Covered tea, Sichuan and other places people’s traditional tea drinking customs. It is a kind of tea set with a lid on it, a bowl in it and a tray under it. It is also called “Sancai bowl”, which covers the heaven, supports the earth, and bowls the people. Tasting cup tea, endless charm.
Gai Bowl Tea originated in Sichuan during the Tang Dynasty and flourished in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty, where all the nobles, court royalty, and elegant teahouses emphasized Gai Bowl Tea. Gai Bowl Tea is suitable for heat preservation, so later all over the popular “Gai Bowl Tea”, is the first invention of Chengdu and unique features. The so-called “gaiwan tea”, including tea cover, tea bowl, tea boat son of three parts, so called gaiwan or three turrets. Tea boat, also known as tea boat, that is, bear the tea bowl tea tray.
Tea cover has its special attention: when tea, tea cover placed on the table, indicating that the cup is empty, tea doctor will quickly come to refill the water; the tea guests leave temporarily and put the tea cover on the bamboo chair, indicating that they have not gone far, and they will return at a short time. Naturally, no one will occupy the seat, and the running hall will also take care of the tea sets and snacks. Dr. Tea’s cupping skills are a unique scenic spot in Sichuan Tea House. The water column fell into the air and poured into the tea bowl, churning noisily. In a moment, it stopped abruptly, and the tea was exactly level with the mouth of the bowl. There was not a drop of water outside the bowl. It was both a unique skill and an artistic enjoyment.
Cover tea brewing five procedures: one is the net: with warm water will be clean tea bowl, bowl cover, bowl holder. Second, tea: drink tea with cup tea, ingested are rare tea, common tea, Tuo tea, as well as high-grade red, green tea, and so on, the dosage is usually 3-5 grams. The third is to make tea: generally with the initial boiling water to flush tea to the edge of the tea bowl, cover the bowl cover, in order to be tasted. Four is to smell incense: to be brewed for about 5 minutes, when the tea juice infiltrates the tea soup, you will lift the saucer with your right hand, lift the lid with your left hand, and then smell incense and Shu Fu. Five is to drink: hold the bowl holder with the left hand, the right hand to lift the bowl to cover, pour the bowl will tea slowly into the mouth, taste moist throat, refreshing boredom, really have a unique style.
