Gong Fu Cha Tutorials
There appears to be no standard Gong Fu Cha. Some use smelling cups and others not at all. Some like tea pets and others abhor them. Some will prefer a small pot, with or without fair cup, and others do it solely with the help of a gaiwan. What they all have in common is that people greatly enjoy this technique. Here are a few instructional videos:
Gong Fu Cha Using a Tea Boat
1 cup + 1 cup & 1 smelling cup
Artist’s Approach
2 cups plus a fair cup
With Incense
2 cups & 2 smelling cups
Incense cleanses your Qi, but is this really a good idea when you want to smell tea ?
Tea Pets
How to Use Tea Pets
More Tea Pets
How to Feed
How to feed your tea pets, become a tea master, and where bemuda shots capably
How an 84-year-old Tea Master Does It
Note: 品茶 pin-cha takes on the meaning of ‘tasting tea’ (rather than drinking tea in large quantities as Europeans would)
Traditional at Home
3 cups, tea pet, but no smelling cup. If you have a tea pet, please be kind to it and feed it !
The Easy Way
1 cup, a fair cup, tea pet, tea boat
Tea Tables
Usually, a tea boat is used, but a tea table from resignwooddesign.com appears to have been on Don Mei’s wish list for ages. OK, Don, I understand this is sensational, but if you spill the beans like this on Youtube, you will need to expect a drop in footfall in your Camden shop and a lot more people turning up at your home instead :-)
How to Say Thank You
Yes, you must not fill tiny cups (which often only hold 10ml or 20ml) too high or they will become unbearably hot, and how to say thank you in ‘Chinese tea language’ in various situations is well explained. However, if your tea contains unwanted chemicals, the first rinse will not get rid of these; quite on the contrary, the more often you resteep such a tea, the more such chemicals will be released into your drink. There is only one way to avoid this problem: Make sure you buy quality tea.
Final Thoughts
If you don’t have the space for a Don-Mei-resin-wood table or if your table makes strange noises, you may want to consider using a gaiwan.
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