2022 Teahouse Opening Blessings

1. Among the tea drinkers, there are those who are greedy for petty gains. Some teahouses are close to the Pearl River. Some people choose a window seat near the river, eat a table of tea, and throw some dishes into the Pearl River without paying attention to the passengers. Every year during dredging, a lot can be recovered. What is even worse is to bring a briefcase with you when you go to the teahouse. After eating and drinking, you quietly put a few plates into the briefcase, "look at them", pick up the bag and leave, like a gentleman. The teahouse business is booming, and people come and go. It is inevitable that someone will quietly sneak away after eating. Cantonese people call this "taking orders." Even if there are occasional "orders", the rule of "eat first and see later" has never changed, which makes people have to admire the generosity and forgiveness of Guangdong restaurant owners!

2. This is a place where women and children in Guangzhou An allusion to Zhi:.

3. The school tea master. Around the 1980s, the word "pay the bill" replaced "look at the number". "Look at the number" is too straightforward, and "pay the bill" seems more elegant. When "paying the bill", "Qitang" becomes a lady, and the ladies no longer count dishes. When the tea guests want refreshments, the lady marks it on the tea order, making it more convenient to "pay the bill"!

4. Youxian's poem says: "One cup and two pieces go to the tea house, and the tea ceremony is held on the table with fingers. The legendary Qianlong Emperor Qing Dynasty on Sunday, the ministers should kowtow to thank the emperor for his kindness"!

5. Writer Zeng Peng said in "Kung Fu Tea Talk" ” wrote: The practice in Guangdong of tapping the table with fingers to express gratitude to the person who poured you tea is a good example. When someone is pouring tea for you, tap your fingers on the table. This not only indicates that you are paying attention to the hot tea being poured into the cup, but also expresses gratitude, which is equivalent to saying, "That's polite." At the same time, the guests and hosts can talk and laugh freely, and continue to say what they need to say without interrupting the conversation with the courtesy of pouring tea!

6. In the past, the waiters in Guangzhou teahouses were called "Qitang" ""Qi" in Cantonese means standing, and "Qitang" refers to the employees working in the teahouse lobby. Each "Qitang" has different duties, including tea stove, ground gel, basin holder, floor handyman, etc.!

7. The custom of drinking morning tea among Cantonese people began in the Qing Dynasty. "Yiliguan" usually opens in the streets and alleys, with a simple structure and only a bamboo shed to cover its head. Its equipment is very simple, with wooden tables and benches, pastries are served, and a wooden sign hangs on the opening with the word "Tea Party" written on it. The tea supply is only one cent, hence the name "Yili Pavilion". "Yiliguan" later developed into "Erliguan", which was still a low and simple teahouse. There is a folk saying: "Go to the Erli Pavilion for a meal and tea. The price of the tea is two cents for less money. The cakes and cakes are all worth the food, and the best way to support the belly is not to spend a holiday." "To offset the food" means a good deal, and "to buy the belly" means a good deal. Eating well means being full, and "not spending time off" means being affordable!

8. Feng Mingquan, a veteran in the Guangzhou teahouse industry, once wrote: Teahouses attach great importance to the quality of tea, and buyers must have good skills. The knowledge of identifying tea varieties is not simple. Not only must we know how to distinguish various teas, but we must also know how to distinguish various by-product teas, including green tea, tea bone, and various types of unfermented, semi-fermented and fermented teas. Therefore, almost every tea house has a "school" tea master (mostly a buyer or warehouse manager) who mixes high, medium and low-grade teas of the same type, different origins or different prices, to achieve the desired color, aroma, and taste. It is indeed not easy to improve the taste and resistance to "infusion" (steeping) and other properties, which not only meets the requirements of tea drinkers, but also reduces the cost. The author has personally seen them evaluate various types of tea leaves of the same type. They put the same amount of tea leaves into several tea cups at the same time and taste them one by one. They can instantly tell the tea production area, characteristics and picking season!

9 , Nowadays, if you shout "Qitang" in a teahouse, no one will pay attention to you. Today's "Qitang" are all pretty little girls. The problem is that we don't know how to call them now. Let's call them "Miss". "Miss" seems to have become a special noun. It is not suitable to be used in good families. Let's call them "eldest sister". , it's a bit disrespectful to call her "sister", it's disgusting. "The masses are the real heroes." Many tea drinkers used the word "beautiful girl" with a hint of intimacy and casualness.

10. "Looking at the number" and "paying the bill". Guangzhou teahouses pay attention to boiling water for the best tea, and boiling water is regarded as the "lifeblood" of teahouses.

The boiling water in the teahouse is double-boiled. In addition to a dedicated boiling water furnace, each hall is equipped with a furnace. The furnace mostly burns briquettes. The furnace surface is covered with a thick iron plate with holes as big as the furnace mouth. , can hold four copper hanging pots. "Qitang" uses a pedestal furnace to keep and heat the water after fetching water from the boiling water boiler. Today's services are more sophisticated. In higher-end teahouses, tea guests can use a complete tea set, including a small kettle and a small stove, ensuring that tea guests can use boiling water to make tea!