System and method of Chinese tea brewing

摘要

An automatic tea brewing system and method comprising a tea brewer with a water discharge hole at the its lower end, a mesh filter above the tea water discharge hole, and a teapot positioned to receive brewed tea discharged from the water discharge hole. The tea brewer and the water discharge hole are configured and sized to allow holding a certain amount of water flowing naturally through the water discharge hole in a predetermined amount of time, thereby automatically controlling the manner and rate of tea brewing. The mesh filter is of basket or disk shape, and is removable or non-removable. An optional lid or saucer may be added to the system as separate units, shaped and sized to fit with the tea brewer and teapot. Tea is automatically brewed by resting the tea brewer on the teapot, placing tealeaves into the tea brewer on top of the mesh filter, pouring water into the tea brewer to soak the tealeaves in the tea brewer, discharging brewed tea from the tea brewer through the water discharge hole into the teapot, and separating the soaked tealeaves from the brewed tea based on the position of the tea brewer in relation to the teapot and the size of the teapot, whereby brewed tea is discharged from the tea brewer fully into the teapot such that the level of brewed tea does not reach the lower end of the tea brewer, while soaked tealeaves are retained in the tea brewer.