Can I brew tea in a sterling silver cup?

People who like to drink tea must learn more about tea brewing, such as choosing suitable teacups to brew tea. There are several types of teacups that can be used to brew tea, such as teacups made of clay, which have a very good heat preservation effect. There are also teacups made of porcelain. In addition, glass cups can also be used to brew tea. The biggest advantage of glass cups is that they are transparent and very beautiful. In short, teacups of different materials have their own advantages and disadvantages. So can sterling silver cups be used to brew tea?

Can I brew tea in a sterling silver cup?

Can. Silver has health benefits such as calming the five internal organs, soothing the mind, stopping palpitations, and eliminating evil spirits. On the one hand, silver is an inactive metal with high stability and is not easy to react chemically with tea extracts. On the other hand, modern science has proven that silver is a natural and permanent bactericidal agent. Silver ions dissolved in water adsorb bacteria onto them, causing the bacterial cells to shrink and solidify until they die. Just one fifty-billionth of a gram of silver ions in one liter of water is enough to make bacteria unable to survive.

Drinking water stored in silver containers can remain uncorrupted for several months. In the past, Mongolians also liked to use silver containers to store horse milk, which had a preservative effect. More than two thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians knew that covering wounds with silver could sterilize and prevent suppuration. Silver ions can kill more than 60 harmful bacteria, including Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhi. Based on our understanding of silverware, we believe that silverware can be used to make tea. The reason is that the role of silver in the entire tea-making process is to purify it. We all know that desiccant is not edible, but all sealed foods sold will contain individually sealed desiccant to prevent the food from losing its original flavor due to moisture. We should look at everything from a materialistic and dialectical perspective. Make rational use of advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Modern Western medicine believes that this is not feasible because silver is a heavy metal and tea is alkaline. It can react chemically with silver to generate free silver ions. Large-scale use may slowly cause heavy metal poisoning.

Silver was used in ancient China, but the royal family gradually gave up using it. One reason was the advancement of manufacturing technology, and the other was that they had also realized the disadvantages of silver.

At the same time, silver cups have the following taboos:

1. Halogens, such as aqua regia, bromine water, hydrochloric acid and oxidants (chlorates, nitrates, permanganates, manganese dioxide, chromates, nitrites) must not be handled in silver cups. Ferric chloride has a significant corrosive effect on silver, so it must not come into contact with ferric chloride.

2. Silver cups must be kept clean and shiny inside and out. After long-term burning, the surface may become dull and the stains will penetrate into the inside and cause cracks over time, so unclean objects must be removed.