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LET'S DRINK TEA

Tea - the most widespread and most favourite drink worldwide. In the east it was known from an extreme antiquity. In Russia many centuries about tea knew nothing - drank kvass, сбитни, взвары, grassy infusions, honeys and to drink tea have begun about 300 years ago. But anybody already also does not remember that tea - a stranger, the foreigner. It has so got accustomed in Russia, that we consider as its national, primordially Russian drink.

 

Why tea so is popular also all is favourite? It has toning up an effect on a human body, strengthens vital signs and perfectly satisfies thirst. To drink it it is possible at any time. In a frost it will warm, in a heat will freshen, will give new forces, vivacity, will remove weariness, will calm. Not without reason ancient Chineses named tea "life fire". It is pleasant to drink a tea cup to one, but it is especially good почаевничать in the company. Tea drinking liberates, unites people, raises mood, allows to relax, have a rest.
Almost in each country there is a favourite ritual of tea drinking. And in the east, and in Europe to tea drinking always concerned with special trembling. In China tea ceremony it is faster philosophy, a part of national mentality, than simply table ritual. In Japan tea drinking - a solemn ceremony, there to it concern it is especially exacting and it is exacting. The mistress of the house can prove from the best party only precisely and scrupulously observing all subtleties of tea ceremony, and their great variety.

 

In Russia some centuries did not concede this fragrant drink on popularity any to another and certainly there was a custom of tea drinking. To drink tea loved everything, from it is small to it is great. Drank tea long, slowly conducted conversation, the drink freshened, invigorated, therefore any, even business matters dared behind a tea cup. Submitted tea on a table steams: a small teapot with tea leaves established on самоварчик or on a teapot with boiled water. Such way of giving of tea - purely Russian invention, anywhere is more so tea do not submit. The samovar was obligatory attribute, a symbol of good and a house cosiness. Tea drinking creates conditions for heart-felt conversation. And today, if you want to meet friends, to talk heart-to-heart, to see all family in gathering, will invite people expensive to you to tea.

 

In the summer it is especially good to arrange tea drinking towards evening on the nature behind the big table in a garden, or cosy having taken places on an open verandah. Place favourite cups, decorate a table with a bouquet field or garden flowers.
To make tea drinking and more pleasantly and more usefully it is possible, having enriched tea gathering of curative grasses, having prepared tea balms, взвары. You for certain surprise visitors with delightful taste and marvellous aroma, appear, such drink familiar to all. To make the grasses collected and dried by the hands in especially pleasantly chilly, autumn evening, to recollect summer.

 

To learn to distinguish, collect and correctly to prepare herbs simply. If grasses are collected, correctly dried and crushed in time, the cup of such fragrant, fragrant tea will bring the big advantage to health, and tea drinking will give pleasure. The glass of well made tea gives long sensation of inflow of forces for this reason it name "invigorating nectar".

 

If to follow English tradition, tea needs to be stored and submitted in tea-caddies: sheet - in densely closed tins, and packaged - in special wooden caskets. The curative mix of grassy gathering and tea to be stored in a glass jar with a cover (but not polyethylene) and no more than 2th years. For заваривания tea ceramic teapots suit porcelain, glass, or. It is necessary to refuse metal teapots and plastic ware.

 

Correct preparation of boiled water is important also. As east wise men consider, it is the whole art! And at such, simple at first sight, affairs as заваривание tea, there are small secrets, they will help to keep all useful properties of tea leaves. It is necessary to track, that water for tea leaves "was not digested" and as soon as will hammer in "a white key" water to switch off. Preliminary having rinsed a brewing teapot boiled water, make tea. It is impossible to wash a teapot inside with washing-up liquids as the tea film which improves taste of tea is thus washed off. Not without reason to be said, that in an old teapot tea is always more tasty.
Ancient east way of tea leaves of tea is interesting. In a warm dry faience teapot fill tea leaves and pour unboiled water (waters it is necessary so much that it has turned out кашица). Then a teapot with кашицей put on steam for 5 minutes then add up to the top and once again maintain over steam of 5 minutes. After that it add abrupt boiled water to half and again put on steam for 5 minutes. The sated fragrant infusion of amber colour as a result turns out.

 

At any way of tea leaves it is easier to keep taste and colour of tea, than aroma. Special skill for this purpose is required. Tea should be made for 5-15 minutes (depending on a grade) before giving on a table. Tea within 3-5 minutes, without additional heating is insisted, on a measure опорожнения a teapot add hot water, than the constant temperature of infusion is supported. The flavoured teas make during 2 - 3 minutes. More long заваривания is demanded by the Chinese tea and green tea. In general, whatever way tea made, the main condition - its freshness. Not without reason in the east there is a proverb: "Fresh tea is similar to balm, and the tea left for night, - is similar to a sting of a snake".
It is necessary after заваривания to pour all tea in cups. From the tea leaves which have staid in a teapot longer of half an hour, advantage will not be.

 

Whether it is possible to make tea some times? And on this question of the unequivocal answer is not present. Крупнолистовые premium teas it is not simply possible, and it is necessary to make some times as their soluble components pass in infusion rather slowly. Time for the second and third tea leaves increases, if it becomes during the same tea drinking, instead of next day.

 

There is a large quantity of recipes заваривания tea. The tea prepared under these recipes, will render anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, противопростудное action. And how many in it of vitamins, especially vitamin C. Besides flower, grassy smells rather well influence nervous system. Tea can be drunk not only hot, but also cold together with infusions of grasses and fruit juice. At these drinks extraordinary pleasant taste, they are beautifully looked in high glasses on a celebratory table.

 

The rests of grassy tea need to be merged in формочки for ice, to freeze and then an ice cube it is possible to wipe the person after or instead of washing. It is very useful for a skin, it becomes fresh, elastic, gets pleasant colour, smoothes wrinkles. Warm grassy tea it is possible to rinse a throat at cold, to do inhalation, to impose compresses on the inflamed eyelids, tired eyes. Grassy tea to very many people has helped or to keep health and working capacity, or to recover from many illnesses. So drink tea and good luck!

 

Irina Rusina

 

27.01.04

 

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