In China, a host usually serves a visiting guest a cup of tea first when he enters his house. It is a traditional custom in China. But do you know how to serve a cup of tea to a visiting guest?Well, in different places, the ways of serving tea are different.
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, a clay cup is usually used to brew（冲泡）Longjing, Biluochun, Maojian or just green tea. Chrysanthemum tea is sometimes used in the hot summer season to reduce the hot from outside.
Serving a cup of tea is a very popular custom in the North China cities. In the colder north﹣eastern provinces, the hosts would provide warm black tea with sugar for their guests.
In some coastal provinces such as Guangdong Province and Fujian Province, a pot of Oolong tea or Pu﹣er tea is the usual treat.
Serving tea to guests is a common practice in China. However, different tea is used in different places. In Inner Mongolia（内蒙古）, a guest is usually treated with milky tea. In the Jingpo family, you would be given baked tea （tea in water and baked in an oven to be made hot）.
