The Chinese tea ceremony in full.

The young lady performs the full Chinese tea ceremony for us.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• tea
• ceremony
• China
• Xian

[subtleserveyor]

I wonder what type of tea she made...

[rsbonati]

@subtleserveyor - I think that it is pu'er cha (tea).

[apathy24]

thanks for posting...I have a question though...what is she speaking about in Chinese at beginning?

[rsbonati]

@apathy24 Sorry, I do not speak Chinese.

[themandarinreview]

She said : 各位嘉宾大家好，欢迎来到福寿品茗茶叶，我是99号茶艺师，今天­各位嘉宾所点的是大红袍。which means: hello everyone, welcome to the Fushou ( happy and live long ) tea shop. I am tea specialist NO.99. You are ordering Dahongpao (big and red gown ) tea .

Then she started to present the tea ceremony.

[rsbonati]

@themandarinreview - thanks for the translation

[SECTACYxHD]

Why do many people not realize drinking tea is a form of spiritual cleansing and meditation? It's not how fast or how much, but how well.

[AWhisperingRhapsody]

Am I the only one who got really annoyed when he said they needed 4 not 3? o.O after all that work and the first thing he does is complain...

[usenetposts]

hen hao he!

[krgrimm]

@elmiller1004 The first part of her speech is translated up above in the Top Comments section. I wish the rest was translated too. But you can infer what she is saying with her movements.

[elmiller1004]

I wish we could have some kind of translation as to what she is saying. The people she is brewing the tea for appear to be Australian or british from the accent. Please post a version of the video with sub titles perhaps. Thank you

[batonryep]

@aieoua That first "brew" is used to clean the tea leaves (they are hand picked and rolled) "wake up" the leaves and warm up the cups. The length of the second brew is dependent on the type of tea. Some teas reach their best flavor in seconds, other take a couple minutes. Over brewing (too long or too hot) usually results in bitter tea.

[YaDingus]

I buy my tea out of plastic jugs. America!

[Kimothy80]

@FastKart27 Me three! Sooo soothing after a long day at the office!  :-)

[lobzdik]

@aieoua good tea does not need to be brewed for that long, especially the way they make it in China (they age the pu-ehr tea) Also, as she washes the tea beforehand, it has already opened up by the time she pour in the water again

[krgrimm]

@FastKart27 Me too! :) 

[FastKart27]

Not sure why, but tea ceremony vids relax me and put me to sleep at night. :)