Monday, October 8, 2012

Aroma Cup And Tea Appreciation Cup

The aroma cup and tea appreciation cup are sometimes used to brew Oolong tea.

Warming the cup
1. Hold the tea appreciation cup in one hand and turn it anticlockwise.
2. Pour the water in the cup onto the tea tray.
3. Use tea tongs to hold the tea appreciation cup and turn it anticlockwise for a full circle before draining the water.
4. Use tea tongs to pick up the aroma cup and warm it the same way as the tea appreciation cup.
5. Warm the cup by stacking them one on top of the other. Roll the cups between the fingers to warm them.
6. Use tea tongs to pick up the tea appreciation cup to warm another cup.

Aroma appreciation
1. Pour the tea in the tea appreciation cup, hold the empty aroma cup to breathe in the fragrance.
2. Rub the aroma cup between your hands and bring it toward your nose to breathe in the fragrance.
Tea appreciation
1. Hold the cup between the thumb and second finger, support the base with the third finger, tuck in the fourth and last finger and hold the tea appreciation cup steady.
2. Slowly being the cup to your lips and gently sip the tea, inhale the fragrance.

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