身体读茶十问
1.何为身体读茶？
安静舒适的环境中，茶友止语，以最舒服的坐姿可双腿盘坐或静坐，少动，首先让心先安静下来，其次是放松身体，趁热将茶汤喝下，忽略色香味停留在口腔的表象，静静的感受茶气在身体律动，茶汤入口后，身体开始热了，细微的观察从哪里开始热，热气蔓延在哪个部位，从脊椎热还是只热表皮，是前面热还是背后热，多久才热到腿部和脚部，还是没热下去，身体其他部位的反应，哪里有酸麻胀痛，在用心感受茶气的同时也是一个观察自己身体的过程。
2.为何要身体读茶？
在色香味都可用工艺做出来的时代，无法用色香味来辨别茶本身的品质的时候，就需要用身体读茶，感受茶气在身体的律动和走向，判断一泡茶是否是品质上乘的一泡好茶。
用身体读茶除了能让我们静心，修心，养心去静观和觉察自己之外最终目的是要达到和谐，明心见性，健康养身。
3.李彦锋先生布施纯干仓老生茶的初衷是什么？
先生以茶养生，以茶修行入道，对茶界乱象深感痛心，便云游布施十余载，倡导身体读茶法，以此引导众生以茶养生，建立正确喝茶的正知正念！
4.生茶和熟茶的区别？
生茶是新鲜的茶叶采摘后，以自然的方式存放，未经过人工渥堆发酵，而是通过自然发酵，陈化的普洱茶！新制生茶或陈放时间不久的生茶有强烈的苦味，涩味、汤色较浅，随着陈放的时间延长，生茶的苦涩味逐渐退去，转为甘甜，越沉越香，汤色也会逐渐转深。
熟茶是七十年代初为模仿老生茶的口感，通过人为渥堆发酵，褪去涩味，让茶汤顺滑，好喝，但是以消灭茶性做代价。
5.喝了老生茶晚上会不会睡不着？
新茶由于活性成份较高，寒气未退，品饮后容易导致失眠，还有一些经过烘焙的茶燥火过旺，品饮吸收之后没有及时排出，也会影响睡眠，而一泡好的老生茶经过岁月的沉淀转换退去寒性，温润滋补，是可以静心安神的，一般情况下会帮助睡眠，当然也会有个别人因体质问题，在品饮老茶后茶气在体内久聚不散，而影响睡眠但第二天的精神不会有太大影响。
6.孕期经期能不能喝老生茶？
新茶过于寒凉，不适合饮用，老生茶是属纯阳之物，有行气血，静心安神之效，经期期间饮用有助于排出宫内的瘀堵和寒气。孕期期间也可饮用，胎儿会吸收老茶的能量，让胎儿出身后阳气十足，同时可增加免疫力。
7.干仓与湿仓的区别？如何辨别一泡茶是干仓还是湿仓？
普洱新茶的感觉和韵味基本上局限在口腔里，回甘持久也好，满口生津也罢。但普洱老茶就不一样了，一款好的老茶喝下去其韵味不仅仅停留在口腔，咽喉部位也会非常的甜顺和舒适，我们称之为喉韵。但这必须在仓储环境下存放，茶叶受潮霉变，不仅没有喉韵，还会有锁喉等咽喉不适的感觉发生。干仓环境下存放的老茶，存放时间越长，其候韵愈加深远。
干仓是指在干净干燥的仓储环境中存放，茶叶无人为因素自然转化。
湿仓是指存放的仓储潮湿或人为加湿，让茶叶快速转化。
干仓茶在品饮时有着干净顺滑淡淡的清香之感，身体感觉舒服通透，喉韵散发厚重的醇香，它的香是出自后味的体香，舌底乃至整个口腔生津明显清甜，犹如大自然中的一股泉水之感，回味无穷。长期饮用干仓茶会让人面色红润，皮肤有光泽，身体干净通泰等等……
湿仓是仓储水分过大，紧致的茶叶吸收水气，无法排出，导致茶叶从内部受潮，发热后腐烂，甚至霉变。在泡湿仓茶时茶底有一股潮气，饮后口腔感觉不适，锁喉，明显断水之感，身体敏感者有马上肚痛和不舒服感觉，长期饮用湿仓茶会导致人怕冷，面色蜡黄，病态百出…
8.为什么纯干仓老生茶有健身养生的效果？
普洱茶有着神奇的再生功能，它的吸附能力特别强，在纯干仓的环境下，茶叶会吸收天地之灵气，日月之精华，气候和时间的陈化，褪去茶叶本身的寒气，燥气，醇化成纯阳之气，就是所谓的能量，又叫茶气，干仓老生茶的茶气必须是高温的逼泡，趁热品饮时它是一个汽化的过程，茶气会穿透你身体的每一个部位，帮你补充水分，排出身体毒素，给身体大扫除，行气血，去瘀堵，通筋络…
9.生茶应该如何保存？
生茶应该在干燥密闭独立的空间存放，空间内不易于有其它的味道，人不能经常在内走动，不适合通风，通风会夺走茶叶的香气，茶仓可以有阳光照入，但茶叶不适合直接被阳光直晒，如茶仓在雨季或湿气比较大的城市，建议长期开启抽湿机。
10.市场上茶叶那么多，应该如何辨别，找到适合自己的好茶？
如今茶界一片乱象，各种包装和商业营销模式让人眼花缭乱，如何在这样的市场找到好茶，就要靠身体去读茶了。首先要明白好茶在身体里是怎样的一个体感，树龄越老的茶茶气是越是从身体内部发出热感，树龄越年轻的茶茶气越是走表，茶树越老，根就越深，地底下的矿物质就吸收越多，茶气在身体的展现也就是地下营养成分的呈现，那台地茶的茶气基本就很弱，当地表营养不够时，肥料宠出来的茶叶，只有其形，没有其韵。当一泡茶能让身体喝得舒服通泰时，它的口感绝对不错，它的香是出自口齿留香，气窍反出来的回香，它的韵是出自于喉咙回味出来的韵，好茶饮后哪怕有点苦涩都很快化开，从牙缝和舌根渗透出清甜，犹如甘泉涌出，微凉的茶底渗透出淡淡的密香，这是大自然的味道。找茶，还是要喝过真真的好茶，喝过之后身体和口腔会有明显的记忆，你才能有所体悟。
当然，想要找到好茶，首先得了解茶性，泡好一杯茶，喝到真正的好茶…
Body Reading Tea ten basic enquiries
1. What is body reading tea?
