How to get good water for brewing tea
Water is of primacy to tea, and the quality
can directly affect the quality of tea.
The ancients believed that natural water is
the best water for cooking tea. According to sources, natural water can be
divided into spring, stream, river, lake well water, snow, rain, etc., and
spring is one of the best. The standard good tea water is no more than four
conditions, live source, sweet, light, and clear.
Live source
Live water means the source of wat is to
live, that is, water should always flow.
Sweet
Sweet water makes nice tea. The ancients
believed that the rain is nutritious and sweet, and the rain is the sweetest
when plums get ripe in the south. Snow water is also good to brew tea; first,
it is sweet, second, it is cold and clear. Some Chinese people also think the snow was
good for cooking tea.
Light
Emperor Qianlong is also a senior
researcher on tea. In every parade, he would ask to take a silver funnel to
detect the spring water. After researches, he then came to a conclusion that “light
water is better to cook tea”. There are soft water and hard water; hard water contains
calcium, magnesium, iron and other minerals which can increase the weight of
water, affecting the flavor of tea, while soft water is suitable for making
tea. Generally, water with pH value of 6.7 to 7.3 alkaline, acidic or neutral
can better reflect the color, smell, taster, rhyme of tea, so it is the perfect
water for cooking tea.
Clear
Selected water must be clear. Many people
who love the water, invented many good ways to keep water clear, such as by “putting
stones in the bottle of water”.
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