How to Choose and Use a Gaiwan for Gongfu Tea Brewing| Best tips for making tea with Gaiwan |ZhenTea

[@teaformeplease]

Great video! I love that you included drinking directly from the gaiwan. That is something I need to practice more.

[@ZhenteaCa]

Me too!

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[@slimechannelPH]

It's also a good idea to watch Chinese costume dramas especially Qing period pieces where drinking in gaiwan is always present. It's very elegant to look at.

[@ZhenteaCa]

We LOVE those! Mostly for the gong fu (fighting, not brewing), but also for the gaiwans ;)

[@ZhenteaCa]

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@@ZhenteaCa this song is quite lively and fun!

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[@jinjunmei]

Thanks for the informative video. I've always loved tea, but within the last year I discovered the rabbit hole that is Chinese tea and gongfu brewing. I met you briefly at the Toronto Tea Festival this year and you sold me some very nice Lapsang Souchong tea that I thoroughly enjoyed. Looking forward to your next video!

[@ZhenteaCa]

I'm glad you like the Lapsang! Rabbit hole indeed! The more I learn the more I find out I want to learn! It's a delicious ride!

[@ZhenteaCa]

I just found it via Twitter that Malcom Gladwell is doing a revisionist history podcast on Lapsang Souchong! Ken Cohen also did one with us if you're into podcasts. talkingtea.libsyn.com/lapsang-souchong-the-forgotten-tea

[@jazminem98]

for a while, i’ve been really wanting to get into tea. thank u for this video 🍵 i look forward to learning more about the tea culture

[@ZhenteaCa]

Awesome! That's what we're here for!

[@teastudent9794]

Look up Gong Fu Cha on Facebook. They have about 8,000 I think

[@moldveien1515]

Gaiwan is definatly the way to go when getting started as since they are (mostly) glazed you dont need to worry about the whole deal with dedicating it to one kind of tea like you do with stuff made of clay for example. Also are generally way less expensive than pots, even the really good ones are usually cheaper than the avarage real yixing pot.

[@magickauras]

You can hold the gaiwan by the bottom plate and top lid only

[@mattildahubbardo]

Thanks for this choose gai tips wan video

[@sunrevolver]

Lol

[@mariasangermano5989]

Thanks very useful! I m studying for the exam to become tea sommelier and I really need this piece of info :)

[@lyndahowe9164]

I enjoyed your presentation ❤

[@terrarosa8181]

Thanks for the video! Fellow south paw here. This was informative and easy to approach. I really enjoyed it! I actually learned to hold the gaiwan with the saucer when pouring. Admittedly it was a 50 ml so much easier to handle. Haha, I think everyone burns themselves a few dozen times though.

[@TheCynthiaRice]

I am also a south paw. I also use the saucer when pouring.

[@sleepykoi]

Thanks for sharing. Very useful info.

[@explorations341]

Awesome video 😊

[@primasabrina1688]

I'm glad I found this

[@TheCynthiaRice]

Very informative. I have tiny hands and think I need that 50ml Gaiwan.

[@terrarosa8181]

TheCynthiaRice I have tiny hands as well. I admit if it's just me 50 ml and smaller are my favorite. Though I can do 100-175 ml as well. It just takes more practice and I'm a bit more awkward with them. I also tend to like easy giwans too.

[@jayalder9931]

@@terrarosa8181 Gaiwans are awkward. Use a tea pot. It will make better tea than a gaiwan.

[@squiremuldoon5462]

Awesome video sir. Ive been drinking my tea "grandpa style" , where you use your teeth to filter out the tea as you drink it from a jar with not so hot water, i guess the whole 3 minute steeping time doesnt apply to these methods, i dont mind my tea being strong so i gravitate towards these, ive yet to try drinking straight out of a gaiwan but been wanting to try it since i saw the act in the movie Ip Man . Cheers

[@ZhenteaCa]

We love grandpa style. We love Ip Man too! 🤼🍵

[@scottm2553]

Very good advice. I wish this was out a few years ago when I got my first gaiwan.

[@wesnohathas1993]

About time I take my tea-brewing skill to the next level! Too bad I don't personally know anyone else who's into tea culture.

[@ZhenteaCa]

Well, welcome to the online community of tea lovers! You'll never be alone again!

[@eldarius237]

In kungfu historic movies, they all drink from gaiwan. I bought mine specifically for this, but I wonder how many of the modern China use gaiwan this way.

[@ZhenteaCa]

When I was in Sichuan, that's how a lot of folks seemed to drink.

[@kiryukazuma7508]

Just to add a lil more. Make sure you choose a gaiwan that is thick to do this as thinner egg shell porcelains look great but arent great for using especially if you are drinking hot tea or liquids.

[@eldarius237]

@@kiryukazuma7508 Yeah, well I think mine is alright, not too thick, not too thin

[@specialk22tt]

Where did you get the 50 ml gaiwan? Great video. Thanks.

[@ZhenteaCa]

China! 🤪 I know that's not exceedingly helpful, sorry.

[@specialk22tt]

@@ZhenteaCa No, but that's okay. Thanks for the video. :)

[@scottm2553]

They sell them on yunnan sourcing.

