🍵There are many gestures that you might notice if you are lucky enough to attend a Chinese tea ceremony. 🫖Boiling water is poured over every cup in front of the guests not only to heat the cups before filling them with tea, but as a symbol of respect for your guests that you have prepared clean serving ware for them. 🌱You might also notice that the first steeping of tea is often poured over the cups until they overflow and then discarded. The overflowing cup is a symbol of abundance. 🐯Some people may even pour the first steeping over little yixing clay tea animals (tea pet). “Feeding” them is good luck, and a way to show that you have been drinking tea for a long time.🌿 #lovehakkakitchen #leaf#beans #hakka #hakkakitchen #leafandbean #leaf&bean #904jax #904 #visitjacksonville #visitflorida #organic #organicgardening #vegan #veganfood #vegetarian #plantbased #tea #teatime #greentea #chinesetea #blacktea #puertea #teasommelier #teacurator #whitetea #teatable #tasting #teaware #chin...