Famous Oolong tea
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铁观音 ： Iron Guan Yin 武夷大红袍： Big Red Robe 宋种草丛： Song species Lone Bush 凤凰水仙： Water Fairy 永春佛手： Buddha’s Hand
Yellow Tea
• Yellow tea is picked and processed in a similar way to green tea-up to the point of final baking .After work-firing the tea to prevent oxidation . the tea is show cooked over a very gentle heat to ―yellow‖ the tea.
Famous compressed tea
• • • • 饼茶：Cake tea 砖茶：Brick tea 沱茶：Pea-top tea 普洱茶：Pu'er tea
Chinese Tea Brewing Methods
• 功夫茶：Kung Fu Tea • 盖碗茶：Gaiwan Tea • 茶娘式：Chaniang or Mother Tea
• Minty bitterness（甘） Slightly bitter first, and then comes the slightly sweet taste when you breathe, the tongue and mouth get a cool feeling. If its strong enough, it keeps coming back for a long while and its called 回甘(Returning Gan).
Tea Tools
• Teapot：茶壶 • Teacups： aroma cup闻香杯 drinking cup • Tea Tray茶盘 • Tea Tool：tea shuffle茶荷 tea funnel茶斗 tong 茶夹 tea digger茶匙 tea needles茶 针 • Tea • Fair Cup 公道杯 • Strainer 茶漏
Chinese Tea Culture
• Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessaries to begin a day. • 早晨起来七件事，菜米油盐酱 醋茶
卢仝（tóng ）《七碗茶歌》 一碗喉吻润，二碗破孤闷。 三碗搜枯肠，唯有文字五千卷。 四碗发轻汗，平生不平事，尽向毛孔散。 五碗肌骨清，六碗通仙灵。 七碗吃不得也，唯觉两腋习习清风生。
The History of Tea Drinking
» Tea-drinking in China can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty.
“Tea was discovered by Shen Nong and become popular as a drink in the state of Lu because of Zhou Gong.‖ —Tea Classics “茶之为饮，发乎神 农氏，闻于鲁国 公。” —《茶经 》
• The Tea Classics is the cornerstone of Chinese tea culture, by Lu Yu, who is known as the ―Tea Sage‖.
• This is the first work on the subject. It is really a classic written on the activities about tea, and is a condensed conclusion of the knowledge and facts about tea in Tang Dynasty and the preTang times.
9. After a minute or so, the first few cups of tea will be ready to rink. Now pour the tea into the teacups.
10. Ready to be served to guests.
11. After drinking use the tea digger from the tea fool to dig out tea leaves, use the tea needles to pick the spout.
Famous yellow tea
• 花茶：Scented tea • 君山银针：Silver Needle • 温州黄汤：Yellow Soup
White Tea
• White tea is made in the simplest way possible – simply picked and fast-dried .The tea ferments a little during the drying phase (﹤20℅) .
5. The first round of tea-brewing starts. Pour hot water into the teapot until a little of it spins out of the top .The water should be poured from up high ,non-stop ,in a circular motion around the rim. That is to spread heat evenly to prevent se(涩).
Famous green tea
• • • • • 西湖龙井：Dragon Well 洞庭碧螺春：Spring Spiral 庐山云雾：Cloud & Fog 黄山毛峰：Fur Peak 信阳毛尖：Fur Tip
Black tea
• Black tea is also called fermented tea , known as ―red tea ― in China, it is the category which is fermented before baking; it is a later variety developed on the basis of the green tea.
Famous white tea
• 银针白毫：Silver Needle White fur • 安吉白茶：Anji White Leaf • 寿眉：Longevity Eyebrow
Compressed tea
• This is the kind tea which is compressed and hardened into a certain shape. As compressed tea is black in color in its commercial form, so it also known in China as ―dark tea(黑茶)‖. Most of the compressed tea is in the form of brick, it is therefore generally called ―brick tea‖
Custom in Tea Drinking
• To show respect
• To apologize
•To express thanks to the elders on one’s wedding day
• To pass on the tradition (Guangdong : custom of tea as bride -Price)
Famous black tea
• • • • 祁红：keemun 滇红：Dian hong tea 川红：Chuan hong 普洱：Pu’er
Oolong Tea
• Oolong Tea is also called half-fermented tea. As a blend of green tea and black tea ,it has qualities of both green tea and black tea . •It not only has the thick and fresh flavor of black tea, but also has the pleasant fragrance of green tea.
6. Put the lid on the tea pot
7. Use the water in step 4 to wash the teacups with tong
8. Pour the hot water in steep 7 over the teapot after washing to keep the temperature of the teapot as high as possible. A high temperature is the key to Kung fu tea.
Kung Fu Tea
• What is the meaning of ―Kung Fu Cha‖? Kung fu tea is the Chinese tea brewing process that incorporates all the following meanings: hard work, labor, level for achievement, skill, free-time, etc.
3. Tea rinse round starts –add hot water and fill teapot until it overflow a little. Brush away the foam floating or top with the lid.