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Mandarin · 11 November 2026 · Tea Art & Culture

品茶

pǐn cháPinyin

to taste tea / to savor tea thoughtfully

verb

The deliberate act of evaluating and appreciating tea through sight, smell, and taste. Unlike casual drinking to quench thirst, it focuses on analyzing body, aftertaste, aroma transformation, and structural quality.

In a sentence

学代码的室友看得很准,说在紧凑的代码敲击工作之余,静下心来慢品茶汤,最能缓解大脑的疲惫。

Xué dàimǎ de釋yǒu kàn de hěn zhǔn, shuō zài jǐncòu de dàimǎ qiāojī gōngzuò zhī yú, jìng xià xīn lái màn pǐn chátāng, zuì néng huǎnjiě dànǎo de píbèi.

Our roommate who studies coding has accurate judgment, saying that in the margins of intense code-typing work, calming the mind to slowly savor the tea broth is the best way to ease brain fatigue.