Buddhism

Many new tea enthusiasts face a dilemma when choosing among numerous brands. I’d like to offer some advice based on my personal experience for your reference. I am purely a tea enthusiast who only drinks tea and does not sell it, so this advice may not be useful for those in the business of selling tea. General rule: you get what you pay for, the seller is always more knowledgeable than the buyer, don’t seek small bargains, and remember that the most profitable goods are often fakes or low-quality products. Establish an initial impression and understanding of raw and ripe teas. Established brands like Dayi and Xiaguan serve as benchmarks without question. The benchmarks are meant to be surpassed; to improve, combine your taste preferences with a systematic approach by selecting one or a few brands that suit your palate and drinking their teas from lower to higher grades to determine which level suits you best (buying comfortably and enjoying the tea). There is no perfect tea in the world; if you like its strengths and can overlook its weaknesses, that’s enough. For example, my focus is on mouthfeel saturation and throat resonance (everyone has different preferences, feel free to…

Pre-Ming Tea is a term used in the Jiangnan tea region along the Yangtze River in China, referring to different stages of spring tea according to the seasonal division. The main categories are green tea and a small amount of black tea, while teas like Dahongpao and Pu'er do not have a "Pre-Ming Tea" classification. The history of Pre-Ming Tea dates back to the Wei and Jin dynasties, and its historical development and rising status are related to factors such as sacrifice rituals, Buddhism, politics, economy, and culture. Pre-Ming Tea has both external and internal advantages, such as being free from pollution and having rich contents. In terms of brewing, it's not always true that the fresher the spring tea, the better it is. Newly harvested Pre-Ming Tea should not be consumed immediately after roasting. Freshly made tea often carries a "fiery" taste, and if brewed right away, it can leave your throat feeling dry, and the flavor will not be fresh and delicious. Therefore, it's better to wait one to two weeks before drinking it for improved taste. What are the differences between Pre-Ming Tea and Pre-Rain Tea? Picking Time: "Pre-Ming Tea" refers to tea leaves picked before the…

I often teach my friends: if you want to taste the tea, you need to savor it. The word “taste” has three mouths in its character, and “flavor” has one mouth, adding up to four mouths. So when you taste a mouthful of tea, you should sip it in four parts, and thus you will have taste. When you lift the cup of tea to drink, do not down it all at once; drink slowly, telling yourself to enjoy this cup of tea. Because you will never again taste another cup of tea exactly like this one. Once you think about it, you will sip the tea very slowly. Then you will find the tea particularly delicious, because your whole being is immersed in the tea. Being very focused, calm, tranquil, and simple, you can savor the tea. There is a saying in tea ceremony: "A lifetime encounter, a parting at the door." You may only meet once in a lifetime with someone over tea. So every cup of tea is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity, having been brought together through a long span of time and space. After drinking the tea, when you see off your friend or are seen off…