Chopsticks and Chinese Tea Culture

First, hold the upper chopstick like a pencil, about one-third of the way from its top. Next, place the second chopstick against your ring finger, holding it with the base of the thumb. It should be pointing the same way as the first chopstick. Move the upper chopstick with your thumb, index, and middle fingers.

The concept of tea culture is referred to in Chinese as chayi (the art of drinking tea), or cha wenhua (tea culture). The word cha denotes the beverage that is derived from Camellia sinensis, the tea plant.