After eating Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone returned to the living room, Zhao Weidong thought that today is the traditional festival of his motherland - the Spring Festival, let everyone feel the breadth and depth of Chinese tea culture, especially Ye Xiaofang and Ling Jun, their favorite drink is coffee, it can be said that they do not understand the culture and knowledge related to tea drinks at all.

Although Ye Qianru was born in China and grew up in China, but in this era China's economic development is backward, has not yet formed a culture of tea culture, she also knows nothing about tea culture, godfather is a more traditional overseas Chinese, adhere to Chinese traditional culture and customs, but it is estimated that there is not much understanding of tea culture, not to mention Alice, for this reason Zhao Weidong deliberately chose the traditional Chinese drink - tea on Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhao Weidong asked the housekeeper Sister Yu to move the tea set to the living room, and brought the best Tieguanyin.

Soon Sister Yu brought someone to bring up a set of exquisite tea sets, Zhao Weidong asked them to carry another box of mineral water, opened the bottled mineral water and poured it into the kettle to boil, Zhao Weidong said:

"Godfather, godmother, everyone, today is our traditional festival Spring Festival for Chinese, our two families celebrate the Spring Festival together, I am very happy, so I make my own opinion, please taste tea together, by the way to introduce our Chinese tea culture." Chinese tea culture has a long history, broad and profound, including not only the material culture level, but also the profound spiritual civilization level.

The tea scripture of Lu Yu, the tea saint of the Tang Dynasty, sounded the clarion call of Chinese tea culture in history; Since then, the spirit of tea has penetrated the court and society, and penetrated into Chinese poetry, painting, calligraphy, religion, and medicine; For thousands of years, China has not only accumulated a large amount of material culture about tea planting and production, but also accumulated a rich spiritual culture about tea, which is China's unique tea culture. ”

Ye Xiaofang heard Zhao Weidong talk about China's tea culture, and felt that if you drink tea, you will drink tea, and there will be any tea culture, so she immediately interjected when Zhao Weidong paused in his speech and said:

"Weidong, no, what kind of long-standing and profound tea culture will there be when you drink tea, you shouldn't fool us, right?"

When Ye Minghui heard Ye Xiaofang's speech, he immediately said solemnly:

"Xiaofang, what's the matter with you? If you don't understand, don't say it, insert anything, Chinese tea culture is indeed long-standing, broad and profound, do you know the Japanese tea ceremony? ”

"Of course I know the Japanese tea ceremony." Ye Xiaofang said as a matter of course.

"The Japanese tea ceremony was passed down from China, and China is the ancestor of the Japanese tea ceremony, now you know?" Ye Minghui asked.

"Oh, I see." Ye Xiaofang replied helplessly.

"Godfather said well, we Chinese drink tea and pay attention to the word "taste". "Tea tasting" is not only to identify the advantages and disadvantages of tea, but also to carry the meaning of reverie and appreciation of tea drinking.

Brewing a pot of strong tea in the midst of your busy schedule, choosing an elegant and quiet place, and pouring yourself a drink, you can eliminate fatigue, cleanse your troubles, and invigorate your spirits, or you can sip slowly, so as to achieve a kind of beautiful enjoyment, and sublimate the spiritual world to a noble artistic realm.

The ideal environment for tea tasting is generally composed of buildings, gardens, furnishings, tea sets and other factors. Drinking tea requires quiet, fresh, comfortable and clean. The most ideal environment is: veranda, quiet room, bright window, Qujiang, monk's house, Taoist courtyard, pine wind, bamboo moon, Yan sitting, Xingyin, Qing Tan, rolling rolls, etc., these environments can not help but make people full of interest.

The content of Chinese tea culture is mainly the embodiment of tea in Chinese spiritual culture, which is much deeper and broader than the scope of "tea customs" and "tea ceremony", and it is also the reason why Chinese tea culture is very different from the tea culture of Europe, America or Japan. ”

"Brother, I didn't expect that drinking tea could be so poetic, I didn't notice it before, it seems that I used to just drink tea, not taste tea." Ye Qianru said with deep feelings.

