泡茶，需要温和的态度

喜欢茶的人几乎每天都得泡茶。投茶、注水、出汤、斟茶，就是泡茶的整个过程。


在泡茶的过程中，每个人的心性不同，心境不同，泡茶的动作不同，泡出来茶汤的口感也各异。


其实越是简单的事，越不容易做好。


有的人天天泡茶，其投茶、注水、斟茶的动作虽然十分熟练，但茶具摆得不七不八的，注水匀茶时亦茶汤四溅；有的人泡茶时全神贯注，双手齐用。注水斟茶时头侧向一边，两眼紧盯茶水唯恐滴漏，动作显得十分僵硬。


泡茶前，泡茶时，泡茶后都需要认真与温和的态度，就好比泡茶前是初见，一切都是新鲜且充满期待；泡茶时是相爱，一切都是缠绵，热烈而甜蜜；泡茶后如分手，一切归于平凡。


工作的时候，随手抓一把茶叶投入杯中，加水，泡的是一份匆忙。茶少了、味淡了就多浸泡一会；茶味太浓了，就少放一些茶或多添加点水即可，也没有太讲究，随意就好。


其实，对于泡茶喝茶而言，每天认真、用心、又自然地泡茶，把每个细节做好了就行了。


那么该如何对待茶，用心泡好一道茶呢？


一、等待沸水的耐心

无论你是用何种水泡茶，是用何种方式烧开水。但是，你都必须经历这样一个过程，看着冰凉的水渐渐地转为温和的水，再由温水转为沸水。看似不过几分钟的事，却需要极大的耐心。


二、如何泡好茶的细心

用心摆好茶具，用心掌握投茶量，用心去感受茶，用心去体验每一道茶汤的滋味变化，及时调整每一次注水的动作与茶叶浸泡的时间。每一次注水、每一次斟茶，做到心随水，水随心。


三、沏茶时的专心

不论你多么熟悉这道茶，多么熟悉你手中的茶具，每次泡茶时都要专心，恭敬你手中的每一道茶。


四、品味其中滋味的静心

请你先平复下自己的心绪，让自己回归平静的心。它，依然还只是那一杯茶，再没有别的。如此，方能品尝茶叶的真实味道。

Source: 2015-11-14 茗静同学 友茗天

10 Health Benefits of Drinking Tea

原来喝茶可以避免这么多的健康问题。茶不但有茶香，而且还那么健康。以后改喝茶了~

Didn't know drinking tea can bring so much health benefits! Tea is not only aromatic but also healthy. Gonna switch to drinking tea!

冬至愉快! Happy Winter Solstice Festival!

雪花把快樂心情編織，寒風把吉祥好運传递，冰霜把溫馨甜蜜凝聚，大地把幸福平安匯攏。

冬至到了，古吉祥祝大家冬至幸福徜徉。

May snow brings happiness, the wind brings good fortunate and the frost brings warmth, and the earth brings happiness & safety together.

KJS Tea House would like to wish everyone "Happy Winter Solstice Festival". May your "winter" be happy and safe~

The Health Benefits of Chinese Tea

Tea was considered an elixir in ancient China. The legendary founder of herbology, Shen Nong, contributed to the development of Chinese medicine with his extensive knowledge of herbs; he tested hundreds of herbs, including poisonous ones in order to distinguish those which had medicinal value from those which did not. He drank tea to counteract the effects of eating poisonous herbs.

According to TCM understanding, tea has both sweet and bitter flavors and possesses cooling properties. Tea helps to refresh the mind, enhance alertness and boost concentration. Tea can also promote body fluid production, quench thirst, clear heat and phlegm, promotes digestion and urination. Traditionally it is used as"

• A beverage to relieve indigestion and smooth bowel movements. It is especially good when combined with Tetradium ruticarpum (wu zhu yu 吴茱萸), ginger or green onion. It is also used to relieve headaches, dizziness, heat stroke and sleepiness.

• An antidote to clear toxic heat evils by promoting bowel movements and urination.

• When tea is processed with vinegar, it can relieve diarrhea. Decoction of fried tea can treat dysentery.

• A concentrated decoction of tea is used to expel phlegm due to wind evil and heat invasion.

Modern studies have found that tea contains more than 300 chemical substances, such as catechin, caffeine, flavonol, butyric acid, vitamins, minerals, pectin, saccharides and saponin. These ingredients work on the central nervous and cardiovascular system by acting as antioxidants, muscular relaxants and diuretics; they promote gastric secretions as well as inhibit bacterial growth. These pharmacological effects have the following health benefits:

• Improve the immune system, slow down aging and can help prevent cancer;
• Lower blood cholesterol and blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis;
• Prevent tooth decay, freshen the breathe and assist in digestion;
• Enhance the eliminating functions of the kidneys.

Source: 神农氏 Shen Nong

古吉祥与大家初次见面~ It was nice meeting you :)

国际茶会展示已经圆满结束了。谢谢大家前来品茶，也希望大家对我们的茶感到满意和喜爱。如果大家对我们的茶念念不忘的话，记得联系我们哦。我们可以一起泡茶，品茶，聊天。希望以后的日子，你们可以有茶的陪伴。这也是一种小小的幸福哦。

International Tea Day has ended with success. Thank you for coming over to taste our tea. We hope you like or LOVE our tea and left your mind refreshed! If you like our tea, please don't hesitate to contact us. We can make tea, taste tea and talk about anything in the future. We hope that in the future, you will have tea as part of your life and may tea brings joy to your daily lives. 

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Who are we and how did we start?

古吉祥香坊的故事:

在我们还没接触慈悲书斋的茶之前，我们一直认为茶要喝越浓，越涩，越苦才是好茶，才健康。

记得去年当我们第一次喝了他们家的的东方美人和蜜香红茶後，才知道喝茶是怎么一回事！从此我们对茶的印象完全改变。原来茶可以让人感觉那么幸福，那么温暖。味道原来不用那么涩和苦，茶汤可以不用那么浓，就能让人回味无穷。

为了可以让更多人体会到什么叫好茶，我们决定把慈悲书斋的茶直接从台湾带回来给古晋的朋友们。也希望大家可以喝到好茶，感觉到茶带来的幸福及温暖。

Story of KJS Tea House:

Before we tried tea from CBH Tea, our impression of good tea is that it has to be strong, bitter and dark. The darker it is, the more health benefits it has!

Our impression was changed completely after trying its Oriental Beauty Tea & Honey Black Tea last year. The smooth & fragrant taste and smell blew our mind! The experience was an unforgettable one. It has been a fulfilling journey of tea learning!

We have brought this tea all the way from Taiwan to share with our beloved Kuching people. We'd like you to taste them first hand and may it be an enjoyable experience for you as it has been for us - do give it a try!