Do not drink overnight tea, nor excessive alcohol.

In summer, it is suitable to drink green tea (spring tea); in winter, dark tea (Oolong tea).

One would rather go three days without salt than one day without tea.

Pluck tea by hand; pinching tea changes its color.

Drink tea from two cups, drink wine from two houses, sleep on two beds.

Water from the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, tea from Zhuxi in the Chu region.

High mountain tea leaves, low mountain tea seeds.

First infusion is like dirt, second infusion is tea; picking tea after rain harms the tea expert.

Leave one bud for spring tea, summer tea will yield a handful; forty thousand buds make one kilogram of tea (referring to Longwangya Jian tea).

Good tea is not afraid of careful tasting; good deeds are not afraid of careful scrutiny.

If spring tea is not picked, summer tea has no buds; if spring tea is neglected, summer tea is wasted.

Tea tastes stronger in later infusions.

Plant mulberries on thick soil, grow tea on acidic soil.

Planting tea in spring makes it hard to sprout.

Good tea brings guests naturally.

Hot tea harms people, ginger tea cures illness, sugar tea soothes the stomach.

Spring tea is fragrant, summer tea is astringent, autumn tea is good to drink but no one picks it.

Serve tea lightly, fill wine to the brim.

Only when managing a household does one know the value of tea and rice; only when raising a child does one understand parental gratitude.

Do not eat until too full, do not drink tea until too strong.

People truly cannot go a day without tea.

Picking stale peach tea around the Spring Equinox refreshes, promotes saliva, and removes toxins and cold.

Coarse tea and simple meals make a healthy home; eat raw radish and drink light tea.

All medicines treat specific diseases, but tea is the medicine for all diseases.

Spring rains, tea sprouts; summer rains scarce, sprouts fail.