"Qianru, to learn to taste tea is also very particular, first of all, tea has fitness, the treatment of diseases of the drug effect, but also full of appreciation, can cultivate sentiment. Tea tasting and hospitality are elegant entertainment and social activities of Chinese, while tea sitting and tea parties are tea art activities of Chinese social groups.

Chinese tea art enjoys a high reputation in the world, just as Godfather just said, Chinese tea art was introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty and formed the Japanese tea ceremony. Tea drinking began in China.

Tea is brewed with boiling water, conforming to nature, drinking elegantly, seeking the inherent taste of tea, focusing on artistic conception, which is the characteristic of Chinese tea tasting.

For the same quality of tea, if the water is different, the tea set is different, or the brewing technology is different, the brewed tea soup will have different effects.

Since ancient times, China has been very particular about the brewing of tea, and has accumulated rich experience. To make good tea, it is necessary to understand the characteristics of various types of tea, master the scientific brewing technology, so that the inherent quality of tea can be fully expressed. ”

Hearing Zhao Weidong say that to make good tea, not only the tea should be good, but also related to others, Ye Xiaofang had questions again:

"Weidong, if you want to make good tea, does it really have a lot to do with different water, different tea sets or different brewing techniques?"

"Yes, to make good tea, good tea is essential, and then what? First of all, there is high-quality water for making tea; second, to have good vessels; Third, there should be a comfortable environment. The hardware is there, and it is in vain if there is no good software, this software is the skill of making tea. Tea making skills are divided into Guangdong Chaoshan Kung Fu Tea and Fujian Minnan Gongfu Tea as the representative of Minnan Gongfu Tea, Minnan Kung Fu Tea is divided into a cup of Kung Fu Tea and Zisha Kung Fu Tea due to different tea making utensils.

The choice of water: Tea lovers have a mantra called: 'There are all kinds of tea, there are many kinds of water, and only good tea and good water taste are beautiful.' The ancients had a lot to say about the tea and water products, and the statements were not exactly the same. Taken together, they can be summarized into the following arguments.

Emphasizing the selection of water before choosing the "source": for example, in the Tang Dynasty Lu Yu's "Book of Tea", "its water, with the mountain, the river, and the well under the water", and the Ming Dynasty Chen Meigong's "Tea Trial" poem "The spring is more affectionate from the stone, and the tea is more round from the peak", all believe that the quality of the tea is very closely related to the water source.

Emphasizing the water product in 'living': for example, in the poem "Jijiang Water Sencha" by Su Dongpo in the Northern Song Dynasty, "Living water must also be cooked by fire, and it is affectionate to fish from the stone." The big scoop is stored and returned to the spring urn, and the small spoon is divided into the night bell'. In Tang Geng's "Tea Fight" in the Song Dynasty, "water does not ask the Jiangjing, it is expensive". and so on, all of which show that the quality of tea is 'live'.

Emphasizing that the taste of water should be 'sweet': for example, Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty believes in the "Tea Record": "The water spring is unwilling and can damage the taste of tea." In the Ming Dynasty Luo Li's "Tea Solution", "the plum rain is like ointment, all things depend on nourishment, its taste is uniquely sweet, and the plum queen is unbearable to drink", which means that the tea is important in the "sweetness". Only when the water is 'sweet' can it produce 'taste'.

Emphasizing the need for 'clear' water quality: the Song Dynasty greatly revived the style of fighting tea, emphasizing that tea soup is expensive to white, so the requirements for water quality are more important to purity, and the selection of water is more important in the 'clear mountain spring'.

Xiong Mingyu of the Ming Dynasty said: "To raise water, you must put stones in the urn, not only to benefit the water, but also to the white stone clear spring, and the heart is not far away." That is to say: the water used for tea should be 'clear'.

