Quality

• When drinking tea, quality is largely based on its color, fragrance and flavor. Tasters should delight in drinking the tea and all the qualities which make it suitable for consumption. Tea should not be consumed quickly; rather it should be a gradual and enjoyable experience.
  
  

Environment

• Consuming tea is more than just the act of drinking. Tasters should pay attention to their surrounding environment as they consume the tea. This includes the atmosphere, music and interpersonal relationships between others drinking the tea with you.
  
  

Health Benefits

• Tea is seen as a suitable drink for quenching one's thirst. Tea also provides additional benefits such as unclogging the arteries, reducing risk of heart-attack and stroke; providing fluoride and tannis, preventing tooth decay; and antioxidants, boosting your immune system.
  
  

Tea Lore

• Chinese tea lore incorporates other important morals into tea drinking, such as philosophy and ethics. People develop their morality and mind by drinking tea, uplifting their spirit and enjoying the experience.
  
  

Truthfulness

• Tea drinking enlightens the conscience and one's capacity to live a simple life. The act fosters qualities such as removing material desires, acquiring more knowledge about the physical world and expressing one's personal ambitions. Tea helps people live to their best ability and remain truthful to themselves and others.
  
  

Activities

• While teahouses in China are not as prevalent as they once were, they still play important roles in the lives of people who use them daily. Teahouses in Sichuan make up one of three locations in a person's day, including his home and job. Leisure activities while drinking tea in teahouses include reading the newspaper, playing Mahjong and exchanging stories and gossip with one another. Prior to the television's invention, people learned about current events at teahouses. More recent teahouse leisure activities since the Cultural Revolution include gambling and video projections.