Why don't chinese cups have handles?

Question

Cups used in western countries have ears, asians generally use small cups with no handles, why?

Answer 1

Well,
Thee temparature of water used for serving
tea( green leaf tea
and not powdered tea here). The green tea, we are taught, best produce the
most
wonderful taste when the water temparature is 15 degree (c) below the
boiling point.
You boil the water in the kettle. You pour the water into a bowl to reduce
the temparature
about 10- 15 degree( absolutely a must). You must wait patienly--
if you don't, it will kill the aroma and taste of tea.
Having cool down the temparature, you pour the water into the teapot that
contains the
tea leaves. Wait a minute or so to steap and then finally pour the tea in
to a yunomi( tea cup)

If you do follow the instruction precicely, the temparature of the tea cup
is just right
to hold in your hands. If you don't, it's too hot to hold. By not putting
handle, it
make you be more aware of the serving temparature. Thus assuring the good
taste of the served tea. If there is a handle on the teacup, one might not
pay
attention of the temparature for the water because you can hold the cup
without buning your hand and that will kill the wonderful taste of green
tea.
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Tea cup without a handle is a good device to test the
temperature of the tea.
If it is too hot for me to hold the cup, that means the
tea is too hot for my lips. If I can hold the cup and
feel warm and comfortable, that means the tea is ready for
me to drink.
Some people can drink hotter tea than others. Sometimes,
our preference (or tolerance) to the temperature of tea
differs according to the weather and to our own physical
condition. This is my own experience and observation.

If we look at the Chinese (bronze) wine cups and vessels
of two thousand years ago, handles were common.
They held it by resting the cup on index and second
finger, with thumb on the rim until cooled enough to hold onto the sides.
Maybe he served a lesser grade of sencha in those cups. Of course, we then
noticed that he held his fresh-brewed tea during the workshop in that
manner. Laisse le bon temps roulez! Hank in Eugene

Answer 2

Maybe because they like the hot fluid to keep thier hands warm.

if you put handles on small cups the handle itself is too small to get your fingers through. Ive got a set of espresso cups with handles, the handles are pretty useless for the above mentioned reason.

This all leads to the question "why do they only have small cups" I suppose.

The answer could be because they don´t drink much, don´t slurp the beverage down but sip and enjoy it.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Chinese cups are name of cups without handles.It is only name.Even in China cups with handles are popular.I donot know all countries in Asia,but in India,Bangladesh,Sri Lanka,Pakistan cups with handles are are more popular.People drink.fruit juice,butter milk,cold water etc from cups without handles( called tumblars).Obviously handles might have been meant for hot liquids and for convenience.

Answer 5

I understood so many Chinese were farmers, that the cup of tea around 10:00 A.M. was meant to warm the hands as well as the soul. Always made sense to me, it also shows humility..LATER

Answer 6

culture and tradition...

its more acceptable in china to drink from a cup using hold hands cupped around the sides...

I think this is probably to do with the fact that they put a lot of effort into their tea making (i think a traditional cup of chinese tea takes about 45 minutes to brew) and holding it in both hands is probably something to do with making sure you savour the taste, smell and flavour.

Answer 7

They do have handles..what do you call what we eat from everyday..China..and why do suppose we call it that?Its because all modern china or plates and dishes as we call it came as an import orginally from China..or most of it anyway.. They have been making fine ceramics for over 3000 years.. I should know...we own some that is that old...But seriously.. Most of everything that we eat off was a mock up of what China produced for us and Europe for many years and still is.

Answer 8

i do no longer think of it is cultural. regardless of cups with handles, I hardly use them and that i've got on no account gotten burned or have been given frostbite. @Corey: I on no account concept approximately that, yet you're precise!

Answer 9

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Answer 10

It's the way we hold them... even in Japan, they don't have handles because of their tea ceremonies.