The choice of utensils: As the saying goes: 'Water is the mother of tea, and the pot is the father of tea'. In order to obtain a good cup of tea, it is necessary to match tea, water, fire and utensils, all of which are indispensable.

This is because the tea drinking utensils are not only an indispensable container for drinking tea, but also help to improve the color, aroma and taste of the tea. In addition to the performance of the tea set, the artistry of the tea set has become another important criterion for people to choose.

The selection of tea sets should be adapted to local conditions, China's vast territory, tea drinking customs are different in various places, so the requirements for tea sets are not the same. For example, in Fujian and Guangdong, Chaozhou and Shantou are accustomed to sipping oolong tea in a small cup, so they choose the 'Four Treasures of Cooking Tea' - Chaoshan Wind Stove, Jade Book Jar, Mengchen Jar, and Ruochen Ou to make tea, in order to appreciate the charm of tea.

In ancient times, different people used different tea sets, which largely reflected people's different status and identity.

For example, the literati and writers of the past dynasties have particularly emphasized the 'elegance' of tea sets. When Su Dongpo, a writer in the Song Dynasty, was lecturing in Yixing, Jiangsu, he designed a kind of purple clay pot with a beam, 'pine wind bamboo stove, lifting the pot and calling each other', and cooking tea alone to enjoy it.

In addition, there are different occupations, different ages, different genders, and different requirements for tea sets. For example, the elderly pay attention to the charm of tea, require high fragrance and strong taste of tea, and focus on material enjoyment, so they use teapots to make tea; Young people meet friends with tea, and demand that the tea is fragrant and mellow, which is more important than spiritual appreciation, so they use teacups to make tea.

Since ancient times, tea people who pay more attention to the art of tea tasting pay attention to the charm of tea, advocate elegant artistic conception, and emphasize that 'the pot adds tea taste, and the tea increases the value of the pot'. It is thought that a good tea pot is like a red flower and green leaves, reflecting each other.

Generally speaking, drinking flower tea, in order to help maintain the aroma, you can use a pot to make tea, and then pour it into a porcelain cup to drink. Drink bulk black tea and green tea, pay attention to the charm of tea, and choose to use a pot, cup or bowl with a lid to make tea; Drinking oolong tea is more important than 'sipping', it is advisable to use purple sand tea utensils to make tea, drinking red broken tea and gongfu black tea, you can use a porcelain pot or purple clay pot to make tea, and then pour the tea soup into a white porcelain cup to drink.

If you want to drink West Lake Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, Junshan Yinzhen, Huangshan Maofeng and other delicate and famous green tea, in addition to using glass cups, you can also choose white porcelain cups to brew and drink.

The selection of tea sets should be based on the conditions, and the selection of tea sets should generally consider the following three aspects: first, it must be practical; the second is to have appreciation value; Third, it is conducive to the exertion of tea properties.

Comfortable environment: Strive for excellent tea quality, pure water quality, brewing method, and exquisite tea utensils, which are the basic requirements for drinking tea. But in order to make tea drinking rise from material enjoyment to spiritual and artistic enjoyment, then the relationship between tea tasting and the surrounding environment is quite important.

Clear mountains and beautiful waters, small bridges and pavilions, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, secluded and elegant rooms, of course, is the ideal environment for tea tasting. There are many aspects of the tea environment, which is usually composed of gardens, buildings, furnishings and other aspects. Where the higher level of the party tea banquet, not only requires the interior furnishings to pay attention to, but also strives to make the living room, the building is full of characteristics, if the surrounding natural scenery is beautiful, of course, it is an ideal place to taste tea. ”

When Zhao Weidong said this, the water was also boiling, he picked up the boiling kettle and scalded the teapot and tea set with boiling water.

Before making tea, you need to use boiling water to scald the kettle, which can remove the peculiar smell in the pot; In addition, the hot pot helps to volatilize the aroma of tea; Then it was to put the tea, Zhao Weidong first put the tea leaves into the tea lotus, and the first one handed the tea lotus to Ye Minghui and said:

"Godfather, identifying Tieguanyin is a profound knowledge, Anxi famous tea master and old tea farmer can identify the quality of tea by smelling the fragrance, and those who are high in Taoism can even taste where this tea is produced in what village, how many years of tea trees, and those with outstanding characteristics can also taste the hands of what famous tea masters.

