We always did this even at dim sum brunch, not just for tea parties or in tea gardens. The youngest person at dim sum has to fill everyone else's cups and the older people tap the table when you refill their tea for them. We say "yum cha" or "drink tea," for having dim sum brunch, because there's so much tea served with the little plates of food. It's like Chinese tapas, but in the morning, after Tai Chi. :)

I went to China last year and tried speaking it, and failed miserably. I give her and everyone big respect for speaking both. It's not easy! Kids can do it, guess I'm not a kid anymore😂

1. Don’t serve the guests with the first steep. 2. Don’t fill the teacups too much. 3. Seniors come first. 4. Guests come first and host/hostess comes last. 5. Use gestures to say thank you. 6. Put down cups gently without making big noise. 7. If you have new guests joining, replace tea leaves in to show your hospitality. 8. If the tea flavor is fading and the host is not adding new leaves in, that’s a sign for guests to leave.

@seamusoseaghdha6175

2 жыл бұрын

What if there's no tea left for yourself (host) after pouring for guests?

@sophiafrancis7436

Жыл бұрын

@@seamusoseaghdha6175 i imagine it would be the host's responsibility to have the tea amount and tea set of the appropriate size for the tea party. Like inviting guests to dinner. If you didn't have enough, it would be very embarrassing. And as she said, round after round of steeps with the tea leaves, it will begin to loose flavor and be mostly water. And it would be a sign for the guests to close the tea party.

@Bitisu

Жыл бұрын

@@seamusoseaghdha6175 getting used to how much your fairness cup can put in each cup is something you get figure out twice. Once when you warm up the cups and another when you do the first steep/wash.

@grumster4206

Ай бұрын

@@seamusoseaghdha6175 If the gongdao bei runs out of tea before you get to yourself, you can just make another steep and keep that ready for when someone finishes their cup!

Have been wondering why people in China were tapping the table with their fingers while drinking tea, in some video's on youtube, now I know the answer and a whole lot of other useful and interesting things. Thanks! :)

@emilyyue4161

6 жыл бұрын

Great to know my video helped a little:) Thanks for watching!

I always thought they were impatient to hit the table 😂

The right way for me to learn is through a great teacher. Thank you. I appreciate you so very much. I'll know and yeah my daughter because of your amazing teachings. Thank you again, Sister Caroline

Thank you so much for your teaching! :)

Fascinating stuff. Thanks for this, Emily. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. X

Thank you so much for this informative and charming video.

Thank you very much. I genuinely LOVE learning the culture and the respect involved in the tea ceremony. This was VERY educational.

Great video! Thank you for making this video. I learned a lot :)

In some part of the world if you keep knocking the table that .Means keep going keep going ( keep pouring until it's is overflowing.)😀😀😀

So interesting. Thank you!

Thank you so much for this.

Absolutely wonderful!

Very fascinating tea etiquette. Thank you 🙏🏻

❤ Xie Xie there is so much to learn about this super magical brew. Its rituals, deep seated culture never fails ro fascinate me. I loved this clip.

That was fascinating,thank you!

Hi Emily, my friend and I thought your treatment of the subject of etiquette was so interesting and instructive and I look forward to seeing more of your videos !! Best wishes, Georgios. 😄😄😄

Thank you. I appreciate all of your points. #LoveTEA

Thanks for sharing the story behind the knocking thing. That's quite interesting story.

This is so cool I love learning about this kind of stuff

Thank you for the lesson. ☺️

Thank you so much for this great video about proper tea etiquette. I am just now learning about the benefits (physical/medical) of drinking tea AND I would like to entertain guests with tea but want to do it properly and in order. Thank you for this great video!

Very nice!! Thank you and hello from Porto, PT!! :)

thanks your explanation was excellent..

Thank you Emily, excellent, and a new subscriber :)

Thank you!

Awesome Job!!Thank You Very Much!!!!!

@emilyyue4161

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

Thank you so much for this review of tea etiquette and the story about Emperor Qianlong. I am trying to learn everything about the traditions and process of asian tea drinking and this was very helpful. I would like to know what type of vessels were used for each process. I see you have a kettle and you also have three additional vessels. What is the purpose of each vessel? In acient times, what type of vessel was used to heat the water? How did they keep the water hot? Also, I have heard of "tea pets". Can you explain the purpose of tea pets? Finally, if you have any suggestions to purchase tea sets as well as good quality tea, please provide. Thank you

I will be taking a trip to China for tea, Thank you so much for your information.

