我们有一句潮州话 There is a saying in Chaozhou
看熟唔知惊 You become inured to the unusual when you have seen enough of it
You are no longer in awe of it 3 00:00:23,559 --> 00:00:26,520 Because you see it everyday
Gongfu tea is our everyday practice
It takes a lot of learning
I was born in Hong Kong in 1937
And Japanese invaded Hong Kong in 1942
My father took the whole family back to Chaozhou
I didn't go to middle school after graduating from primary school
I learned Gongfu tea from a master
Worked as his tea boy
Gongfu tea was originally drank by labor workers
Blacksmiths
They lighted charcoal in a stove
And had a clay pan on the stove to make tea
Drink tea while working
And now it is found in every household
Different kinds of tea
Require different steps to make
But to the same end
Making a good cup of tea
Fenghuang Dancong (Phoenix Oolong) is famous now
I found an old tea farmer in Wudong Mountain
After picking
Through three times of drying in the sun and in air
I tasted it after every step
And finally I reached a conclusion
In every step the astringent taste of tea must be removed
The worst thing about tea is the astringent taste
It's fine if it's bitter
After the bitter comes the sweet
First, warm the serving teapot
To better enhance the scent of tea
Then rinse and warm the tea cups in the same fashion
After this
It's the perfect time to pour the tea
Three cups, one pointing at me
And the other two on the side of your guests
From their side the cups form the Chinese character 品 (taste)
Guanggong inspects the city, Hanxin counts the soldiers （Chinese tea art terminology)
The secret lies in the back and forth movement
Observe as you rotate the teapot
If there is less tea in one cup
You stay longer over the cup
Others wouldn't know you are adding more to it
And you've finished adding
Tea art is a technique of deception
When the color in every tea cup turns the same
You don't have to say anything, just signal with a gesture 50 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:01,199 And your guests know they can drink
When I have visitors
Say there are five groups of them
I'd change tea 5 times
It's my way to show respect
Sometimes in our culture
We tend to elevate tea more than necessary
Including Gongfu tea
In Chaozhou, every household makes Gongfu tea
In front of every shop there is a tea stall
Whoever you are
Everyone talks together over a cup of tea
Gongfu tea is a tool to coordinate neighborhood relations
Over a cup of tea
The problem between two families may be resolved
Lu You said
Work outside poems
Which means you should read other things besides poetry
In my spare time
Practice brush writing, read old books, study tea culture
Through efforts in different aspects
You will form a temperament
The general idea was
That girls learn tea art
But that is changing now
Locals are starting to pay attention to tea learning
To recover these things
Is a gradual process