What are the basic etiquette for tea service?

Basic etiquette for tea service

1. Requirements for appearance of tea service personnel

Appearance refers to a person’s appearance. It includes various aspects such as appearance, clothing and posture. Dignified, beautiful, and neat appearance can make guests feel good during the reception process, thus helping to improve work efficiency. When it comes to tea art, the person who makes tea, the process of making tea, and the tea leaves have become one. At this time, the dress, appearance, and mentality of the tea maker should match the environment.

Appropriate dress

Clothing, in a large sense, is a kind of culture, which reflects the cultural quality, spiritual outlook and material civilization development of a nation; in a small way, clothing is a kind of culture. , Clothing is also a kind of "language", which can reflect a person's career, cultural accomplishment, and aesthetic consciousness, and can also show a person's attitude toward himself, others, and even life. The principle of dress should be appropriate and harmonious.

During the process of making tea, if the color and style of the clothes are not coordinated with the tea set environment, the "tea-drinking environment" at this time will not be elegant. If you are very careful and have enough energy, you will also take into account changes in seasons and occasions.

When spring comes, wear fresh light-colored clothes; in cold winter, wear dark clothes that look warm, etc., are all suitable choices.

Tea making clothes should not be too bright and should match the environment and tea sets. Tea tasting requires a quiet environment and a peaceful mind. If the color of the tea maker's clothes is too bright, it will destroy the harmonious and elegant atmosphere and make people feel uneasy. In addition, the style should be Chinese style, and the cuffs should not be too wide, otherwise tea sets or water will be stained and give people an unhygienic feeling. Clothing should be washed frequently and kept tidy.

Neat hairstyle

As a tea art staff, the requirements for hairstyle are somewhat different from those of other positions. If you are in charge of the tea ceremony, your hair should be clean and tidy, and avoid letting your hair scatter to the front when your head is tilted forward, which will affect the operation and block the line of sight. When making tea, if hair falls on the tea set or operating table, it will be very unhygienic for guests.

In principle, the hairstyle should be based on your face shape, suit your temperament, and give people a very comfortable, neat, and generous feeling. Regardless of the length, it should be combed according to the requirements for making tea. If you have short hair, it is required that when you lower your head, your hair should not fall down and block your sight; if you have long hair, tie your hair up when making tea, otherwise it will affect your operation.

Beautiful hand shape

As a tea artist, you must first have a pair of slender, soft hands. Pay attention to timely maintenance and keep them clean at all times, because during the process of making tea During the meal, the guests’ eyes always stay on your hands, watching the whole process of making tea, so the hands of the service staff are extremely important.

Don’t wear jewelry on your hands, because if you wear too outstanding jewelry, you will feel like you are taking over the rest and not elegant enough. In addition, rings and bracelets that are too large can easily knock the tea set. Make uncoordinated sounds and even break the tea set. Don't paint your fingernails with color, otherwise it will look exaggerated. In the process of tea art operation, the hands play the leading role. The host operates everything with both hands, including holding the teapot or other tea sets. If the hands are not washed clean, it is likely to contaminate the tea leaves and tea sets. During tea art competitions, I often hear judges mentioning which cup smells like cosmetics and which cup smells like soap. This is because the smell of detergent was not completely washed away when washing hands, or the smell was used before making tea. She held her chin in her hands, smelling of cosmetics on her face.

Nails should be trimmed neatly in time, kept clean, and no long nails should be left.

Delicate face

Tea is an elegant thing. Do not wear too much makeup on your face, and do not spray strong perfume. Not to mention that the tea aroma will be destroyed, and the tea leaves will People's feelings are always inconsistent. When making tea for guests, you can wear light makeup. Pay attention to daily care and maintenance of your face to maintain a fresh and healthy complexion. When making tea for guests, your facial expression should be calm and relaxed, with a smile on your face.

2. The manners and expressions of tea art staff

Manners refer to people’s movements and expressions. In daily life, every move, every gesture, every frown and every smile of a person can be summarized as manner.

Manners are a kind of silent "language" that reflects a person's quality, education level and the degree to which he can be trusted by others.

For tea art staff, every move in the process of making tea for guests is particularly important. Take the movements of the hands as an example. If you lie on the table with your left hand and make tea with your right hand, you will look lazy. If you make tea with your right hand and keep moving your left hand, you will feel nervous. Make tea with one hand and hang it vertically with the other hand. From the other side's perspective, it looks like a hand is missing. It is best to place the unused hand naturally on the operating table.

When placing tea leaves, in order to see how much tea has been put, it is not safe enough to lower your head and look into the pot; sometimes it is not good to worry about over-stuffing and leave the guests alone and stare at the timer. Action: bending the body and working hard, the personality seems not cheerful enough, and the hospitality is not friendly enough. When making tea, try not to tilt your body so as not to give people the feeling of weightlessness.

A person’s personality is easily revealed through the process of making tea. You can subtly change a person's mood by modifying his posture and movements. When you see a person smiling and brewing her best tea, you will be infected with her healthy, lovely and delicious atmosphere before you even drink it.

When you start practicing making tea, you should recite one action after another just to be correct and lay a solid foundation; slowly, each action will become proficient. At this time, we need to pay attention to two things: first, express the rhythm of each action combination; second, integrate the action of making tea into the communication with the guests.

When making tea, the taste of the tea is particularly important, but the tea maker’s decent clothing, neat hairstyle, delicate face and graceful movements will also give people a pleasing feeling and make the tea drinker Truly a treat.

The etiquette service of tea art pays attention to the "four beauties", and the requirements for the tea masters themselves are very strict. ?From the perspective of "human beauty", the tea artist's whole person should give people a sense of beauty from top to bottom, which requires the tea artist to have a good appearance; the hair style should be standard, usually with a bun; heavy makeup, perfume or Cosmetics with a strong fragrance; no jewelry of any kind is allowed; it is best to wear the national dress cheongsam, but the color should be elegant and not bright red or green; shoes should be semi-high-heeled cloth shoes, not high heels. At the same time, the environment for tea tasting must be beautiful and elegant, the utensils must be beautiful, and the tea leaves must be beautiful.

Tea making etiquette is also very particular. Among them, tea sommeliers are required to walk softly, speak softly, and move softly. The tea sets must not collide; the tea sets must be placed neatly and not cluttered. When viewed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, cups, bowls, and pots must be in a straight line; When using water, the water line should not be broken or too thick; green tea brewing generally adopts the "Phoenix Three Nodding" style, and there are three ways to add tea: upper, middle and lower.

Tea masters should also be proficient in tea brewing techniques, tea brewing methods in cups, bowls, pots and other tea sets, as well as tea art performance art. In addition, service etiquette also includes smiling, nodding, and bowing.

While building an image externally, tea masters also need to have strong internal qualities. In accordance with the standards of the National Tea Artist Qualification Certificate, students will learn the development history of tea culture, famous tea stories and legends, famous tea people in history, tea poems, tea songs, as well as the development origins of ancient, modern and modern teahouses; it is necessary to learn from tea cultivation, Basic knowledge of tea management, including picking, processing, classification, identification, storage, and healthy tea drinking, as well as learning about food safety knowledge and related regulations.