Gongfu tea is a unique way to brew it. The reason why it is called gongfu tea is because it attaches great importance to the control of tea, tea utensils and heat when brewing, and it takes a certain amount of effort to make tea and drink, so it is called gongfu tea.
Chaoshan people like to drink tea, and Chaoshan dialect will call tea tea rice, which means that tea is an indispensable part of our daily life just like rice. In the Chaoshan area, from the city to the countryside, almost every household has a set of gongfu tea sets, and the first thing every time a guest arrives is to make tea. Even in the era when it was difficult to fill the stomach with three meals, this Xi was still retained.
To make gongfu tea, there must be a set of qualified tea utensils. Brewing cans is essential, with three small and chic teacups, and a tea tray that can be used to hold cans, teacups, or waste tea, this tea set looks like a work of art in itself.
When I was in junior high school, I had already begun to learn how to make gongfu tea to entertain guests. First take some charcoal and put it in the stove, find some flammable materials such as paper scraps to light the fire, and then take a fan and fan it slightly, and the charcoal will be lit. At this time, you can start boiling water, and during the time when the water is not boiling, I put on the tea set, fill the tea leaves, and wait for the water to boil, and then I can start making tea.
Gongfu tea has become an important part of Chaoshan ritual culture. When everyone drank tea together, they savored it, talked and laughed, exchanged information, and deepened their feelings for each other. Although everyone chatted together for a long time, they didn't feel bored, which of course was inseparable from the credit of gongfu tea.
A small cup of gongfu tea contains the customs and culture of Chaoshan people, it is a manifestation of Chaoshan people's hospitality, and it is also like a green olive in our life, tasting slowly, with endless aftertaste.