Description
Blue Gaiwan: fun for brewing puerh and other premium, whole leaf teas. Use the gaiwan for fast, multiple steeps. Taste the change in flavor with each additional steep. Great to brew with others or by yourself. The style of brewing and drinking tea uses a larger proportion of tea to a small amount of water. This allows the tea to steep multiple times. The flavor develops with each subsequent steep until the flavor is gone. This is a great way to pass the time with friends. Or set up your gaiwan, curl up with a book, and brew your tea as you turn the pages.
This style of tea brewing called Gong Fu. Gong Fu is a ritualistic style of Chinese tea brewing, with a focus on the details and patterns of making tea.
Cups not included. We recommend these double-walled glass cups!
Beautiful to look at, design keeps finger tips from burning & brews a nice “gong fu cha”; however, the strainer insert is too coarse & allows a lot of tea through plus distorted & had to be replaced (at the cost of this gaiwan!). That being said I will purchase again and use with my upgraded strainer.
Hi Heyward, thank you for the feedback on the gaiwan, and glad you found a solution to the coarser strainer. If you use larger leafed loose leaf tea, you can probably get away without using a strainer. Enjoy! LMTC