China's Tea Culture
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!
Today I’d like to talk about Chinese
tea culture. China, the hometown of tea, has a long history of tea culture. It's
said that Chinese people have been
drinking tea as early as Shen Nong
tasted hundreds of herbs.
Tea has been closely associated with Chinese people's daily lives and
tea culture became an important part of Chinese culture.
As early as the opening of Silk Road, tea has been exported to the west. To a certain extent, westerners get
acquitained with Chinese culture since they knew Chinese tea.
People throughout China
drink tea daily. Because of the
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geographic location and climate,
different places grow various kinds of tea.
Tea is an important part of the traditional Chinese culture.
1. Introduction
Chinese tea has a history of about
4,000 years, and until now its reputation spreads all over the world. Japan, South Korea, the United States,
The tea culture derived from Han
Dynasty, flourished in Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, and declined in
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Qing Dynasty.
Meanwhile, the spirit of the tea
culture was reflected through making tea, appreciating tea, smelling tea,
drinking tea and tasting tea.
Tea-Producing Areas
Tea is produced in vast areas of
China from Hainan lsland to
Shandong Province in the north,
from Tibet in the southwest to
Taiwan across the Straits.
China has tea-shrubs as early as
five to six thousand years ago, and
human cultivation of tea plants dates back two thousand years. Tea from China, along with her silk and
porcelain, began to be known the 3
world over more than a thousand
years ago and has since always been an important Chinese export.
At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian
countries producing 90% of the
world's total output.
Russians/ English / Japanese
/Europe and America.
Types of Chinese Tea
Chinese tea may be classified into seven types of teas ： :
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? Green tea White tea
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? Black tea Yello tea Oolong tea Dark tea Scented tea -
Green Tea
Green tea has the largest output in
China. It is the unfermented tea and has the longest history. Also, it can be
subdivided into Longjing Tea from the West Lake of Hanzhou, Maofeng Tea from Huangshan Mountain, Yunwu Tea from Lushan Mountain and
Biluochun Tea from Jiangsu. West Lake Dragon Well Tea
Black Tea
Black tea is totally different from
green tea and is a kind of completely fermented tea. It named black tea, for 5
the tea liquid and tea leaves are reddish black. Famous black tea concludes
Qimen Black Tea, Assam Black Tea,
Pu ’er tea
In the present, many people like Pu’er tea, I guess it maybe because Pu’er tea is very helpful on reduce fat. And then Pu’er tea becomes very popular.
But my favorite is Wu Yi Mountain Rock tea. Even after making 7 to 8 times, you can still feel the aroma from the tea.
There are more than 500 types of rock tea from Wu Yi Mountain .The main varieties of my favorite are Rou Gui and Shui Xian.
scented tea .
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Scented tea is unique
classification of Chinese tea. It is made by various kinds of flowers .Flower tea is from dried flowers with little
processing while scented tea is a
mixture of green tea with flower petals. Different flowers have different effects, such as rose can moisten skin and
chrysanthemum is good for calming inflammation.
White Tea
White tea belongs to one of the
slightly fermented tea. The appearance, fragrance and flavor of the white tea
are quite good compared with other tea. Famous varieties include Baihao
Yinzhen Tea and White Peony and
Fuding in Fujian Province abounds
with the famous white tea.
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Advantages of Tea-Drinking
Tea has been one of the daily
necessities in China . Countless
numbers of people like to have their
after meal tea.
Tea is also rich in various
vitamins and, for smokers, it helps to
discharge nicotine out of the system.
The black tea tastes sweet and can
facilitate the fostering of yang energy
in human body .Also, it warms the
stomach and helps with digestion.
If your stomach were not good, you
shouldn’t drink much more green tea, it
will make your stomach sick more
seriously. The black or Qing tea are
better choice for you.
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Tea Production
The new leaves must be parched in tea cauldrons大锅. The
tea-cauldrons are heated electrically to temperature of about 25oC or 74oF. It takes four pounds of fresh leaves
to produce one pound of parched tea.
