In the "mainlander" tea houses, people drank mostly very lightly fermented teas (which come under the generic name qingcha, thus the nickname for these tea houses); these were prepared in large cups rather than tiny teapots.
清茶室則以清茶及龍井為主，泡法不以紅泥小壺，而以玻璃杯等大杯泡，有點類似早期台鐵觀光號列車服務員以滾燙熱水沖茶的情景。