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Steps For Making
Steps For Making
Step 1 If you haven't used the teapot for a while, rinse it out first with hot water.
Step 4 Pour water out from this large teapot into the small teapot from some distance, until the
leaves are covered with water. Almost immediately after hot water has been poured into the small
teapot, pour out the water among the small tea cups. You will not drink this tea. The purpose of this
pour is to season and warm the cups.
Note that this first serving of tea should only actually "brew" for 10-30 seconds. By the time you have
finished emptying the cups over the tea pot, it is time to pour out the tea from the tea pot into the cups.
With each subsequent infusion, add approximately 30 seconds to the brewing time. A good tea will
produce a minimum of 3 infusions.
Offer to your guest. If you are the guest, receive the tea cup and holder with both hands. To drink the
tea, hold the tea cup holder with your left hand and lift the tea cup gently with the fingers of your right
hand. Each tea cup will hold 2 or 3 sips of tea