Four Treasures of Chinese Tea

It is well known to all about the "scholar's four jewels", namely, writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and rice paper, while few have a little bit knowledge of the four trassures of Chinese tea, Here I'd like to share with you such kind of knowledge, and if you want to get more detailed information, you can see Onlinechinatours:



Yushuwei, a kettle which is used for boiling water, usually in reddish brown and the volumn is around 250 ml.



Yushuwei

A carefully decorated one, on which there is a dragon, maybe it is a royal facility in the past.



Chaoshan stove, applying for boiling water, usually takes charcoal as the fuel, the firepower can be controlled through changing the inflow of wind.



Chaoshan stove and Yushuwei



Mengchen jar, a teapot for making tea, Mengcheng jar is always carefully selected from Yixing pottery teapots.



The side face of Mengcheng jar

Mengcheng jar from the above

Ruochenou, namely, cups for tasting tea, usually made of ceramic whiteware 

Ruochenou with inscription on the bottom

Using such Ruochenou for tea will certainly give you a more pleasant feeling, Ruochenou and tea would add  fragrance and charm to each other.