Laymen can distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of tea from 'looking at the shape, listening to the sound, observing the color, smelling the fragrance, and tasting the rhyme'. Shape: high-quality Tieguanyin tea strips are curly, fat and round, heavy and even; Listen to the sound: fine tea is tighter than the general tea, the leaf body is heavy, take a small amount of tea leaves and put it into the teapot, you can smell the sound of 'dangdang', the sound is crisp and crisp, the sound is dumb for the second; smell the fragrance: the quality of tea should have, tender fragrance, new tea fragrance, ripe chestnut fragrance, and the unique aroma formed by the natural environment, as well as a variety of pleasant aromas, you will appreciate the appearance of tea according to these requirements, and pass on to others after appreciation. ”

Everyone carefully admires the form of Tieguanyin, carefully distinguish the fragrance of Tieguanyin, everyone thinks that the best Tieguanyin is particularly fragrant, after passing back to Zhao Weidong's hands, then use a teaspoon to dial the tea leaves in the lotus into the pot, Guanyin enters the palace, and the amount of tea is one-third of the pot.

Then Zhao Weidong picked up the boiling kettle, hung the kettle high, raised the boiling water and flushed it into the teapot, and the water was bet from the high point, so that the tea leaves rolled in the kettle and spread out, so as to brew the tea taste more fully, commonly known as "high chong".

In the spring breeze, gently scrape off the floating white foam with the lid of the pot to make it fresh and clean, then pour the tea washing water from the teapot into the tea cup, warm the cup, and then pour boiling water into the tea again.

Guan Gong patrols the city, the tea after brewing for one or two minutes is poured into the teacup in turn, the tea soup in the cup is full of seven points, and the distance between the spout of the teapot and the tea cup is lower to avoid the ineffective dispersion of the aroma in the tea soup, commonly known as "low bubble". Generally, the first tea soup and the second tea soup are mixed in the tea cup for better results.

The third tea soup is mixed with the fourth tea soup, and so on; Han Xin ordered the soldiers, and when the tea was poured to a little, it should be evenly dripped into each teacup little by little.

Zhao Weidong's order of tea salute is to first give the first cup of tea to Godfather, the second cup of tea to Godmother, the third cup of tea to Ye Xiaofang, and several other people in turn.

Guide everyone to appreciate the color of the soup, after brewing, the soup color is golden, bright and clear, and the bottom of the leaf is thick and bright after the tea is unfolded (one of the characteristics of Tieguanyin tea, the back of the leaf is curled), with a silk luster, which is the top, and the soup color is dark red; Smell: The high-quality Tieguanyin tea soup has a strong aroma, its unique aroma is fragrant, and the fragrance is long-lasting, which makes people feel intoxicated. Rhyme: The ancients had a wonderful saying that "before tasting the taste of nectar, smell the holy fragrance first". Take a sip, the root of the tongue is lightly turned, and you can feel the mellow and sweet tea soup; Swallow slowly and with endless flavor.

Although the amount of drink is not much, it can leave a fragrance on the teeth and cheeks, and the bottom of the throat is sweet, relaxed and pleasant, and has no fun.

After such enlightenment and guidance, all of them have basically mastered the skills of tea tasting, and have a preliminary understanding of the breadth and profundity of Chinese tea culture, and they all feel that they have benefited a lot. The following activities are singing, dancing, disco, godfather and godmother danced a few songs on ballroom dancing, others are relatively little, but under the strong request of the juniors, godfather and godmother also sang two songs each, the whole atmosphere is very warm, everyone is happy to play, spent a happy and happy Chinese New Year's Eve, until more than twelve o'clock in the night before the carnival of the Chinese New Year's Eve activities ended.