► Good tea lies at the bottom of tea urn— Long-Shou tea
tea set
The feature of tasting Oolong tea is enjoying its smile. Smile its scent first, and taste it after. The brewing method should be paid attention to. When using a Chinese tea pot, one has to prepare a tea set first, china or glass is the ideal material. The set contains 5 tools for brewing tea:
Tea spoon: for holding tea leaves
Dregs spoon:for drawing out the remains of tea
Tea pot: tea set made of china is suitable for Long-Shou tea, but if you use Yixing clay tea pot, the taste would be better.
Tea cup: choosing small, shallow, thin and white tea cups. Small allow one to drink it all at one time. Shallow allow it to let go of all the water. White can show the real color of tea. Thin makes it easier to release its scent.
Tea plate: serve to holding the tea cup
The process of brewing Long-Shou tea
When brewing Long-Shou tea, it is required to avoid large containers, for its traits of high temperature and the longer time it takes to dissipate tea would affect the taste of tea. A smaller container would be better, the brewing method is shown in the table:
