Some polite rules for drinking tea

Understand these 10 tea drinking rules so that you won't be rude in the process of drinking tea!

1, "Tea seven, rice eight, full of wine"

In China's tea-drinking culture, there is a saying that "wine is full of respect and tea is full of deceit". "Tea seven" means that when the host pours tea for the guests, he divides the teacup into seven full cups. This is because the wine is cold, and the guests will not be hot after drinking it, but the tea is hot. If it is too full, the guest may be scalded, and the cup may fall to the ground because of scalding, causing embarrassment to the guest. So pour tea for seven points and leave three points as a favor.

2. Don't rush people at the spout.

When placing the teapot, don't point the tea mouth at others. When the tea mouth is pointed at someone, it means that the person is unwelcome and has the meaning of driving people away. This statement comes from the old saying "farewell wine (tea)". In the past, when someone wanted to travel far away, everyone had to toast or drink tea to say goodbye to him, and pointed the spout at the person who was leaving, so the spout rushed at the person, meaning that the person was leaving.

3. Be old first and then young, and pay attention to seating.

In crowded places, the order of drinking tea is also particular. The first time you pour tea, you need to pour tea in the order of "old first, then small" and "respect first, then humble". When you pour tea for the second time, you don't have to follow this order. After talking about the order of drinking tea, let's talk about the order of seating. Elders or guests usually sit on the left side of the tea maker and pour tea from left to right.

Don't frown when drinking tea.

Don't frown when you go to someone's house for tea. Some people may frown because the tea is hot in the mouth, but frowning when drinking tea usually sends a message of dissatisfaction, indicating dissatisfaction with the tea and disgust with the host's family.

5. New customers need new tea.

In the process of drinking tea, if new friends join in halfway, you should make tea again, and invite new friends to taste the newly brewed tea first.

6. It is not advisable to drink tea after drinking.

Drinking strong tea after drinking is easy to cause kidney disease. After drinking, the ethanol in the wine enters the body and is converted into acetaldehyde through the liver, and acetaldehyde is then converted into acetic acid. Theophylline in tea has diuretic effect, thus promoting undecomposed acetaldehyde to enter the kidney prematurely. Acetaldehyde can stimulate the kidney, which in turn affects the kidney.

7. Don't invite tea again and again.

Don't persuade a friend to have tea again and again because he is kind. In the old society of China, there was a saying that tea was repeatedly invited as a way to see the guests off, and people were repeatedly advised to drink tea, indicating that there was no topic of communication and the guests had to leave. Although this saying has disappeared in most places today, many elderly people still follow this practice, so people are advised to be cautious when drinking tea.

8, instant tea for water.

When drinking tea with guests, pay attention to the tea in the guest's cup. When a guest drinks half a cup of tea, he should immediately add tea to the guest so that the temperature of the tea soup is roughly the same. If there is tea residue in the guest's cup, you should change it for the guest. Tea is no longer brown, which is a sign of disrespect for guests.

9. Don't touch the saucer.

When people are invited to drink tea, they usually offer cups and saucers with both hands. After drinking tea, put the cup down gently, and don't rub it or make a loud noise. It is impolite and provocative to put a small saucer on a tea tray and make a loud noise.

10, you can't drink the first sip of tea.

The first tea often has the function of "waking up tea". The first sip of tea contains impurities that are not suitable for drinking, and the first sip of tea soup is not in the best state. Therefore, it is disrespectful for ordinary guests to drink the first sip of tea.

China's tea drinking culture is extensive and profound. It is not enough to drink tea and love it. You should also know how to drink tea and drink tea for half your life. You should know the etiquette culture on these teas. After reading this 10 lesson about drinking tea, don't be rude to drink tea.