Tea tools using guide – six tea gentlemen

The most common tea tools – six tea gentlemen

When steeping tea, some basic tea tools that may not have to use. But if you work with them, you can be more enjoy steeping tea, that’s what the funny of the tea ceremony. Such as the so-called Six Tea Gentlemen, which can help you on steeping tea well.
The Six gentlemen are not the tea tools for steeping tea directly, just for help, usually consists of six gadgets.
These six tea tools, some of them are easy to understand how they use, while others are difficult. Even sometimes people will use them in the wrong way. So, let’s go and learn how to use six tea gentlemen in the right way.

CONTENT

• Tea tools caddy
• Teaspoon
• Tea Funnel
• Tea stirrer
• Tea tweezer
• Tea needle

Tea tools caddy

Bamboo tea tools caddy

Some people use the tea tools caddy for storing tea, that’s very wrong. Tea tools caddy is used to place the tea tools, one of the six tea gentlemen.
And the tea caddy which used to store tea, usually with a cover, and a profession design at storing tea.

Teaspoon

Using a teaspoon to take out the tea from the can

The teaspoon is used to measure the tea, and take out the tea from the tea caddy.
When we taking out the tea from the tea caddy, use a teaspoon will be convenience. And avoid direct use of hand to take tea and contaminate the tea, the whole process is more clean and hygienic.
When you’re proficiency with a teaspoon, you can also easily measure the amount of tea with it to make sure that you don’t use too much or too little tea.

Tea Funnel

Tea funnel has no filter screen, that’s different from tea filter

Tea funnel is not like the tea filter. Tea funnel does not have a filter screen, so it can not filter the tea out from the teapot.
And what is the tea funnel used for? The tea funnel is generally used to cover above the teapot, to prevent the tea spill out when adding, as to keep the table clean.
The tea filter is generally used to cover above the fair cup, to separate tea leaves from tea.

Tea stirrer

Using a tea stirrer to add tea from the teaspoon

Tea stirrer looks like a stick. It’s used for putting the tea from the teaspoon or tea holder, into the teapot.
On another way, after steeping tea, the tea leaves will swell and fill the teapot, it’s difficult to dig them out. At this time we can use the tea stirrer to dig the steeped tea leaves out from the teapot, instead of using a finger.

Tea tweezer

Using a tea tweezer to protect your hands from the hot water

One of the uses of the tea tweezer is the same as that of the tea stirrer, is used for digging out the steeped tea from the teapot.
But the common use of the tea tweezer is to hold the teacup when washing it, to prevent hands burns. It also insulates teacups from contamination to some extent.

Tea needle

Using a tea needle to unclog the outlet of the teapot

The main function of the tea needle is to unclog the outlet of the teapot or the filter hole (ball drain) inside the teapot. When the outlet of a teapot is blocked by tea leaves, use a tea needle to unclog it so that the tea can be poured smoothly.
Some kinds of tea needle are made by metal, also used for pry out the tea from the tea brick.
Although these six tea tools are not necessary, many people who are particular about drinking tea will have a set. Some tea tools made with expensive materials or with special significance are highly collectible and popular with collectors.
The six tea gentlemen are mostly made of bamboo and wood, some are made of metal and other materials. Therefore, after each use must be clean at all, once moldy, not only affects the appearance of the tea tools but also causes adverse effects on health.