The ancients said, "Ten teas are seven points of water; tea nature must be born of water, and eight points of tea meets ten points of water; ten points of tea meets eight points of water and eight points of Ya." "It can be seen that when brewing tea is crucial for the choice of water, today we will talk about how to choose the water to make tea, and make 50 yuan of tea out of 500 yuan of amazing feeling."
The choice of water for making tea
The ancients evaluated water mainly from the aspects of water quality and water taste, good water quality must be clear, alive, light, water taste must be sweet and salty. In the "Tea Classic", it is said that "its water is the upper with the mountain water, followed by the river water, and the well water as the lower".
Mountain spring water flows endlessly, after the natural filtration of sand and gravel, the water quality is refreshing, less impurities, high transparency, less pollution, the taste is slightly sweet, used to make tea is the most suitable, can give full play to the color, aroma, taste, shape of tea. However, subject to conditions, mountain spring water is not available everywhere, so for most tea lovers, only choose mountain spring water to make tea under suitable conditions.
Rivers, rivers, lakes, need to be far away from people, less polluted places to draw, such water is also suitable for making tea; the "Tea Classic" records that "its river water, take away people far away" is this meaning. Such as the Fuchun River in Tonglu, Zhejiang, and the Qiandao Lake in Chun'an.
Well water belongs to groundwater, suspended matter is low, transparency is high, but because the formation of the infiltration process into the integration of more minerals and salts, so the salt content and hardness is relatively large, especially urban well water, water sources are often polluted. Using this water to make tea is detrimental to the taste of tea and is not very suitable.
As mentioned above, such as mountain spring water and river water far away from the crowd, we are usually more difficult to collect, need certain conditions; in ordinary life, we can choose mineral water to make tea, or filter purified water to brew tea; when there is no condition, we can let the tap water sit for a period of time, wait for the chlorine gas to naturally escape, and then use it to make tea.
The choice of boiling water utensils
"Water is the mother of tea, the instrument is the father of tea", choose good water, want to brew good tea also need to choose a good boiling utensils; common water boiling devices on the market have: copper pots, iron pots, clay pots and so on.
The first is the copper pot; the density of copper is higher, more stable than aluminum and iron, and the boiling water of the copper pot will also precipitate trace amounts of copper at a certain temperature, which is beneficial to the human body. The second is the iron pot, simple and thick, through the casting technique, there is a strong heat storage capacity; and there will be a trace amount of iron elements beneficial to the human body. Then there is the clay pot, China's pottery process is mature, safe, simple and beautiful; especially fine pottery, which has a greater impact on water quality, can boil water alive, and has a higher cost performance.
Choose good water and utensils, bring good tea, meet up with three or five friends, brew and drink, and enjoy a leisurely time together.