When the thousand-year tea spirit meets the thousand-year kiln fire, Eastern lifestyle aesthetics blend together here. The porcelain body crafted from Kaolin in Jingdezhen, carries the fresh green of spring mountains from Longjing tea; the swirling brushstrokes of blue and white porcelain reflect the fragrant dark red base of Tieguanyin. The thin porcelain glows through the glaze, revealing the golden halo of the tea soup; the glaze with cobalt blue and red inlays creates the potter's wheel transformation, resembling the aged aroma of Pu'er tea. The tea set and the porcelain are mutually enhancing; the porcelain is the home for the tea, and the tea is the soul of the porcelain.
CTEACER always adheres to the concept of carrying the tea way on porcelain and continuing the porcelain lineage with tea. This way, the pine wood kiln fire in Jingdezhen burns to create a world-class tea setting that connects the past and the present; the blue and white porcelain patterns soaked in the fragrance of Longjing tea reach every corner of the world.
Tea and porcelain coexist, embodying the ultimate Eastern flavor. It should be appreciated by the world.
China Tea
Sip Serenity
Mountain-fresh air in every leaf. Artisans' hands craft nature's treasure. Experience pure flavor, gentle energy, and a moment of true calm. Discover Harmony in a cup.
Jingdezhen Porcelain
Spin Tea Serenity
Millenia-refined art. Hand-coiled beauty meets mineral glazes. Feel the delicate balance, warmth, and tea-resonant harmony in every sip. A masterpiece that breathes.
Quietude Carved
Artisanal Tea Stage
More than a tray. Handcrafted stone/bamboo sanctuary. Water whispers away, leaving pure focus. Elevate your practice, center your presence. Where peace takes root.
Tea Space Art
Handcrafted wood, stone, bamboo. Sculpt silence. Cultivate focus with minimal tea rituals. Breathe with art. Transform corners into calm.
Cteacer
The Stillness Vessel
Tea’s whisper trapped in crystal glaze. Spring mountain quietude, palm-held. Unlock tranquility, sculpt mindful moments. A gift beyond object.
Chinese Tea Making Technique
A Thousand-Year Craft, One Leaf Becomes Tea
The Chinese tea-making process has a long history, following core procedures such as "harvesting - withering - scorching - rolling - fermentation - drying", and achieving a good cup of tea through meticulous craftsmanship.
- Harvesting: Selecting fresh leaves, emphasizing timing and tenderness. For example, the "Dragon Well tea" picked before the Qingming Festival requires one bud and one leaf, while the "Wuyi Rock Tea" needs to be picked with the exposed surface, ensuring high-quality raw materials.
- Withering: Placing the fresh leaves on a surface, allowing them to naturally evaporate moisture and stimulate aroma. White tea undergoes sunlight withering to retain sweetness; black tea undergoes indoor withering to promote enzyme activity.
- Scorching: High temperature inhibits enzyme activity, locking in freshness (key process for green tea). Methods such as pan-frying and steaming create the bean aroma of Longjing and the fruity notes of Biluochun.
- Rolling: Hand or machine rolling to shape the strands, squeezing out the tea juice, establishing the taste and shape. For example, the "green edges of Tieguanyin" is derived from this process.
- Fermentation: Controlling the degree of oxidation to determine the style of the tea. Black tea is fully fermented, sweet and rich; oolong tea is semi-fermented, with long-lasting floral fragrance.
- Drying: Low-temperature slow drying or sun-drying to fix the quality and extend the storage period. Sun-dried raw material of Pu'er tea, the sunlight endows the potential for aging.
Inheriting ancient methods and innovating techniques
From the records in "Tea Classic" to modern standardized production, Chinese tea-making techniques integrate nature and wisdom, with each tea leaf embodying the craftsman's respect for the environment and control of time. Enjoying Chinese tea is experiencing the dynamic inheritance of thousands of years of craftsmanship!
The vibrant greenery of the East
Eastern tea, carrying the health value and cultural inclusiveness verified by consumers from 90 countries. The lush and vibrant green tea, placed in a natural bamboo basket and set on a warm and deep wooden table - is the crystallization of Eastern wisdom and nature's gift, and also the common language of global healthy living. The entire expanse of green color is the essence and concentration of the tea tree after being bathed in sunlight and rain, and the health power it contains is worthy of our careful appreciation.
Thousand-Year Kiln Fire - Jingdezhen
The thousand-year-old kiln fire captures all the wonders; the hundred crafts shape the East with jade-like precision. When the 72 ancient procedures flow through the hands of the artisans, the clay in Jingdezhen transforms into an epic of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. Mixing the clay, pulling the form, shaping the core, applying the glaze - each meticulous step, down to the minutest detail, is a devout inquiry of time to the craftsmanship. The blue and white pigment penetrates and takes root in the unglazed clay, and the glaze color undergoes a rebirth into a cloud of colors in the 1300℃ kiln fire. The clear and melodious sound when the kiln is opened is the echo of the dialogue between the thousand-year-old skills and the universe. The artisans not only fire the objects with their hearts but also the crystallization of the Eastern philosophy - "white as jade, clear as a mirror, thin as paper, and sonorous like a gong". Today, Jingdezhen remains the sacred place for the world's ceramics. Next to the ancient kiln site, the master artisans continue the legend of the kiln fire with their lifelong expertise. When the fingertips touch the warm and smooth porcelain body, what you feel is the never-ending kiln fire of thousands of years and the Chinese craftsmanship shaped by the spirits of hundreds of generations - this art of the rebirth of the soil always sings the most exquisite chapter of Chinese aesthetics in the course of time.