[@specialk22tt]

@@scottm2553 Bought three!

[@owhfwoforkwoof]

Great video thank you

[@dcmsr5141]

Love the video and subbed looks fun can't wait to try

[@jason_108]

Quite bizarre my ex girlfriend has those exact two center gaiwans. I just can't get away LOL!

[@ZhenteaCa]

Haha, what a coincidence! 😂

[@TheSaladTozzer]

if you drink from the gaiwan wont your tea keep brewing though and couldn't it become bitter?

[@ZhenteaCa]

Leaf to water ratio partially takes care of this, but you also just top it up when that happens. 🙂🍵

[@MultiTutsie]

In WINTER BEGONIA used different style--- look !

[@xscale]

I'm confused about why you'd want to drink from the gaiwan. I think it's fair to assume most gaiwan users would want to brew gong fu, with lots of leaf and short infusions. I guess you could guzzle a whole infusion in one go form a smaller gaiwan - is that why?

[@ZhenteaCa]

My experience drinking from a Gaiwan was with Mr Xu in Sichuan. It was his impeccable jasmine green tea (Xu Gong Cha) and the leaf to water ratio was adjusted for drinking. The Gaiwan is primarily a drinking vessel in China which is not well known in the west, and the tea will be way to hot to chug! 😉 Maybe we'll do another video about the Gaiwan, if there's enough interest.

[@vonderheide6101]

Thank you for the informative video, can‘t wait to try the drinking from a gaiwan like a pro! I have a gaiwan but when I tilt it to pour out the tea, some of it drips along the outer wall to the bottom of the gaiwan. I have to tilt it completely and fast to minimize the dripping cause if the movement is slow and gradual, too much tea is lost like that. Do you think my Gaiwan is of low quality or is it normal?

[@ZhenteaCa]

Hi there. I (Phil) struggled with this when I first started out too. I think any Gaiwan will do this if you pour too slowly, but don't worry, just like when you drink from a glass, this won't be a problem when you drink from your gaiwan 'like a pro!" Let me know how it goes! Happy sipping!

[@tenki-no-ko]

I only learned that a Gaiwan is used for brewing tea recently because my family almost solely uses it for drinking tea directly.

[@ZhenteaCa]

That's so cool!

[@eldarius237]

I'm curious, are you from Sichuan? I'm getting an impression that no one drinks from gaiwan in modern China.

[@イーライ-z5z]

good shit bro love the vid

[@emmalouie1663]

so hard to find a plain gaiwan for two people, I have a couple that I don't like they get hot, I want maybe a tiny white teapot bleh, hard to find

[@rookerzzz]

Okay I'll ask...why do you want white inside the gaiwan?

[@ZhenteaCa]

Finally! I've been waiting a year for someone to ask that! Thanks!

[@rookerzzz]

@@ZhenteaCa I thought about it a bit, so you can see the color of the tea maybe? Easier to tell if it is brewed perhaps? That would be my guess.

[@ZhenteaCa]

Yes! Exactly it! So you can observe the liquor color and clarity!

[@rookerzzz]

Haha thanks. I like your channel, keep it up :)

[@matero4life2019]

Great video and I love you Canadians ( aboot) 😂

[@csikomas8910]

Oh why do my Gaiwan lids always go flying? I have a lot of bottoms and no tops!

[@ZhenteaCa]

So far I've managed to pretty much balance out broken lids, gaiwans and saucers so that they just about balance out! You can always use the lidless gaiwan as a teacup... 🤪

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James Hoffman of tea.

[@ZhenteaCa]

You're making me blush! ☺️

[@thisislopez]

Choose gai tips wan?

[@ZhenteaCa]

Now get you're ting it!

[@cdtaylor7732]

Hey, at least the gentlemen your partner and you were meeting with didn’t make fun of you! :)

[@jayalder9931]

Gaiwan is a lidded cup and was originally intended for quick and convenient brewing while cooking in the kitchen or doing chores. Calling it "gongfu" is very misleading. "Gongfu tea" as a method began in Chaozhou, Guangdong and means "tea with great skill / mastery". In order to brew tea with mastery you need proper tools - you need a tea pot. You wouldn't call a person who uses an ax to slice bread (even though it is technically possible) a master now would you? Gaiwan is for casual drinking and should not be called "gongfu"

[@DokiDokiDoku]

What an incredibly elitist and pretentious comment. In the west "gongfu" is just used as an all inclusive term for eastern style brewing that typically uses smaller vessels for tea. The gaiwan is indeed one way to do this. Tea ceremonies have their own importance, but would you get angry at someone using a traditional royal English teapot for making herbal infusions, just because it doesn't follow tradition? No. It's just a drink... Drink it however you enjoy it.

[@helennyc4388]

@@DokiDokiDoku Wow, I wonder who's the elitist here. The misuse of terminology, even if it is "in the west", does not make it correct. Your arrogance is incredible.

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[@ZhenteaCa]

It's my mouth, it's not a Skype sound.

[@markpark2713]

Cultural appropriation

[@courtneym143]

You're an idiot.