Pincha yaolu 品茶要錄

Pincha yaolu 品茶要錄 "Important matters of high-quality tea" is a book on tea written during the Song period 宋 (960-1279) by Huang Ru 黃儒, courtesy name Daofu 道輔, from Jian'an 建安 (modern Jian'ou 建甌, Fujian). About his life, virtually nothing is known apart from that he obtained the jinshi degree in 1073.

The short book discusses ten matters about the regional tea from the period of the harvesting season, the processing of leaves, and the use of water in the preparation of the beverage. These detailed chapters are accompanied by a general introduction to the tea industry in Fujian, including a listing of diseases of the tea plant and problems in the manufacturing process. The Chapin yaolu is all the more interesting because the general concept of presenting the topic and its various themes is different from other books on tea.

It is included in the series Shuofu 說郛, Yimen guangdu 夷門廣牘, Chengshi congke 程氏叢刻 and Siku quanshu 四庫全書.

A supplement, Pincha yaolu bu 品茶要錄補, was written by Cheng Bai'er 程百二 (1573–1629), actual name Kaimin 開敏, style Youyu 幼輿. It is also found in the series Chengshi congke, which is Cheng's own compilation.