Since ancient times, the seven daily necessities have been firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. Tea has always been an essential beverage in the lives of ordinary people. Tea can cultivate character and temperament; it can promote salivation, quench thirst, and reduce greasiness; it can accelerate metabolism in the body and help prevent diseases like obesity and stones. However, there are also some mistaken habits in daily tea drinking.

Drinking tea during menstruation is a mistaken tea drinking habit.

Although tea is warm and comforting, drinking strong tea during menstruation may induce or worsen menstrual discomfort.

Loving to drink new tea is a mistaken tea drinking habit.

Pu-erh tea and green tea should be consumed only after one month; Dian black tea should be consumed after two weeks. Dian black tea stored for over half a year develops a more mellow flavor. Many people enjoy the fresh and brisk taste of new tea. Besides its pleasant aroma, it can also refresh and invigorate. However, the side effects are not small. New tea contains relatively high levels of unoxidized polyphenols, aldehydes, and enzymes, which can strongly irritate the gastrointestinal mucosa and easily trigger stomach problems.

Drinking tea on an empty stomach is a mistaken tea drinking habit.

Drinking raw tea and non-fermented teas like green tea on an empty stomach is very damaging to the stomach and can easily cause symptoms like dizziness and limb weakness. It's better to pair tea with some light snacks.

Dian black tea is fermented and does not harm the stomach.

Drinking tea immediately after a meal is a mistaken tea drinking habit.

It's best to drink tea one hour after finishing a meal. Drinking tea immediately after eating may lead to iron deficiency anemia.

Drinking tea while having a fever is a mistaken tea drinking habit.

During a fever, cold, or when body temperature is rising, the goal should be to reduce temperature. The theophylline contained in tea leaves has the effect of raising body temperature. Drinking tea during a fever is undoubtedly "adding fuel to the fire."

There are encounters with tea, and there will also be partings. Parting with tea might be the last cup, or perhaps the last infusion. Perhaps, parting still holds the hope of reunion; perhaps, after this departure, there will be no more meetings. Whether it's a temporary farewell or a permanent one, the tea in our cup, like the person before us, will eventually leave us.

In this life of ours, we will experience various encounters and also various partings. The joy of meeting, the loss of parting, whether deep or shallow, strong or faint... If during that period of accompanying each other, both parties have sincerely expressed the most genuine emotions of life, the wave of goodbye at parting can be like picking a flower before Buddha—a calm, gentle smile. If during that accompanying period, both missed that sincerity, then the great sorrow or joy of this moment is but fleeting smoke and clouds.

Truth is found in simplicity; tea is like this, and so are people. No matter how legendary the encounter was, or how sorrowful the parting is, what remains truly unforgettable is always that moment between meeting and parting—that moment, found within the ordinary.