Mu Art of Tea Drinking , Olivia Yang akuyamba ndi mawu akuti: "Anthu a Chitchaina mosakayikitsa ndiwo omwe amvetsetsa bwino tiyi." N'zovuta kufotokoza kufunika kwa tiyi ku chikhalidwe cha Chitchaina. Pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana m'mbiri yonse, China chakumwa chakumwa chasankhidwa ngati ndalama za boma ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati ndalama.
Chiyambi cha Teyi
Ngakhale kuti mafotokozedwe a tiyi mu Chinese mabuku amabwerera pafupifupi zaka 5,000, chiyambi cha tiyi ntchito monga chakumwa sichidziwika.
Zakale zakale zimayambitsa kulumikiza kwa brew mu 2737 BC pamene kamera la camellia linalowa mu kapu ya madzi akumwa owiritsa a Emperor Shen Nung. Komabe, akatswiri ambiri amapereka chithunzi chopezeka ku Erh Ya, dikishonale yakale ya Chichina, ya pafupifupi 350 BC.
Poyambirira, tiyi inali yamtengo wapatali chifukwa cha mankhwala ake. Kwadziwika kale kuti mankhwala othandizira tiyi mu chimbudzi, ndicho chifukwa chake ambiri a ku China amakonda kudya pambuyo pa chakudya chawo. (Chinthu china chochititsa chidwi cha anthu osuta fodya ndi chakuti tiyi imathamangira kukhetsa kwa chikonga kuchokera ku thupi.) Kukwera kwa tiyi kumwera kwa mawonekedwe ojambula kunayamba m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chimodzi, pomwe buku la Lu Yu ndilo "The Classic Art of Tea." Wolemba ndakatulo wolemekezeka komanso wansembe wakale wa Buddhist anali ndi maganizo okhwima okhudza njira yoyenera kuthirira, kuthira, ndi kutumikira tiyi . Mwachitsanzo, madzi okhawo ochokera kumtsinjewu oyenda pang'onopang'ono anali ovomerezeka, ndipo masamba a tiyi amayenera kuikidwa mu kapu ya porcelain.
Anthu abwino kwambiri kukondwera ndi mankhwala omwe anali atangomaliza anali pamphepete mwa nyanja pafupi ndi madzi a kakombo, makamaka pokhala ndi mkazi wokondedwa. (Kukhala chilungamo, ntchito yake idalinso ndi malangizo angapo othandizira kupanga tiyi, zambiri zomwe zidakalipo lero).
M'zaka mazana ambiri kuchokera pamene ntchito ya Yu inasindikizidwa, kutchuka kwa tiyi kunafalikira mofulumira ku China.
Sikuti kokha kumwa mowa kumakhala nkhani yoyenera kwa mabuku ndi ndakatulo; Amfumu anapereka mphatso za tiyi pa othokoza oyamikira. Pambuyo pake, tiyiyi inayamba kudula malo. Ngakhale kuti achi Chinese sanayambe kuchita mwambo wamakono wozungulira tiyi wofanana ndi myambo ya tiyi ya Japan, ali ndi ulemu wathanzi pantchito yawo ya tsiku ndi tsiku.
Mitundu ya Tea
Kawirikawiri tea aficionados imadabwa pozindikira kuti tiyi yonse imachokera kumalo omwewo: Camellia Sinensis chitsamba . Ngakhale kuti pali mazana ambiri a ma teasisi achi China, ambiri amagwera m'magulu anayi. Odziwika kuti amapereka thanzi labwino kwambiri, tiyi woyera amapangidwa kuchokera ku masamba a tiyi omwe amasankhidwa asanayambe kutsegulidwa. Ma teasiti a mtundu wobiriwira samathiridwe panthawi yopanga ndikusunga mtundu wakale wa masamba a tiyi. Chomera chobiriwira kwambiri chotchedwa Dragon Well tea, chomwe chimakula pamapiri a Hangzhou.
Amatchedwanso "tiyi wofiira," ma tea wakuda amapangidwa kuchokera ku masamba owotcha, omwe amawunikira mtundu wawo wakuda. Mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya tiyi yakuda ndi Bo lei, tiyi ya Cantonese yomwe imamwa mowa kwambiri , ndi luk pa - tiyi yolimba yomwe amawakonda okalamba.
Pomaliza, ma teti oolongwa amathira pang'ono, ndipo amachititsa tiyi wakuda.
Zitsanzo za tiyi ya oolong ndi soi sin, zomwe zimakhala zowawa kwambiri m'dera la Fukien.
Palinso gulu lachinayi lotchedwa "tiyi yamoto," yopangidwa ndi kusakaniza maluwa ndi maluwa osiyanasiyana ndi zobiriwira kapena zofiira. Chodziwika kwambiri mwa izi ndi tiyi ya jasmine . Ndipo tiyi woyera , opangidwa ndi masamba osaphika omwe amapezekabe ndi fyst, akukhala otchuka kwambiri.
Ambiri mwa ife mulibe bwalo kapena dziwe la kakombo lomwe lili pafupi ndi nyumba yathu, tikhoza kumangokhalira kumwa zakumwa zakale izi. Ndizochita pang'ono, ndi kosavuta kuti mupange chikho chabwino cha tiyi. Ndipo olemba zaulimi omwe amapanga tiyi amatha kusokoneza luso lawo pogwiritsa ntchito tasseomancy (kuwerenga masamba a tiyi) .