Actually the culture of Chinese tea is not only the tea itself, but also the process of making and tasting tea. It will help you slow down the fast pace of life. Gathering 3 or 5 good friends; making a cup of high quality tea; talking about happy past and dream. It would be healthy for both body and spirit.
Anyway, try to find time to enjoy the 9
tea life with friends, balance the busy and relax.
Ok, That’s all . Thank you, thanks for your attention!!
Chinese Tea Culture
1. My topic is "Chinese Tea
Culture”.
2. Tea has a very long history in
china and has formed the unique culture. It is loved by many people. China is the homeland of tea, and tea has become the national drink. 10
In other words, tea is basically spread out from China.
3. In china, the main classifications
of tea are green tea, black tea, white tea, and dark tea.
4. Here I will emphasize
introducing green tea, Oolong tea and black tea. Green tea, also known as unfermented tea. So it reserves many natural substances of fresh leaves. Some famous green tea is west lake dragon well and Dong ting spring spiral.
5. Black tea is fully fermented tea.
Some famous black tea is Jin Junmei and Lapsang.
6. Next I will talk about “Chinese
Tea Making Method”. Kung Fu Tea is the most representative. Kung fu tea comes of song dynasty. It is popular in chao shan 11
area of Guang dong province.
7. Look at this picture; they are a
set of tools for making Kung fu tea. The tools include kettle, covered bowl, teacups, tea tray and tea pet.
8. Another picture is the detail of
tea tray. The hose and the vessel belong to the tray. The waste water will drain into this vessel through the hose.
9. So let me show you the
procedures of making kung fu tea: Step one is the preparation. We choose the Phoenix Dan cong tea to make it. At the same time we should use the kettle to boil water. Step two, warm up the covered bowl and teacups one by one: fill up them with hot water and keep the water into them for a few minutes. 12
Then empty the water out. The purpose of this step is to warm and clean them.
Step three, put tea leaves into the bowl.
Step four, pour the hot water into the bowl.
Step five, use the cover of bowl to take floating foam away. 或Brush away the foam floating on top with the lid.
10. Then put the cover on the bowl
and continue pouring hot water to the bowl. Pour tea into the teacups. Then empty all of the tea out to the tea pet.
Step six, inject hot water into the bowl once again.
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Step seven, pour tea water into
the teacups immediately. This time
we should ensure that every drop
of tea is into the teacups evenly.
Step eight, we can smell, taste
and drink the tea. Then we can
repeat the step six to eight to
enjoy the tea. So the kung fu tea is
finished.
或（（Get tea ware ready! Warm the cup and teapot first by
pouring hot water over them. Spoon some tea leaves into the
teapot. Add hot water. Scrape off the foam floating on top
with the lid.
Replace the lid and continue to
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pour the water over the small hole in the lid））
0 Warm the cups and teapot first by pouring hot water over them.
1 Spoon some tea leaves into the teapot with a tea shuffle(茶荷).
2 Tea rinse round starts—add hot water and fill teapot until it overflows a little. Brush away the foam floating on top with the lid.
3 Let the tea steep for a few seconds before pouring the water out. This allows the teapot to warm up before the brewing starts.
4 The first round of tea-brewing starts. Pour hot water into the teapot until a little of it spills out of the top. The water should be poured from up high.
5 Put the lid on the teapot.
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6 Use the water used in step 3 to wash the teacups with tong.
7 Pour the water over the teapot to keep the temperature as high as possible. A high temperature is the key to kung fu tea.
8 After a minute or so, the first few cups of tea will be ready to drink. Now pour the tea into the teacups. 9 Ready to be served to guests.
11. The tea culture of chao shan
area has many features. Firstly, every family has their own tools for making kung fu tea. Secondly, they regard the tea as important as their dinner. Thirdly, they use the tea to serve their friends. They can get information from each other, and deepen their feelings through the tea.
12. At last I want to say that 16
everyone in our classroom is my friend. Welcome to my home. I will
make the kung fu tea to serve you.
13. That’s all. Thank you!
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