The "Tea" in Tea Culture

Tea refers to tea leaves, and also refers to beverages brewed with tea leaves. During the development of tea, some plants, leaves, seeds, rhizomes, etc. that can be used to brew beverages, are also called tea, such as "herbal tea" brewed with medicinal herbs, "herbal tea" brewed with petals scented tea".

China is the hometown of tea, and Chinese people have the habit of drinking tea and drinking tea since ancient times. The cultivation and utilization of tea trees have a very long history. China's tea plantation area is larger than that of other countries. Comprehensive history, climate, category and other conditions, my country's tea area can be divided into four: South China tea area, Southwest tea area, Jiangnan tea area, Jiangbei tea area. From the tea production process, there are green tea, black tea, yellow tea, dark tea, green tea and white tea. Green teas include Mengding Ganlu, Lu'an Guapian, Longjing tea, Biluochun, Xinyang Maojian; black teas include Chaoshan Gongfu tea; yellow teas include yellow bud tea, yellow tea, and yellow small tea; dark teas include Yunnan Pu'er tea, Shaanxi Fuzhuan tea, Guangxi tea Liubao tea and Sichuan side tea; green teas include Tieguanyin, Dahongpao, and Dongding Oolong tea; among the famous white teas are Baihao Yinzhen and White Peony from northern Fujian and Ningbo.

Sen Rikyu: A Japanese who Leverages history with the tea ceremony

 Sen Rikyu is undoubtedly the most famous name in the history of Japanese tea ceremony, but his "imperial" potter Nagajiro has always been hidden behind the aura of the master, so foggy but impossible to ignore. In the written materials left by Sen Rikyu, it is difficult to find Nagajiro's name. However, Nagajiro's name has long been integrated into the precious tea sets over the years, and solidified into a rich history of Japanese tea ceremony culture.

The Japanese like to say that Nagajiro was born in a family of "dulai people". Nagajiro's father, Ami Ye, was a pottery craftsman who was good at firing low-temperature glazes. He departed from Fujian, China, and finally arrived in Japan via the Korean Peninsula. The pottery technology brought over from China started a family and settled down in Japan. Although some insist that Nagajiro's father is Korean, his mastery of the Tang Sancai technique may be a powerful proof that he is a Chinese craftsman.