Are you looking for the Perfect Chinese Tea Set? If so, you’ve come to the right place. I have here an abundant resource of Chinese teapots, tea cups, mugs, and tea sets.
Chinese tea sets are become very popular among families of all ages.
Materials for the tea sets come in all different types of materials, like porcelain, ceramic, clay, and even gold.
More of the popular colors range from blue, green, or black, but your tea ware should fit your taste and needs.
Drinking tea is a long Chinese tradition which dates back to the Han dynasty. Many believe drinking tea actually originated in China itself.
Tea is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis tree. According to tea legend, the Chinese empire, Shen Nung, had a pot of boiling water out and a tea leaf fell into the pot of water and made tea. Chinese tea sets came later and the rest is history.
Now tea has become the number one consumed beverage drink around the world.
There are some mentions that Chinese Tea sets should only have one type of tea brewed in the set. So for instance you would have one teapot that you would only brew and steep one type of tea, like white tea or green tea.
If you wanted to have another type of tea, you would have an entirely different Chinese Tea set for that particular type of tea.
I can see this for the Chinese tea sets that are made of Clay. The reason for this is because the tea will actually get absorbed into the clay material, so if you were to brew one specify type of tea in the set, it will then be absorbed into the clay and thus the flavor will be continued with each consecutive brewing.
What many people do not know that all types of tea come from the same plant set. They are not only related, but they are the same plant. Chinese tea, Japanese tea, English Tea, Green tea, black tea, Oolong teas, and white teas all come from the Camellia sinensis tree. The difference among the types of tea is the oxidization period.
Tea sets vary greatly between the quality and the price of the actual teasets. A Chinese tea set will include such things like the tea pot, mugs or teacups, and possibly a tray or saucer to place the warm brewed tea or other accessories.
A very popular teaset from China is the Yixing clay teapots. These tea sets are made of Yixing clay, thus the name given.
Yixing teapots are said to be made specifically for black or Oolong types of tea. The clay actually keeps the water at a hot temperature for a longer time, keeping the degrees of the temp hotter than metallic Chinese tea sets.
Some sets are even used for ceremony purposes, such as weddings, and can cost anywhere from a few dollar to as much as thousands of dollars or a price unimaginable to the normal tea drinker.
A tea ceremony is very important to the participants, and having the right tea set is even more important.
Since China, many other countries have taken tea drinking as a normal everyday even; The Japanese, English, and even most Americans.
Some of the more popular Chinese Tea Sets Are:
1. Chinese Blue and White Rice Pattern Tea Set for 4 – porcelain
2. All Natural Handmade “Blue Pottery” Infuser Tea/Coffee Mug , Dragon
3. Blue and white chinese porcelain longevity teapot collection – set of 6 teapots
4. Oriental blue and white rice pattern miniature tea set – porcelain
5. Phoenix and Dragon Chinese Yixing Clay Tea Set 3 Piece Teapot 18 ounces With Infuser
Whichever type of Chinese tea set you choose to purchase, don’t forget to take the time and pour yourself a nice cup of tea and relax.
Watch This Chinese Tea Set Shop Video in Beijing China
