Brewing tea over the weekend is an extremely ceremonious affair.

Taking advantage of the free time, start by tidying up and sweeping.

Wipe the countertop until it shines, then lay out a plain tea mat that has been freshly washed.

A plate of green plants also needs a bit of care.

Trim away any dead branches and withered flowers.

The remaining foliage, sprayed with water from a spray bottle, looks more vibrant under the light.

At this point, you can start preparing to brew tea.

Arrange the tea set one by one, and as soon as you sit down, the atmosphere for tea tasting immediately emerges.

When alone, brewing some tea has many benefits.

As soon as you sit down by the tea table, you magically step into a role.

Focus on brewing and tasting, and all the worries in your mind are put aside.

With single-minded devotion, you only think about things related to brewing tea.

For example, you need to boil water, where is the water? How much water is left for tea at home?

For example, the tea set that has been on the table for several days should be washed. What utensils should be used to wash it? Is there a sponge scrubber for washing tea sets at home?

And how should the tea set be arranged to be both convenient and aesthetically pleasing...

Immersed in the process, you find joy and never tire of it.

After a busy week, having a ceremonious tea-drinking session over the weekend is like a journey for the soul, from which one can glimpse the charm of tea drinking.

However, when brewing white tea at home, what tea utensils should you prepare?

1. White porcelain Gaiwan.

Recommendation index: five stars.

For brewing white tea, a Gaiwan is indispensable.

The white porcelain tea set, glazed and fired at high temperatures, has a very smooth and tight surface.

It's not an exaggeration to say it's like a freshly peeled hard-boiled egg.

The fine-glazed white porcelain Gaiwan does not easily retain tea stains or grime, making it easy to clean, and it won't absorb the tea aroma while brewing.

Compared to teapots, the Gaiwan is a separate brewing tool.

The simplified two-piece Gaiwan retains only the lid and bowl needed for brewing.

The bowl has a wide mouth, which is convenient for placing tea leaves, and can easily accommodate even the relatively loose and fluffy Shou Mei loose tea.

When you pour boiling water into the Gaiwan, close the lid, and pour out the tea soup, the size of the opening when closing the lid can be freely adjusted.

The tea water flows out quickly through the gap between the lid and bowl, like a downpour, allowing a large amount of tea water to be poured out in just a few seconds.

Then adjust the angle of pouring the tea soup, trying to let the bottom of the bowl face the sky, so that the small amount of tea water left at the bottom can be easily drained.

After draining the tea soup, put down the Gaiwan, and take the opportunity to lift the lid and smell the aroma while it's still warm.

Mixed in a cloud of hot mist, the lingering fragrance comes face to face, which is very pleasant.

Drinking white tea and brewing it with a Gaiwan allows you to taste the complete changes in the flavor of the tea soup.

Switching to a teapot for brewing tea, the speed of pouring, the degree of draining, and the details of smelling the lid aroma may not be as practical and versatile.

2. Fairness Cup.

Recommendation index: five stars.

When brewing white tea with a Gaiwan, the fairness cup is an indispensable fixed partner.

If there is no fairness cup to catch the tea water when the Gaiwan is poured,

Then, where should this pot of hot tea go?

Some people might think of the Chaoshan region's way of drinking Kung Fu tea, arranging three tea cups closely in a "pin" shape, and pouring tea into the cups with the technique of "Guan Gong Patrols the City" and "Han Xin Points the Soldiers".

However, this regional tea brewing method may not be universally applicable.

On the one hand, when drinking organic silver needle, wild silver needle, or 10-year-old Peony King, such precious good tea, pouring tea directly into the cup will inevitably cause a few drops of tea water to leak out when pouring each time.

Adding up over time, it's too much of a pity.

On the other hand, this tea brewing method has a certain level of difficulty and is not easy for everyone to master.

Lighter cases may cause tea brewing hand tremors, and heavier cases may directly scald the hands, making it difficult to control.

For most ordinary tea drinkers, it's better to pour the tea soup from the Gaiwan into the fairness cup when brewing white tea with a Gaiwan.

