Did you burp while drinking rock tea?
There seems to be some consensus in the folk rock tea circle about drinking tea, such as when you drink a decent cup of tea, you will sweat, burp, and feel comfortable. Human senses and understanding are the evaluation of the appearance and interior of tea leaves, which is a subtle link between humans and nature. By perceiving tea through eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mouth, and other senses, tea seems to have a language of expression.
For example, letting out a loud burp while drinking tea is not considered an awkward or embarrassing thing, but rather a verbal compliment to the tea being consumed. Different from sensory descriptions such as clearing the mind and relieving annoyance, sweating profusely, belching is more concrete and recognizable, and also more eye-catching.
It will make you the most beautiful person on the entire table, whether in a clear or noisy tea drinking atmosphere. Although it may give people an unsightly impression in terms of hearing, behind this unsightly impression is the greatest expression of tea language.
Some people also say, can we still drink tea properly? Isn’t burping because you’ve drunk too much? Drinking a few more cups of hot water can also cause hiccups. It seems that we need to carefully distinguish between right and wrong.
01 The physiological principle of hiccups
Talking about phenomena without considering the essence of objective facts can be seen as playing rogue tricks. Firstly, for the perfectly normal physiological phenomenon of belching, it is generally divided into full belching and retrograde belching. Here, we will only discuss full belching.
Hiccup is evidence of human evolution. Yes, I heard you right. The nerves that control hiccups in the human body originated from amphibians at the beginning of evolution, from the ocean to land, from cheek breathing to lung breathing. This transitional stage requires isolating and eliminating excess air during swallowing to prevent it from entering the lungs. This protective mechanism is the origin of hiccups in the first place.
When we inhale too much gas during the process of drinking tea and it accumulates in the stomach, it triggers this protective mechanism. As we all know, when brewing tea, the high water temperature carries a large amount of hot air into the body with the tea soup, and there will inevitably be corresponding bodily reactions, such as hiccups.
However, for some ordinary, tasteless, and lacking in flavor tea leaves, the appearance of hiccups may really have to wait until your digestive system is not carrying enough.
02 The tea aroma that cannot be ignored
After discussing science and advancing to the level of mysticism, it is true that good tea with a strong aroma and flavor can produce a definite burp shortly after opening and drinking.
In Zeng Guofan’s book “Bingjian”, it is mentioned that “Qi is the main source of human energy, the spirit is internal, and the complexion is external.” In terms of natural spiritual objects such as tea, they are also interconnected. The presentation of brewed tea on the tea table carries multiple factors, such as growth area, picking of old and tender tea, production process, later storage, and brewing of soup.
The owner of the mountain farm, Qiu * *, who we previously shared, once said that they have large areas of wild honeysuckle on the rock walls around the old bushes in Mazidong Mountain Farm, which bloom during the tea picking season, and the fragrance of honeysuckle also appears in the finished old bushes without hesitation.
The ecological impact of each tea region has already penetrated into the tea raw materials themselves and entered the next step of tea making technology.
The old clump growing under the rocks of Mazai Cave
A reasonable tea making process can make the tea leaves have a richer and fuller aroma. Sometimes, with the same raw materials, the tea aroma can be different under different processes, some low, some peaceful, some light, and some heavy. The presentation of different styles of this clock depends to some extent on the tea maker’s skills, experience, and level of dedication.
On the contrary, it takes minutes to turn a tea with rich mountain heritage into an empty tea. For example, making green tea with “emptiness”, roasting tea with “emptiness”, these emptiness will eventually dissolve the tea aroma.
03 Does tea that makes people burp necessarily have strong tea aroma?
Everyone has experience drinking cola, and it is known that hiccups from cola are caused by the gas produced by the decomposition of calcium carbonate into carbon dioxide.
After brewing, tea leaves also release the aroma of herbs, mountain scenery, and craftsmanship, which make us immediately burp after drinking. This sensory effect is similar to that of carbon dioxide.
The final presentation of tea soup is intricately linked to every step of the brewing process and brewing, and will also produce a reaction in the final collision with the human sensation of drinking tea. When local people in Mount Wuyi drink a rock tea that is full of steam, they will say that it is very top! This upward trend of tea qi will cause hiccups due to the rising of water.
However, burping while drinking tea does not necessarily mean that the tea is full of gas. In our daily process of drinking tea, sometimes hiccups occur after completing two or three rounds of brewing tea. So, can the current brewing of tea be considered as having enough tea qi?
This situation may really be due to you drinking too much tea.