丨This article was originally written by Xiao Chen Chashi
丨First published in the headlines: Xiao Chen Tea Affair
丨Author: Village Gu Chen
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A friend shared on the weekend that she had just smashed her favorite glass cup!
The position of the bump is still very embarrassing, but the water outlet is cracked, and the whole cup is still intact.
If you don't look closely, you can't see the problem at all.
It's a pity that the water outlet is cracked now, and the water is not neat at all, and it can no longer be used.
After listening to her friend's description, I asked her for a detail.
"Did you throw water when you washed the tea set, so you broke that fair cup?"
Friends are shocked, oops, how do you know?!
"Tell me quickly, how did you guess that, and why did you guess so accurately?"
There is no other reason, there are many cases of the same model that I have seen with my own eyes over the years.
In fact, there are also skills in cleaning tea sets.
In order to prevent damage, it is best to use a clean basin to receive water when washing.
Wash them one by one and set them aside to dry.
Remember, don't shake the water.
Otherwise, once "out of your hand", the fragile cups and cups will undoubtedly hit the stone with eggs!
Hearing this, my friend silently learned from the experience, but there was still a faint "melancholy".
"Hey, that's my favorite cup for tea. At that time, I bought it in an offline store, and I don't know if I can buy the next one so much......"
This is not difficult to solve, when buying a fair cup, follow these 4 points of thought to choose, do not worry about not being able to buy good-looking and practical.
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First, the water chapter.
On the tea table, the purpose of the fair cup is to hold the tea soup and pour the tea into the soup.
The soup function is crucial.
When you buy a new fair cup, you will find that its water is not smooth at all.
The tea was poured out, and it was not said intermittently.
Even after the tea is divided, the "water cut" sheath is not neat.
At the edge of the mouth of the soup outlet, there are always one or two drops of tea, which will not fall.
After a long time, this kind of fair cup that is not crisp and neat when the water is cut off, and it is most likely to accumulate tea stains and dirt under the soup mouth, which affects the appearance very much.
Considering the function of the fair cup, when choosing, the top priority is to choose the right fair cup with fluent water and smooth water break.
Usually, novice tea lovers are just starting out, and it is recommended to buy the kind of fair cup with an "olecranon mouth".
The soup spout extends slightly outwards so that it is not too flat.
Pick up the fair cup and pour the tea into the tea cup, and the tea can show a graceful arc and slide down.
After "the tea is seven points full", after a little retraction, the tea will stop abruptly immediately, and it will not be swallowed for a moment.
This kind of fair cup that can be retracted and put freely and the water is smoothly broken, as a soup artifact, it is more practical when making tea and drinking tea.
Otherwise, a fair cup with poor control of the soup is easy to fall into embarrassment when dividing the tea.
Especially when entertaining guests to drink tea, if you are not careful, the soup is too full.
A circle of hot tea overflowed throughout the cup, leaving tea underneath the coaster.
In this situation, in the face of a full cup of piping hot tea, how can people pick up a cup of tea and drink it freely?!
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Second, the capacity of the article.
On the tea table, the fair cup is a tea accessory, and it does not appear independently.
Instead, it is paired with gaiwan, purple clay pot, porcelain teapot, etc.
When you have nothing to do, make kung fu tea to kill time.
Pour boiling water into the bowl, and when the tea is officially brewed, it should be served with a fair cup to receive the tea soup on the side.
Usually, the fair cup and the gaiwan are placed on the tea tray, one on the left and one on the right.
The position of the fair cup is on the upper left side of the bowl.
So that after the filling is completed, it will not hinder the right hand from closing the lid in time, pick up the bowl, and pour the hot soup.
Since, the fair cup is the golden supporting role on the tea table.
When tea lovers buy a fair cup, whether to buy a large or small capacity? It is necessary to decide according to the "main brewer".
The conventional 110 ml standard white porcelain bowl, including the tea leaves, the actual amount of tea brewed is only about 100 ml.
At this time, the amount of tea water is increased by three or four times.
Choose a fair cup of about 400 ml and match it aside, so as not to be too abrupt.
