1. Water boiler
Kettle (water injection) : used to boil water. At present, there are more use of purple sand beam pot, glass beam pot and stainless steel pot.
Tea stove: a stove used to boil tea and water. In order to perform the needs of tea art, modern tea houses often have a "tea stove", the furnace is a pottery, or metal frame, placed in the middle of the alcohol lamp, after lighting, will be filled with boiling water on the "tea stove", can maintain the water temperature, easy to perform.
In addition, the most modern tea house and family use is "handy bubble, it is electricity to boil water, heating water time is short, very convenient.
Kettle: It is used when there is no need to boil water on site, and there is generally a hot water bottle to store boiling water.
Two, tea set
Tea rule: The rule is also used to measure the amount of tea to ensure that the amount of tea is accurate. Mostly bamboo and wood products, from the tea pot to take tea into the pot of utensils.
Teaspoon: A small, slender rake used to move tea from leaf to leaf into a pot.
Tea glass (tea bucket) : a small round funnel, placed in the spout of a small teapot when brewing tea, from which tea leaks into the pot to prevent tea from spilling out of the pot.
Tea lotus: Tea lotus and teaspoon, tea glass function is similar, but its function is more diversified. When taking tea with tea lotus, the amount of tea in the pot can be judged and the amount of tea can be determined. Secondly, the tea is poured into the tea, the host can borrow the tea, decide how to make the tea, and the guests can enjoy the tea, smell the tea, and finally put the tea into the pot.
Tea grind: When the tea is poured into the tea lotus, the tea grind is moderately crushed to make the tea soup thicker.
Tea bin: that is, the tea can is divided, and the tea to be brewed is poured into the tea bin before tea, which both saves space and has a beautiful effect.
Third, the tea ware
Tea holder: Used to clean the cup, or to remove the tea residue from the teapot.
Teaspoon; In addition to holding tea, the teaspoon can also be used to remove tea leaves, and the pointed end can be used to unclog the spout.
Tea needle: Used to unclog the spout of the teapot to keep the water flowing smoothly. A tea needle is sometimes combined with a teaspoon.
Tea pulp (tea lily) : When tea is brewed for the first time, a layer of foam will float on the surface, and the tea pulp can be scraped to remove the foam.
Four, tea dispenser
Tea sea, tea cup, fair cup, mother cup: the tea soup in the teapot can be poured into the tea sea. Some people place a trap net in the tea sea to catch the tea residue that is left behind when the tea is poured. After the tea soup is poured into the tea sea, the tea can be divided according to the number of tea drinkers. When the number of people is large, the larger tea sea can be used to brew tea twice. When the number of people is small, putting the tea soup into the tea sea can also avoid the bitter taste of the tea tea soaking for too long.
Five, tea holder, tea tester
Teapot: mainly used for making tea, there are also direct use of small teapot to make tea and tea, drink alone.
Tea cup: When brewing Congou tea in Chaoshan area of Guangdong, tea cups are used as tea making utensils. Generally, a Congou tea can be used by 3-4 people to sip tea in small cups. Jiang, Zhejiang area, as well as the southwest and northwest regions, and useful tea cup directly as tea and tea utensils, a person a cup, full of interest. The tea cup is usually composed of a three-piece set of cover, bowl and bracket. It is made of pottery, and a few are also made of purple sand pottery.
Sample tea cup: A small cup used for tasting tea.
Smelling cup: This cup volume and the same as the sample tea cup, but the cup body is higher, easy to gather fragrance. [Sample tea cup and scented cup]
Cup and saucer: also called cup holder, used to place the sample tea cup and smelling cup.
Six, tea cleaner
Tea boat, tea pool, tea holder: an apparatus for holding a teapot. When the water poured into the kettle overflows, the tea boat can catch the water to avoid wetting the table top. Tea boats are mostly pottery products, and there are more simple tea boats, adding to the fun of drinking tea. The tea boat is also necessary to keep the pot, to hold the tea soup of the pot.
Tea tray: A plate used to hold teacups or other tea sets, also used when serving tea to guests, often made of bamboo, wood, and also made of ceramic.
Slag square: a vessel containing tea residue.
Water cube, tea bowl, water bowl: a vessel for receiving discarded tea.
Cleaning: Place used utensils to clean cups and plates.
Tea towel: The main function of tea towel is to dry the teapot, dry the water remaining in the bottom of the teapot or tea, and can be used to wipe the water droplets of the clean desktop.
Container: A container for placing utensils such as tea, teaspoons and tea tongs.
7. Other appliances
Kettle mat: a mat of anti-woven products used to separate the teapot from the tea boat to avoid the sound of friction and collision.
Cover: Place the lid of the teapot, tea cup cover of the small plate, mostly replaced by the cup butterfly.
Tea tray: a tray for serving tea.
Tea Buddha: After the tea is placed, it is used for the Buddha to remove the tea dust on the tea lotus.
Thermometer: An auxiliary device used to determine water temperature.
Tea towel tray: Tea towel, tea Buddha, thermometer, etc. can be placed on the tea towel tray, so that the table is more tidy.
Incense burner: To drink tea is to burn incense sticks, which can increase the pleasure of drinking tea.
Eight, the basic steps of tea:
Warm pot, hot cup, tea, high flush, cover foam, shower top, tea washing, cup washing, divided cups, low pouring, tea, smell, tasting.
First ignition boiling water, pour the boiling water into the purple clay pot, fair cup, smelling cup, sample tea cup, sanitary ware to improve the temperature.
Put tea into the teapot, how much to account for seven of its volume is appropriate. -- "An Oolong enters the Palace"
Boiling water is poured into the teapot, "high mountain water", that is, directly into the height, so that the boiling water strongly impacts the tea, and then cover the foam (will overflow the top of the pot to scrape off) - "spring breeze."
Cover the pot and pour boiling water over it. That is, the teapot is topped. -- "Re-wash fairy face"
The first pot of tea is not to drink tea, boiling water into the pot, quickly pour out. Pour the cup with the first brew of tea, called "wash the cup" -- "Ruochen bath",
The second pot of tea is ready to be poured.
Pour the tea in the pot into a fair cup, so that everyone can taste the same color, aroma, and taste of tea - "jade liquor back to the pot"
Group the fragrance cup and sample tea cup with the tea holder and put it on the tea tray.
Pour each tea into a smelling cup. Fill the cup to the brim. The tea should also be well poured, and the rest of the water needs to be pointed into the four cups one by one. This process is called "Guan Gong patrolling the city" and "Han Xin ordering soldiers". The amount of tea in the four cups and the color must be uniform and the same.
The host will pour out the tea, both hands according to the elder and younger times to serve the guest before, first respect the chief, and then around the guests, their last.
Pour tea into the sample tea cup (buckle the sample tea cup on the smelling cup, one finger buckle the smelling cup, two fingers pinch the smelling cup, turn inward), lightly sniff the lingering fragrance in the smelling cup.
Finally, you can taste tea, take the sample tea cup with three fingers (big finger and two fingers pinch both ends of the cup, middle finger support the bottom of the cup), three sip slowly drink - "three dragons protect the tripod".