Chinese dinner table etiquette: how to pour tea for customers
Whether entertaining customers or visiting customers, the first thing to pay attention to is that tea sets should be clean. After the guests are seated, they should get up and give up their seats, and reserve tea. Before pouring tea, be sure whether the tea set is clean, especially if it is not used for a long time, it is inevitable that it will be stained with dust and dirt, and it should be carefully cleaned with clear water.
Secondly, tea should be moderate. Let's talk about tea first. Generally speaking, it should be appropriate. There should be neither too much nor too little tea. There are many Chata, and the tea taste is too strong; There are too few tea leaves, and the brewed tea has no taste. If the guest introduces his habit of drinking strong tea or weak tea, make tea according to the guest's mouth and stomach. Besides, pouring tea, whether it's a large cup or a small cup, can't be too full. If it is too full, it is easy to overflow and wet the table, stool and floor. If you are not careful, you will burn yourself or your guests' hands and feet, which will make the host and guests very embarrassed. Of course, it is not advisable to pour too little. If you only serve tea to the guests over the bottom of the cup, it will make people feel that you are pretending, not sincere.
Third, the tea should be served just right. According to the traditional habits of our people, as long as there is no disability in both hands, tea is served to guests with both hands. But now some young people don't understand this rule, so they hand the tea to the guests with one hand. Pay attention to serving tea with both hands. For a teacup with a cup ear, it is generally to hold the cup ear with one hand and the bottom of the cup with the other hand to pour tea for the guests. After a teacup without a cup ear is filled with tea, it is hot all over and it is difficult to get close to your hands. Some comrades, regardless of the willy-nilly, hold the edge of the cup with five fingers and give it to the guests. Although this method of serving tea can prevent scalding accidents, it is not beautiful and sanitary enough. Please imagine, let the guest's mouth lick the owner's fingerprint, does it feel good?
Add tea, if the boss and customers need to add tea to the cup, you are duty-bound to do it. You can signal the waiter to add tea, or ask the waiter to leave the teapot on the dining table and add it yourself. This is the best way to hide when you don't know what to say. Of course, when you add tea, you should add tea to your boss and customers first, and then add tea to yourself.
Chinese dinner table Etiquette: Make tea according to guests' hobbies.
As the saying goes: it's hard to adjust? Drinking tea is actually the same. Some people like to drink green tea, while others like to drink black tea. Some people like to drink hot tea, while others like to drink herbal tea. Some people like to drink sugar tea, others like to drink milk tea. When entertaining guests with tea, if possible, take care of their preferences, especially their preferences.
If possible, more kinds of tea should be prepared so that guests can have several choices. Before serving tea, you should ask the guests what kind of tea they like and provide them with several possible choices. Don't be self-righteous. Of course, if there is only one kind of tea, you must be realistic and make it clear. Don't be too polite. If the guests point out the tea varieties they don't have, it will be difficult to step down.
At the same time, we should also consider that some people don't like tea for various reasons. Therefore, if possible, before serving tea, you should ask the guests for their personal opinions: what kind of drinks do you want to drink, and provide you with several choices within your power, such as boiled water, mineral water, coffee, malt extract, fruit tea, fruit treasure, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and so on.
It is generally believed that drinking tea should not be too strong, otherwise it is very likely to make drinkers? Drunk tea? That is, excessive intake of coffee makes people too excited and even convulse. Therefore, if the guests have no special requirements, the tea served for them should not be too strong. Usually when people entertain guests with tea, they pay attention to hot tea. What else? Tea is a lie? 、? Seven teas and eight drinks? Said. It means that tea should not be too full, and it is better to be seven points full. So that hot tea will not overflow from the cup and burn people.