Brew tea
Nice tea needs good water and appropriate temperature.
Water temperature directly affects the water-soluble substances in tea and the
degree of evaporation of the aroma.
The ancients: cook tea with dew
About the water in cooking tea, Emperor
Qianlong is very particular about it. He wrote a poem, in which the described
how he cooked tea using the dew collecting from the lotus leaves.
There was a short preface before the poem. In
it, he said, the lighter the water is, the better the water is. Snow water and
dew are lighter than spring water, however, snow water cannot be often got, so
dew is the best choice during the summer and autumn.
When Chinese people make tea, they are very
particular about the water-boiling. Su Dongpo, a well-known poet, he said if
you can not boil water properly, then you can not get nice tea.
Spring Biyu in Anning, Yunnan
There are some snow mountains and many
lotus pools in Yunnan, but for Anning people, the Biyu spring water is also
choice for tea-brewing.
Spring Biyu is located in the valleys of
Yunnan, also called Hot Spring Anning. Its water is always hot, foggy, clear
and bright. The water contains many minerals beneficial to humans, so when it
is used to brew tea, its taste is wonderful.
As Anning has many mountains, the sources
of spring are normally on the top of the mountains, local people like brewing
tea using the clean hot spring from the source. While at the bottom of the mountains,
there are many open air hotels, people taking bath in the hot spring and
drinking the spring-brewed tea, how wonderful it is.
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