After pouring the hot tea into the fairness cup, let it settle for a while, and the occasional broken leaves in the soup will automatically sink to the bottom, and will not flow out when pouring into the tea cups.

At the same time, choose the commonly available glass fairness cups on the market, with transparent material, which is convenient for observing the color of the soup.

Is the tea soup clear and transparent?

How many white hairs are there in the white tea soup?

Is the tea soup color deep or light? Does the old white tea brew a strange red tea soup?

These questions can be seen at a glance and directly seen when observing the color of the soup!

3. Tasting Cup or Host Cup.

Recommendation index: five stars.

When enjoying tea at home, preparing a few exquisite small tea cups can significantly enhance the happiness of drinking tea.

Although the purposes of the tasting cup and the host cup are the same, they are both tea cups used for tasting tea.

However, the scope of use is slightly different.

The host cup emphasizes personal exclusivity and private use.

When choosing a host cup, there are not many restrictions.

As long as it meets personal aesthetic preferences and is pleasing to the eye, it can be purchased.

For example, buy a Ru kiln's sky-blue glaze host cup and slowly nurture the cracks.

For example, buy a few simple and elegant wood-fired host cups.

Or choose a painted host cup with exquisite hand-painted by Jingdezhen painters, which highlights personal aesthetic taste.

On the other hand, when choosing tasting cups, they often appear in sets.

This is to facilitate serving guests for tea.

When choosing a host cup, the capacity does not need to be too large.

After all, tea tasting is an elegant affair, and there is no need for large bowls and big gulps.

At the same time, when brewing tea with a Gaiwan, the amount of tea soup brewed each time is limited.

If everyone is holding a large bowl to drink tea, according to the rule of "tea is filled to seven parts full", there is not enough tea soup to distribute.

Compared to this, it is better to choose tasting cups that are "small and exquisite".

4. Tea Brewing Set.

Recommendation index: four stars.

Leisurely drinking white tea at home, in addition to brewing with a Gaiwan, you can also brew tea.

There is no contradiction between the two.

Because when drinking high-quality old white tea, in order not to miss a bit of the tea soup taste, you can "brew first and then brew".

After brewing with a Gaiwan to produce 6 or 7 sweet and mellow, rich, smooth and sweet tea soups.

At this time, you might consider changing the taste.

Change from brewing to brewing tea and experience the fun of "one fish, two ways to eat".

The basic tea set for brewing old white tea is not complicated.

It's just a matter of a tea brewing stove and a tea brewing pot.

The brewed tea soup is poured into the fairness cup and then slowly divided into soup for tasting.

Including the fairness cup and tea cups, these tools are ready-made.

Just focus on choosing the heating stove and the tea brewing pot.

Last winter, the popularity of brewing tea around the stove was very high.

Charcoal stove heating, slow cooking on a small stove, seems to be ancient and charming.

However, for safety reasons, it is not recommended to use indoors.

For most tea friends, modern life heating and brewing tea, choosing an electric ceramic stove is more convenient and practical.

As for the tea brewing pot, there are differences such as coarse pottery pots, glass pots, and copper pots.

Relatively speaking, choosing a high-temperature resistant glass tea brewing pot is the most economical.

Because when you are brewing tea, you can observe the color of the tea soup in real time to adjust the brewing time, and brew a tea soup with the right strength and taste!

Setting up a small tea brewing space, in addition to various tea brewing tools, the tea tray is also indispensable.

The existence of the tea tray can highlight the atmosphere of tea tasting.

No tray, no seat; no tray, no banquet.

After placing a tea tray on the table, it can distinguish the function of this table from the dining table and the desk.

Simply prepare a small tea tray, the capacity does not need to be too large.

The most basic is just enough to accommodate the Gaiwan and the fairness cup.

Black gold stone tea trays, rattan begonia-shaped tea trays, etc., are all very suitable.

With a tea tray, all kinds of tea sets have a place to stand.

It's like a drama troupe has a stage, after setting up the tea tray, and then placing all the tea sets.

Brewing tea, drinking tea, tasting tea, it's more at ease!