New tea sea
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Making tea kungfu style needs a tea sea (a cumbersome translation of
the Chinese 茶海 or 茶盤).  The function of the tea sea is to act as a
drip tray for all the spills that occur naturally as part of the
tea-making process.
I travel a lot and the tea sea is the most cumbersome part of a
Chinese tea set.  The best ones are made of heavy ceramic and are
easily broken during transport.  My last one was plastic, but even
that succumbed eventually to ill treatment, so I was pleased to see a
reasonable sized bamboo one on sale in Singapore on Mosque Street.
The rectangular packaging (compared to the traditional round shape of
a tea sea) made it easy to pack into my suitcase and bamboo is far
less likely to break than clay.  The price of 25 Singapore dollars
(USD18 or GBP11) meant that if it did break, it would not have caused
too much heartache either.


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  • I never knew the tea sea could be bought at such a low price.  I thought it would be more like hundreds of dollars.  I would say it’s necessary for anyone serious about tea to have a dedicated place to make the stuff.  I have a glass-topped table that can take a large amount of spilling with no problem.  —Spirituality of Tea

    Posted by Jason Witt on 09/10/28 at 08:16 PM
    • ‘Tea Sea’ (茶海) is actually the name of the pitcher used to pour the tea - the ‘faircup’ if you will. The bamboo box is a ‘cha pan’ (茶盘) - which translates into English as ‘tea tray’.
      You don’t really need one to for brewing tea, though - a nice saucer placed on top of a thick, absorbent towel does a good job. Set a small wide-mouthed bowl to the side, and just dump the excess water that accumulates on the saucer into the bowl.

      Posted by teaguy on 09/11/18 at 06:43 PM
      • i just discovered your blog and really like it smile .

        Posted by Joakim on 10/02/20 at 08:06 PM
        • Maybe its a stupid question, but why do you call it kung fu style?

          Posted by Selbstbräuner on 10/03/10 at 10:16 PM
          • Ok, no need to answer it, I just found out, it was really a stupid question smile

            Posted by Selbstbräuner on 10/03/10 at 10:18 PM


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