In a quiet and comfortable environment, tea friends stop talking, and sit in the most comfortable position, either cross-legged or meditative pose and minimize movement. First, let the heart calm down, and then relax the body. Drink the tea while it is hot, ignoring the colour of the tea and fragrance in the mouth. Quietly discern the tea Qi in the body. After the tea enters the mouth, the body begins to heat up. Pay close attention to where the heat starts, where the heat spreads, whether it is from the spine or skin surface, whether it is the front or the back of the body, how long it takes to radiate to the legs and feet, or it does not reach those, and the reaction of other parts of the body, whether there is soreness, numbness and pain. Feeling the tea Qi with heart is also a process of observing one’s own body.
2. Why use the body to read tea?
In the era when taste can be artificially created, it is impossible to distinguish the quality of tea itself by color, taste and fragrance. Hence, you need to read the tea with your body to determine if it is a good tea by feeling movement of the tea qi in the body.
Body Reading Tea also allows us to meditate, cultivate our minds, and contemplate to be aware of ourselves. The ultimate goal is to achieve harmony, find one’s true self, and maintain a healthy body.
3. What is the original intention of Mr. Li Yanfeng to donate pure aged unfermented tea?
He uses tea to maintain health and meditate. He was deeply saddened by the chaos in the tea world. He travelled around for more than ten years to advocate the method of reading tea, so as to guide mankind to use tea for health and establish the right knowledge and mindfulness of drinking tea correctly!
4. What is the difference between unfermented (raw) tea and fermented (cooked/processed) tea?
Raw tea is fresh tea leaves that are picked and stored in a natural way, not artificially processed, but naturally fermented aged Pu-er tea! Freshly made raw tea or raw tea that has been aged for a short period of time has a strong bitter, astringent taste and light colour when brewed. With prolonged aging, the bitter and tannic taste of raw tea gradually mellow and turns into sweetness and fragrance.
