We read labels on puer. How to decipher the information on the package

Dishes for tea drinking is very different and requires careful study. Drinkers are glass, clay, porcelain ... with or without a pattern. Large and small, thin and double-walled. Of course, everyone has their own tastes, their own requirements for size, design, shape. Each of us has a favorite cup or bowl, and we choose it according to many criteria.

    Let's first deal with the volume

The volume of a cup or bowl for tea depends largely on how you are used to enjoying your favorite drink. How much time are you willing to spend on tea? Often we are in a hurry, and for cups of tiny size we simply do not have enough time.

Piala 30 ml? Is it possible to get so much tea? Of course no. Drinkers of such a small volume are designed for thoughtful, repeated brewing of tea. Usually they are used for brewing tea by the “strait” method or Gunfu Cha, Ping Cha.

Repeated brewing of tea assumes that you drink 10-15 small pialochek, brewing tea by the “strait” and enjoying each sip. You will get a maximum of tea sensations, enjoying the changes in taste and aroma with each bowl. For such tea drinking, you will need a small teapot or a “Kung Fu” teapot with a button, but it will take time — at least an hour, so that you can unleash the tea potential in full.

So small bowls - for thoughtful, conscious tea drinking, relaxation and pleasure.

Clay, porcelain or glass?

Many tea connoisseurs prefer clay - it is of the “crafting” type, more naturally, it retains heat, and so on. But. Clay bowls usually have a small volume, and are not always glazed inside. If the bowl inside is not covered with glaze, it means that it absorbs the aroma of tea that has been poured into it. And for each type of tea you need to prepare a separate bowl. And if you are used to enjoying your favorite tea with friends, then you need to have a whole set for all participants and for each type of tea. The pleasure is not cheap, although, however, it is very pleasant to have a set of handmade clay bowls in your arsenal.

Handmade designer bowls are unique, they have their own character and personality. Here the choice is yours - whether you like it or not. The beauty of handmade bowls is that you become the sole owner of such a bowl - no one else has anything like it. But the cost of such dishes, as a rule, is high.

Porcelain bowls are elegant and beautiful, varied in forms and design solutions, not demanding on the authenticity of tea poured into them. There are very different volumes, although for Chinese tea the standard is 30 ml. Again, the volume is small and requires repeated brewing.

The disadvantage is in fragility, Chinese porcelain is usually quite thin, it is easy to break it with careless handling. No wonder the British, guarding the thin walls of Chinese porcelain cups, poured into them, first milk, and only then - tea. Large porcelain bowls (from 100 ml) are rather an exception, they are produced in very small quantities, since for Chinese tea drinking such volume is unconventional.

    Drawings on drinking bowls

Drawings also have a certain meaning. Fish, lotuses, hieroglyphs. Acquiring a bowl with a picture, it is worth wondering what this picture means, what sense does it carry in itself? Of the most common patterns on dishes, koi carps often present (carps move against the current, therefore they symbolize diligence, steadfastness and striving for the intended goal), lotus flowers (purity, serenity, happiness), many others. But usually positive ones - who will draw something bad on the drinking bowls? ;-)

Glass bowls are also very different. I would like to pay special attention to double-walled bowls. Such bowls beat all the trump cards - they do not burn their hands, keep the temperature of the drink for a long time and allow them to fully enjoy the color of the finished tea. Pleasure for visuals - you get the extra pleasure of contemplation. Ordinary glass also gives such an advantage, but quickly loses the temperature of the drink and has a high brittleness. But the glass is lightweight and easy to clean.

You can also choose your own bowl, relying on tactile sensations. Just take it in hand. Is it comfortable in the palms? Do you purr? Do you want to bring it to his lips? Is it worth being a vessel, a guide for good tea and your tea conditions? Listen to yourself. It always works!

Conclusion - piala, from which material would not have been made, as a rule, are designed for this tea - a strait, in small sips. Bowls are rarely large. Ideally, drinking bowls should be on hand when you appreciate unhurried tea drinking and pleasure from the process itself, from every sip, from changes in aroma and taste. Drinks are a feast of tea! In everyday, everyday tea drinking in the office or at home, you can use the large volumes of us (Europeans, Europeans) (250-350 ml).

Large cups for tea are our everything, in the frantic rhythm of our everyday life we ​​do not always find time for spiritual, measured tea drinking. In such a cup, you can brew a lot of tea at once, without being distracted and not wasting time. But then why, one wonders, buy real tea if you are not ready to devote some time to socializing with him, to appreciate his taste, aroma, and to get maximum pleasure? Only by trying tea with small sips, savoring each of them, you can get unforgettable tea fortunes!

Wise Chinese say that light dishes (porcelain, glass) - for light tea (green, white, poorly fermented oolongs). Dark dishes (clay) - for dark tea (red, strongly fermented oolongs, shu puer).

    Summary

This tea should be drunk only from small bowls, if you want to get maximum sensations from it. Choose a bowl with a small volume - 30-50 ml. Select the material to your taste - feel, admire, try. Pleasure - in every mouthful!

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