唤起中国茶艺传统的别样茶具
Defront's Hei tea set is designed to revive China's tea ceremony tradition

由专筑网朱王倩，Vigo，武晨编译

中国设计品牌Defront创造了一系列茶叶服务，希望它将使传统的饮酒仪式受到该国年轻一代的欢迎。
   
Hei茶服务旨在复制和简化传统仪式的四步——量取、放置、等待和品味——通过将一系列步骤集成到便携式设备中。

Chinese design brand Defront has created a tea service that it hopes will make traditional drinking ceremonies popular with the country's younger generation.
The Hei tea service is designed to replicate and simplify the four stages of a traditional ceremony – measure, place, wait and taste – by integrating the various steps into a portable set.
   

该品牌成立于2015年，旨在利用设计重新唤醒传统，“我们注意到茶道在年轻一代中逐渐消失。”
   
“灵感来自现代快速的节奏和对精神实质的日益增长的需求，我们希望做一个设计，可以使茶道就像一个茶包一样简单”，品牌继续说道。

"We noticed that the tea ceremony is vanishing among the young generation," said the brand, which was founded in 2015 with the aim of using design to re-engage with tradition.
"Inspired by the modern fast-working pace and increasing need of spiritual substance, we wished to make a design that could make the tea ceremony just as simple as having a tea bag," it continued.
   

设计包含一个装饰过的温度计，让用户使用盖子上标记的数字测量水温。当不使用时，饮料杯可以存储在茶壶的顶部。
   
茶具的金属注入器基于茶匙的形状，并通过磁铁直接连接到温度计，它可以被轻易地拆离。

The design incorporates a disguised thermometer that lets the user measure water temperature using numbers marked on the lid. A drinking cup can be stored on top of the pot when not in use.
The set's metal infuser is based on the shape of a teaspoon and attaches directly to the thermometer via a magnet, allowing it to be easily removed.
   

“这是我们设计Hei的初衷”，他们补充说道。“Defront结合了东西方的茶文化，重新设计了茶饮和灌注过程，使之适应现代生活。
   
这套茶具以黑色的中文词语命名，象征着“庄严而安静”，由宜兴粘土制成——这是一种在一千年前就首次开采并使用的材料。

"This is the starting point for our design of Hei," they added. "Defront combined Eastern and Western tea culture, redesigned tea drinking and infusion process, and made it adaptable to modern life."
The set is named after the Chinese word for black, to symbolise "solemnity and quiet", and is made from Yixing clay – a material that was first mined and used around a thousand years ago.
   

根据品牌，粘土的矿物成分改善了味觉体验，其无釉的表面通过吸收饮料的痕迹以创造更好的味道。
   
Defront资助了Kickstarter的茶具，在短短三天内获得了36,528美元的支持。
   
Brooklyn设计师Paul Loebach（Paul Loebach）还汲取了饮茶传统，设计了一个实验室风格的套装，作为陶瓷产品“老一辈外观”的替代品。Dezeen涵盖的其他茶具设计包括有拉长脖子的罐，让人联想到火烈鸟，以及限量版的茶服务与猛犸象牙柄。

According to the brand, the clay's mineral composition improves the taste experience, with its unglazed surface creating a better flavour by absorbing traces of the drink.
Defront funded the tea set on Kickstarter, achieving $36,528 of support in just three days.
Brooklyn designer Paul Loebach also put a spin on tea-drinking tradition, designing a laboratory-style set as an alternative to the "grandma look" of ceramic products. Other tea-related design covered on Dezeen includes pots with elongated necks reminiscent of flamingos, and a limited edition tea service with mammoth tusk handles.
   

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