I’m Chinese and I love this video so much. Informative.

Thank you. My student sent me a real tea set with everything including tea.I am ready for my tea ceremony

thank you 🙏

感谢分享，非常有用！

Thanks for the story behind the tapping of the fingers (just saw that on Space Force- Netflix) & wondered why that would be the sign of respect. Thanks for sharing aspects of the culture!

学了一课, 谢谢您的教导

Love this 😭

Thank you very much from Germany. Very interesting. Yes, tea is culture.

Thanks for the video. I am starting to look forward to them! :) maybe a cool video would be a full gongfu style brew session (heating/cleaning cups, tea pet, etc, with friends maybe just music for first video then do voice over for second? 👍🏻😀🤤

@emilyyue4161

6 жыл бұрын

Brandon J Thanks Brandon for your creative suggestion! We will definitely make such video later~

Thanks

Nice, thank you. subbed:)

#8 is my favorite.

Nice video

Is there a set number of taps or it doesn't matter?

thank you.... tapping with my fingers :)

@emilyyue4161

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! :)

@k.s.3748

4 жыл бұрын

I am not surprised to see you here, Archer! Good Manners are Universal.

Great video. Thank you so much. One question, how does a tea guest can let the tea host know in a respectful way that he/she doesn't want tea anymore?

@emilyyue4161

5 жыл бұрын

Hi David, that's a very god question! The simple way is just keep your cup full and don't drink it and then the tea host will don't have the chance to get you more tea. That's what people usually do in tea table.

谢谢/thank you so much for teaching me!

Chinese people are used to serving tea to guests and have formed a corresponding tea etiquette. For example, when inviting a guest to drink tea, the cup should be placed on the tray and offered with both hands. The cup should be placed in front of the guest's right hand. When talking and drinking, the guest should be provided with water in time. The guest should be good at "taste", sipping tea slowly and taking small mouthfuls instead of gulping it down.

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thank you! id like to kno about the daily rhithm of drinking tea, are there times to drink tea and times not to drink tea ? do people drink it into the night ? mabe even like some drink coffee ? thankyou for any clarification !

I saw some do thumbs up (after pouring) or open their hand when the host is pouring. I’ve also seen both host and guest dump the guests cup then flip it upside down what does these mean?

Thank you for sharing this interesting information. The Chinese tea etiquette has good reminders to respect our elders and to show thanks, respect, and hospitality. These are universal values, but we can see that something simp,e, like drinking tea, can have powerful social.messages and reinforce those values. This is important for every culture.

I have a question. When adding new tea leaves to the pot, should you remove the old ones, or simply add more leaves on top of the old leaves???

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wanna ask if the young guest enjoy the tea with our old parents , who is the first to serve ? our parents or the guest ?

What if you need to pee?

I'd imagine #5 has initiated all sorts of awkwardness

Is it a bad thing to add sugar, and milk, honey and/or lemon? I add milk and sugar and always drink the first steep because it is the strongest.

@emilyyue4161

2 жыл бұрын

Of course it doesn't matter how you want to drink your tea! You choose your own way!

以后要和你学品茶啦！

@emilyyue4161

6 жыл бұрын

是那个我认识的李舫嘛~

@lifang4507

6 жыл бұрын

是的呀哈哈

@emilyyue4161

6 жыл бұрын

哇塞 谢谢支持！

Hi

Me watching this video and thinking about the tea ceremony I participated in, in NYC, having not done any of this: OH shit.

Xie Xie, Laoshi :)

@emilyyue4161

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching;）

so complicated 😵

the point of rinsing has nothing to do with pesticides. Its to allow the tea to "bloom"/awaken (allowing loose leaves to hydrate, or to decompress a pu'erh cake) without losing to much heat. this allows for more flavor during the main steeping process. This is standard gung fu cha technique not etiquette.

Instructions not clear, I am stuck in Chinese prison.

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The finger tapping would be a sign of impatience and disrespect in Europe. Funny how such simple gestures can be perceived so differently.

Haiyaaa what you talking about drink tea properly Put cup in mouth, make thing so complicated haiyaaa

Cute set but I'd rather use European set.would drive me crazt drinking from such small cup.