Exquisite Skills, Exploring a Hundred Flavors
"Watching Tea Brewing": We understand that different types of tea, such as the freshness of green tea, the richness of black tea, the charm of oolong tea, and the complexity of pu'er tea, each have their own essence. Precisely controlling the water temperature, the time for extracting tea leaves, and the amount of tea added is like conducting a symphony, allowing each tea leaf to display its best posture in the cup. Hot water awakens the freshness of Longjing tea, boiling water stirs the rock bone and floral aroma of Tieguanyin tea, and slow simmering of old white tea brings out its richness... This is the beauty of Chinese tea ceremony.
A leaf from the East, fragrance for the whole world
When the porcelain covered bowl is gently opened, the lingering tea aroma becomes the poem that the East writes for the world. The tea culture that has been refined for three thousand years is now knocking on the hearts of people all over the world with the beauty of science and the rhythm of philosophy. Chinese tea is not just a story of a green leaf, but also an Eastern lifestyle art that has endured for five thousand years. In a cup of clear tea, one can see the philosophy of "harmony, respect, elegance, and pursuit": warming the cup and warming the utensils is showing respect for heaven and cherishing things, holding the pot and pouring slowly is harmony and integration. In the green porcelain covered bowl, the oolong tea stretches out, and in the Pu'er purple clay pot, the aged aroma flows. Every time water is poured and the tea is poured out, it is a mutual dialogue between humans and nature. The tea aroma allows busy modern people to place their minds and bodies in the square space of the tea table - green tea refreshes and awakens the mind like drinking mountain mist, rock tea with a rock-like bone and floral fragrance is soul-stirring, white tea is clear and moist and calms the restlessness, black tea is rich and warm the spleen and stomach. Now, this touch of Eastern greenness has spread fragrance all over the world. From the camel bells and tea boxes of the ancient Silk Road to the fragrant tea language of more than a hundred countries today, Chinese tea culture is building a bridge of civilization with an inclusive attitude. It carries the warmth of Eastern wisdom: having tea to make friends does not require words, what you drink is the warmth of human kindness; sitting quietly and sipping tea does not ask about the hustle and bustle, what you understand is the aftertaste of one leaf and the universe. Why not take a cup now and let the tea soup that has been refined for thousands of years glide over your lips and teeth?
Exploring the Tea Brewing Culture in China
In China, tea is not merely a fragrant leaf; it is also a flowing history, a philosophy of life. It originated from the legend of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs, flourished with Lu Yu's masterpiece "Tea Classic", and has endured for thousands of years. It has long been integrated into the blood of the Chinese nation, becoming a unique carrier of etiquette, aesthetics, and spirituality. "The vessel is the father of tea": From the warm and nourishing purple clay, the ice-like and jade-like blue and white porcelain, the transparent and fragrant glass cups, to the simple and elegant bamboo and wood tea trays and tea picks, each tea vessel is not only a tool but also an extension of aesthetics. The inclusiveness of the gaiwan, the conciseness of the teapot, and the gathering of fragrance in the tasting cup all tell us the principle of "good tea with good vessel". Tea cultivates the mind, making one calm and far-reaching: The process of brewing tea is a meditation practice. The meticulous care in warming the cups and cleaning the utensils, the concentration in observing the leaves as water is poured, and the respect in presenting and distributing the tea all guide us to let go of impatience and return to the present moment. A puff of tea smoke rises, and the square space becomes clear and peaceful. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, we find a moment of tranquility to nourish inner peace. "Sharing tea with friends": Chinese people are good at "treating guests with tea". Offering a cup of clear tea is an unspoken respect and welcome. A good cup of tea, a tea setting, without extravagance, allows us to gather around the stove to chat and connect friendships, and convey the hospitality principle of "harmony and respect".
Tasting a cup of Chinese tea,
one can appreciate the thousand-year-old splendor.
In the ancient wisdom of the East, a single green leaf is endowed with a soul, creating a cultural code that has endured for five thousand years - Chinese tea. This is not merely a thirst-quenching beverage, but also a masterpiece of the integration of nature and humanity, a profound philosophy of life and art. It absorbs the essence of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers, and condenses the hearts and souls of generations of artisans: the tender buds picked with delicate fingers in the early morning of spring, following ancient methods through processes of withering, scorching, rolling, and baking, each step embodying reverence for nature and the pursuit of perfection. Eventually, a leaf transforms into a myriad of forms: green tea's freshness and crispness, black tea's rich and sweet flavor, oolong tea's high aroma and intense taste, white tea's natural simplicity, yellow tea's harmonious and warm texture, and dark tea's long-lasting and mellow aroma. The six major tea categories each showcase their own charm: Wuyi Rock Tea's rock-like bone and floral fragrance, West Lake Longjing's cardamom and orchid aroma, Yunnan Pu'er's time-honored aroma... Each cup tells the story of the local environment.