In the early 1970s, in order to imitate the taste of aged raw tea, cooked tea was artificially fermented to remove the tannin, making the tea taste smooth and delicious, but at the cost of eliminating the essence of tea.
5. Will I be unable to sleep at night after drinking aged raw tea?
Due to the high active ingredients of young tea, the dampness has not subsided, and it is easy to cause insomnia after drinking. There are also some roasted teas that are too heaty, and if not discharged quickly after drinking, will also affect sleep. Aged raw tea, will mellow with years and the dampness will faded away, is warming and nourishing. It can calm the mind and help sleep. Of course, there are people with physical problems where the tea Qi will not dissipate after drinking, and have affected sleep but their alertness will not be affected.
6. Can I drink aged raw tea during pregnancy?
Young tea is too damp and not suitable for drinking.
Aged raw tea is pure “yang”, which has the effect of promoting Qi, circulating blood and calming the mind. It can also be consumed during pregnancy. The fetus will absorb the energy of the aged tea, so that the baby will be full of “yang” Qi after birth and have increases immunity.
7. What is the difference between dry warehouse and wet warehouse? How to distinguish whether a brewed tea is from a dry warehouse or a wet warehouse?
The feeling and flavour of the young Pu-er tea are basically confined to the mouth, and the sweetness lasts for a long time, and can promote saliva. But aged Pu-erh tea is different. After drinking a good aged tea, the sweetness and roundness will not only linger in the mouth, but also in the throat area, and we call it “throat lingering charm”. Tea must be kept in a storage environment. Tea leaves that are damp and mildewed will cause discomfort to the throat and not have “throat lingering charm”. Aged tea stored for longer time in dry warehouse environment will have more pronounced “throat lingering charm”.
Dry storage refers to pure storage in a clean and dry storage environment, and the tea leaves are naturally transformed without human factors.
Wet warehouse refers to humid storage or artificial humidification,so that the tea can be quickly transformed.
8. Why does pure dry warehouse aged raw tea have the effect of promoting fitness and health?
Pu-er tea has a magical regeneration function, and its adsorption capacity is particularly strong. In the environment of pure dry storage, the tea will absorb the aura of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon, the aging of climate and time, and the dampness and heatiness of the tea will dissipate. This will transform into energy, or pure “yang Qi”, which is the so-called tea Qi. The tea Qi of dry warehouse aged raw tea must be extracted by brewing tea at high temperature. When drinking the tea hot, the tea Qi will penetrate every part of the body and help you replenish water, expel toxins from the body, cleanse the body, mobilize Qi and blood, remove blood stasis, and clear the meridians…
9. How should raw tea be stored?
Raw tea should be stored in a dry, airtight space without other smell and minimal movement and ventilation. Ventilation will remove the aroma of tea leaves. The storage space can face direct sunlight but not the tea leaves. If located in rainy weather or cities with relatively high humidity, it is recommended to use dehumidifier for long term storage.
10. There are so many different kinds of teas in the market, how should you distinguish a good tea that suits you?
Nowadays, the tea industry is in chaos, with dazzling packaging and business marketing models. Find a good tea in such a market depends on using the body to read tea. First of all, it is necessary to understand how good tea feels in the body. The older the tea tree, the more warm inside of the body. Tea qi from younger tree have superficial effect on the surface. The older the tea tree, the deeper the roots and more minerals in the ground are absorbed, thus the tea qi in the body is a manifestation of the nutrients from the ground. Taidi tea has very weak Qi. When the surface nutrients are not enough, the tea that is nourished by fertilizers and can only maintain the shape of the leaves. Such tea will not have lingering charm. When a tea can make the body feel comfortable, its taste will be good, its fragrance will linger in the mouth and originate from the throat. The tannic taste from a good tea will quickly dissipate, and the sweetness seeps from the gap between the teeth and the base of the tongue, like a spring gushing out, which is the taste of nature. To look for tea, you have to drink good tea. Your body and mouth will have impression, and you will have understanding. Of course, if you want to find good tea, you must first understand the properties of tea, make a good cup of tea, and drink real good tea…
