Come on, make a pot of tea. Anecdote. Then everyone still enjoys that tea. The whole village in this country drinking tea has nothing to discuss. So there it is.
The ancients said: “Three cups of wine at midnight. Early morning a pot of tea. It’s like that every day. Doctors don’t come home.” Well, who doesn’t know? But how to drink tea to give us natural health? The story seems trivial. Drinking tea is easy. Pour boiling water into the teapot. So drink. It’s more complex. Boil water to make tea; that’s it. But rain or tap water. Or mineral water or bottled water. Someone even asked to use spring water or river water… That means the story started here. Tea addicts know the immutable principle: “First water, second tea, three phases, four pots”. Water determines the taste of a cup of tea. Why is that so?
Tea addicts know the principle: “the first is the water source, the second is the tea, the third is the way to make the tea, and the fourth is the teapot”.
Experience of older people said that if you brew tea from any locality, you should take the source water of that place to make it; it will always be delicious with the right taste of tea. Each tea production site has its quality and taste. But that is only a partial opinion. Shouldn’t drinking tea have to find a source of water there? So the problem here is determining the water quality so that any tea can retain its flavour. True to his life, poet Phung Cung said: “Fuck boiling water forever. Tea is broken. Do not change the “Tan Cuong” voice. It means that the water must be good if you have good tea. The old story that Lord Trinh Sam sent someone to collect the early dew drops on each lotus leaf to bring back to make tea is authentic. Water must be pure. That’s only part of the concept. Let’s find the most common source of water to make good tea. It’s clean water with dissolved oxygen. The amount of dissolved oxygen in water determines the taste. The dew drops on the lotus leaf train are pure water that has been oxidized, which means that the water has dissolved oxygen.
Therefore, directly taking tap water from the faucet to boil tea will only taste good if it is clean. The chlorine in tap water continuously removes the flavour of the tea. It is advisable to store clean water in the tank to let the chlorine fly away and the oxygen in the air dissolves in the water. Then bring the water to a boil and make tea. That can be considered a good source of water. In addition, clean water bottles are also a source of delicious tea. In rural areas, rainwater is also an appropriate water source for making tea. It is experienced but reflects the science hidden right from the tea stalks. Because of the processing, tea star is the process of deoxidizing in tea buds. The tea is then not fermented to preserve the flavour in the dried tea leaves. The method of making tea is precisely the opposite. Return the dissolved oxygen in the water to the tea. It evokes the taste of hydrated tea buds. We drink tea is the enjoyment of the sweet aroma of nature is restored. That’s why they say: “Drink tea every morning. The garden of the mind is fragrant with flowers”; Or there is a poem that reads: “Who is in a cup of tea. There is a fragrant lotus pond offering incense.”
So, the first criterion is “first is water”. Tea ranked second; indeed, no one resisted. Because tea is the core choice of the gentleman. Tea has dozens of varieties. These are Thai Nguyen, Moc Chau, Bao Loc, Sa Pa, Da Lat, and Phu Tho tea buds, Or the preparations of Oolong tea, Thiet Quan Am, Red tea, Shan Tuyet… Foreign teas dominate the market in our country, depending on preferences and social relationships, which tea is appropriate for people to use. But look again at the old saying that tea is associated with health in the sentence: “Tea at dawn will return tea” or “All hands fan the fire to make early tea. Let’s have a cup of fragrant tea to welcome the sun”; or “Drink tea in the morning sun. The garden of the mind is full of flowers”… That means you should drink it in the morning and moderation; otherwise, you will fall into trouble: “One tea, one wine, one woman. Three promiscuous things, it harms me.” This harm is harmful to health: nervous damage and digestive injury. The physician Lan Ong also said that tea is a herb. Using it harms yourself. It can’t be too. That is a warning. From the ethereal refreshment of tea, it is easy to become tense because of the tannin or inhibit the activity of the stomach when we drink too much and are too concentrated. It is part of the tea culture routine. “second is tea” is like that.
And what does “making tea ranked third” mean? There’s nothing to rate the phase. Who needs to know the right amount of tea? Prepare boiling water to wake up the tea and clean it. Then it’s the official brew. Then drink. What’s difficult? Uh…! But then there was that. To make good tea, you must know how to use boiling water suitable for each type of tea. There are also several types of boiling water. For example, with hook tea, only use sparkling water with the tip of a toothpick. The water is then about 85 to 90 degrees Celsius. If there is a thermos of boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius, you must pour the water into the cup to let the heat evaporate for a few thirty seconds before making the tea. And oolong tea, for example, must use fish face water (100 degrees Celsius). Each time the water is made, after that, boiling water must be used at 100 degrees Celsius. Only then will the new tea secrete and keep the excellent aroma and taste close to the fresh tea… So anyone who drinks tea should learn to use boiling water at the same level. Ah! Remember, once boiling water into a teapot, it only takes about half a minute to pour all the tea into the cup, but don’t leave it for too long; the tea leaves will be ripe and crushed; The water will be hot but not fragrant. Rub! It turned out to be a lot to discuss. The new standard brew is called the charm of tea flavour.
Now it’s time to finish the fourth “teapot ranked 4th”. Some people argue that it is okay to choose warm. If you need a nice kettle to make tea, it’s not necessary. Just go to Bat Trang to play. OH! It’s not just about beauty. The problem is that the teapot needs to promote the tea flavour to be valuable. These are earthen pots elaborately crafted with soil that retains some useful minerals. In particular, some teapots still include iron (Fe) minerals, which will make the tea sweeter than other teapots. The porcelain pot does not have this tea effect. The zisha pot is made of soil filtered from natural minerals in the soil mine in Yixing. After fine filtration and drying, the structure of zisha soil still has micro-porosity. That is, there are certain distances between soil molecules. That vacuum will gradually infuse the tea after a period of use to make tea. After the tea has absorbed the flavour, the pot will have a fragrant aroma. When making boiling water to rinse the kettle, the old kettles also give off the scent of tea.
Due to such permeability in the wall, each pot can only brew one type of tea. Moreover, each earthenware kettle is a composite artwork consisting of ceramics, layout design, crafted with calligraphy or painting on the kettle’s body. That’s why I said: “The tea aroma warms the earth. Warmth every day. Cloudy sky blue. Gather in a full cup.” Choosing a kettle also needs to be in enjoying tea to the very end. Many tea people have dozens of teapots to drink with different types of tea. The market for zi she and Bat Trang earthenware became exciting. Prices also become unpredictable. Even a precious kettle made by famous “Grandmasters” costs hundreds of millions of dong. The kettle becomes a combination of calligraphy and painting sculptures.
In contrast, many people only use a porcelain teapot with enamel for convenience. The world of porcelain pots is equally rich with beautiful calligraphy or folk painting embellishments. The price is affordable, and any tea can be made. It’s interesting! Although it is in fourth place, it is an aesthetic perspective of a writer enjoying tea every morning when the dawn shines. Let’s enjoy a cup of fragrant tea. Spring is here already. And: “How many sorrows and joys, birth and death, dreams. Disappear in the scent of a cup of tea.”
Source: Vietnamese elite.
