do chinese use tea whisk
Yes.
Chinese people do use tea to make tea. Tea drinking in China has a long history and the way of drinking tea has gone through many evolutions.
Evolution of Tea Drinking
Ancient times: The history of tea drinking in China can be traced back to the time of Shennong, when tea was first noticed for its medicinal use. Ancient people directly chewed the fresh leaves of the tea tree to extract the tea juice, and then gradually developed into decoction, that is, the tea leaves were washed and boiled with water, and taken with the leaves in the soup1.
Before the Tang Dynasty: tea was mainly used for food or medicinal purposes, people would cook tea with other ingredients such as salt, onion, ginger, orange peel, etc. to make “vegetable soup” or “Ming porridge”. Tang Dynasty: the method of decocting tea leaves with other ingredients appeared.
Tang Dynasty: The method of decocting or boiling tea appeared. In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu described in detail the decoction method in the “Tea Scripture”, that is, the tea leaves are put into the pot to cook, and also add the ingredients.
Song Dynasty: The tea-dotting method emerged, and Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty personally demonstrated tea-dotting by grinding tea leaves into powder, pouring hot water into it and stirring it with a tea brush to form a milky white foam.
Ming Dynasty: Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, ordered the “Abolition of the Group Xing San”, that is, the abolition of the group of cake tea, instead of using loose tea, forming what we are familiar with today’s loose tea handful of brewing method.
Why are matcha whisks so expensive?
Tea scoops are tea props that are made of bamboo, wood or ivory and are used to serve matcha tea from tea bowls or thin wares. With the tea bowl, tea into the tea props with its own aura of difference, most of the tea spoon of the famous products of its appearance, neither exquisite carving, and no fascinating color. But the simplicity of the square inches, actually hides a great mystery.
The main body of the creation of the tea spoon is not the artisan, but the tea people. The tea spoon and the bamboo tube that organizes it are made by the tea man himself from the selection of materials, design to sharpening. The creation of the sentiment, the tea spoon cohesion of the tea people’s thoughts and aesthetic interests, is recognized as one of the most appreciated tea props. A masterpiece that makes tea people nod, will be sent to the deep tea temple by the Taoist monks to write inscriptions, the maker of the concept will be passed on to future generations. It is for this reason that when appreciating the hand-shaved teaspoons of famous tea makers through the ages, it is quite touching to have a conversation with the ancients.