Otherwise, set aside a large mug large enough to hold 800-900 ml.
The gaiwan is small, and the male cup is large.
Placing them together on a tea tray and arranging the tea ceremony is detrimental to the beauty of symmetry and harmony.
However, there are exceptions.
If you are making tea in winter, you need to prepare a slightly larger cup of fairness.
Or, wash two fair cups at the same time and set them aside for later use.
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3. Handles.
Traditional tea cups include hand cups, petal cups, bell cups, hat cups, Luohan cups, bell-shaped cups, lying cups, goblets, waist cups, etc.
These tea cups of different shapes are all handleless.
After all, the capacity of a small cup for drinking tea is not large.
The small tea cup does not need to be added to the handle.
The handleless design is more conducive to all-round play.
But the situation of the fair cup is slightly different.
In the tea set market, is it better to have a fair cup with a handle or without a handle?
The relationship between these two factions is almost equal.
A fair cup with a handle, the benefits are obvious.
With a handle that acts as a handle, it is completely insulated and easy to pick up securely.
But the fair cup without a handle has more concise and smooth lines and higher aesthetics.
When choosing, it is recommended that tea lovers choose according to the actual situation.
For a slightly larger cup, it is recommended to buy one with a handle.
Easier to pick up and put down securely.
The regular capacity of the fair cup, the one without a handle is more simple and beautiful, which is conducive to viewing.
For example, the hand-hammered fair cup.
Those dense and orderly hammer lines, with the presence of handles, will hinder the view.
For example, a hand-painted ceramic fair cup.
Simply retain the simple handleless design, which is more conducive to appreciating the delicate brushstrokes and painting level on the surface of the cup!
During use, when everyone pours the piping hot tea into a fair cup, leave room for it.
Especially for the fair cup without handles, it is best to control the height of the water mark at 1/3 after pouring the single-flush tea soup.
In this way, when you divide the soup in your hands, you won't burn your hands.
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Fourth, the material.
The fair cups on the market are made of glass.
Because, the glass fair cup has obvious advantages in observing the color of the soup.
After making the tea, pour the tea into a washed glass.
If you look closely, is the tea in the cup red or yellow, is it clear or dull, is it clear or turbid?
Details like these can be seen at a glance.
In addition, the fair cup made of glass is versatile and compatible.
Whether it is paired with a basic white porcelain bowl, or a matching blue and white bowl, Langhong bowl, wood-fired bowl, etc., it should be perfectly compatible.
Placed together on the tea table, the match is suitable, pleasing and pleasant.
But the ceramic fair cup also has merit.
After all, the material commonality between ceramics and glass is that the surface is tight and smooth, and does not absorb any tea aroma and taste.
At the same time, the cleaning process is also worry-free.
Wipe lightly to restore a new state of smoothness.
And, the same style, the same glaze color porcelain fair cup.
It can also be used with the main brewer (including the bowl and teapot) and the teacup.
This matching tea set matching mode, no matter when and where, can be called a classic and timeless!
《6》
I've been exposed to such questions.
"It's just a fair cup, what's there to worry about, you can buy a good-looking and exquisite glass fair cup for just a few dollars in the live broadcast room?
Well, the two can't be talked about together.
Because, you get what you pay for.
A good-looking, delicate and practical glass fair cup is not cheap.
Those glass fair cups that are slightly more expensive tend to have such attributes.
The whole is integrated, almost seamless, without pull marks;
High transparency, easy to see the tea soup directly;
After cleaning and wiping, it is not easy to leave stains, even if it is used for half a year and a year, there are still no traces of use after washing;
High temperature resistance, even if you pour freshly boiled hot tea, you can use it with confidence and will not burst;
The shape of the cup is smooth and artistic......
To meet these commonalities, the fair cup can not be achieved with a simple 9.9 yuan free shipping.
When actually choosing, compare more, try more, and you will know at one try.
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Xiao Chen Tea Village Gu Chen, column writer, the original new media in the tea industry "Xiao Chen Tea Affairs" chief writer, has published a white tea monograph "White Tea Tasting Notes", and has written more than 4,000 original articles from 2016 to 2020.