How to drink tea

There are so many teabag shots in 365 in the last two days. The oriental way of tea drinking is using loose tea leafs. The most basic steps are: 1 – Brew the tea in the teapot; 2 - Pour into the thin cup; 3- appreciate the aroma; 4 - pour into the small cup; 5 – drink!
Sorry – No tea bags!

[Maggiemae]

Simple yet so elegant! Well I organised, Yao!

[Sharon Simpson]

Thank you for your lesson in making tea! Do you warm your cups first and the tea pot? Such a lovely capture, too! The low lights give your tea making a serious mood.

[Yao RL]

@savannah51 It is a serious business - haha, Right now I am drink tea in a big mug!
You are right, every utensils are warmed up by the first brew.

[tingliu]

雅致

[Carol W]

I like the low key approach and the beautiful porcelain. It makes me want to try a cup of it! Lovely shot.

[SusieV]

I definately would love a cup of this tea! Beautifully composed and shot..

[kali]

how beautiful

[Kathie]

Nice set up and lighting. Well worth the extra effort to brew.

[Ian McGuire]

Very civilized for a misbehaving wench!....:)))

[Alicias]

Very nice setup. It now makes me want to drink some nice Chinese Dragon Well tea.

[Alan]

Much classier

[Yao RL]

@ianrm I think I chose the wrong book, I should read Sun Tzu‘s The Art of War. I am busy right now, I will deal with you on your stone circle page – by the way, it is a nice shot!

[Yao RL]

@alicias @Dragon Well tea, It sounds much more interesting in English, take me a while to figure out what Chinese tea you are refer to.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

And this kind of tea is also quite good! Looks like a nice serving set too.

[Taffy]

Talk about classy!! This is just beautiful Yao.

[Lisa Stein]

Very elegant composition!

[Catherine Pace]

not a teabag in sight :o) now this is stylish yao - you would never find one of these cups with 'World's Greatest Mum' printed on it ha ha