Tea art in Xiamen pays attention to the beauty of five realms, namely, tea, tea set, temperature and environment. Most people in Xiamen like to drink oolong tea, especially Tieguanyin in Anxi. Tieguanyin is known as the best in tea, and there are poems praising it: the taste and imagination of pearl spring, the new fragrance of jade liquid, the cool breeze under your arm and a pot of Chun Xue pen flowers.
Xiamen is one of the origins of Kung Fu tea, with a strong tea culture atmosphere. The essence of Xiamen tea culture is the tea ceremony, which has the beauty of five realms.
First, tea is new and expensive. Most Xiamen people like oolong tea. The brewed oolong tea has red-green leaves, yellow-red soup and mellow taste. Xiamen people love to choose "Tieguanyin" in Anxi.
Secondly, tea is exquisite. Soft water should be used to make tea, that is, water with calcium and magnesium content less than 8 mg per liter of water. Only in this way can the brewed tea taste mellow and have pure color.
Third, the heat and soup are moderate. Temperature refers to the firepower of boiling water, and the cooking time is related to the temperature of soup. Tea, water and fire are all good and indispensable. Tea tasters in Xiamen should boil water, but not too much, so that the tea soup can be delicious.
Thirdly, the choice of tea set. Xiamen people drink oolong tea and like to use ceramic tea sets with lids, because this will "preserve fragrance" and "preserve taste". Xiamen people like "Meng Gong Hu" and "Ruoshen Cup" best, which are small and exquisite and have artistic value.
Ground features, tea ceremony pays attention to tea tasting. With the improvement of living standards, more and more Xiamen people like to put decorations, vases, antiques, burn incense and play music in the lobby to add elegance. Tea tasting has become a noble spiritual pursuit and a high-grade leisure way.
It is such an ancient and poetic kungfu tea, but it is only the first ordinary thing among the seven things that Xiamen people cut to the chase every day. Xiamen people don't have to go to the temple of Miaoyu, the top figure of ancient tea tasting culture, sit in the elegant and gorgeous aristocratic salons of British upper class like a show, go to teahouses for tea in groups like Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, and go to parks for tea in groups like Kunming people.
In Xiamen, whether you are a friend or a stranger, whether you walk into a tall building or a villa, whether you go to the office to talk about serious business or go to the market, look around and smell everywhere, there is such a bubble of Kung Fu tea, which is heard at home and abroad.
Xiamen people have their own mood, taste and temperament when making tea. Xiamen people who soak in this kind of tea every day naturally absorb the charm and tolerance of tea. Xiamen people make tea, not with tea, but with tea. Where there are people, there is tea, and where there is tea, you feel at home. No need to call friends, no need to worry, no need to bluff and grandstanding. It just exists in the homes of ordinary people day and night, all the time, plain, natural, mellow and true. Can Xiamen be warm?