaspoon, Chaze, tea leakage and tea clip. Tea cones: Tea cones are used to hold tea needles, teaspoons, tea leaks, Chaze and tea clips.

Tea needle: the main function is to dredge the spout. Avoid tea residue blockage, resulting in poor water outlet. Teaspoon: The main function is to put tea leaves into the tea-making utensil or take out tea dregs from the tea-making utensil.

Chaze: The main function is to measure the tea leaves, take them out of the teapot and put them into tea lotus or tea-making utensils. Leakage of tea: when putting tea, put it on the spout to guide the tea into the pot and prevent the tea from falling out of the pot.

Tea clip: tea residue can be taken out of the pot, and cups are often washed with teacups to prevent scalding.

3. coasters: used to place teacups, aromatherapy cups, etc. The purpose is to prevent the tea soup in the cup or at the bottom of the cup from splashing on the coffee table, and at the same time serve tea to the guests with a cup holder, which is more hygienic.

4. Tea towel: it is mainly used to wipe the water stains and tea stains on the tea set and the tea leaves on the table. Mainly made of hemp, cotton and other fibers. 5. Tea tray:

A tea tray, also known as a tea boat, is a shallow-bottomed vessel used to hold teapots, teacups, tea ceremony groups and tea pets. Wide range of materials and diverse styles.

What materials does tea have?

The materials for making tea sets are generally: porcelain tires, purple sand, fishbone, glass, bamboo and wood, stone, etc. According to the classification of materials, there are many kinds of tea sets, including porcelain tea sets, purple sand tea sets, Muyushi tea sets, glass tea sets, bamboo tea sets, ice-cracked tea sets, energy tea sets, metal tea sets, stone tea sets, living porcelain tea sets and so on.

1, porcelain tea set

Porcelain tea sets are made of porcelain tires, and there are many kinds, among which porcelain tea sets, white porcelain tea sets, black porcelain tea sets and colored porcelain utensils are the main ones. Porcelain tea sets have different shapes and are of great artistic appreciation value.

2, purple sand tea set

The purple sand tea set is made of special clay and purple sand. This kind of tea set is cold-resistant and heat-resistant, has no smell of cooked soup, can keep the fragrance true, has slow heat transfer and is not easy to burn hands, and is deeply loved by tea lovers.

3. Muyushi tea set

Muyu stone tea set refers to a tea set made of a whole piece of Muyu stone, which has excellent corrosion resistance and air permeability. Using this tea set to make tea is not easy to deteriorate and has the effect of calming the internal organs.

4. Glass tea set

The material of glass tea set is glass, which is transparent, shiny and widely used. When you make tea with a glass tea set, you can enjoy all kinds of beautiful gestures of tea, which is pleasing to the eye.

5. Bamboo tea set

Bamboo tea sets are mostly made of bamboo. This kind of tea set is natural, environmentally friendly and healthy, and has always been favored by tea people. But this kind of tea set can't be used or preserved for a long time, so it is rare in modern times.

6. Cracked tea set

Ice-cracked tea set is made of natural ceramic mud and refined by unique processing technology. This kind of tea set is beautiful in appearance, rich in colors, thick in cup wall, not hot and fast in heat dissipation.