Chaozhou Gong Fu Tea Master teaching how to brew tea the traditional Chaozhou way.

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[@ricklaxative1688]

"Through efforts in different aspects you will form temperament and character" sooo true, words to live by🙏

[@PathofCha]

yes!

[@ashure_san]

"After bitterness comes sweetness"

[@PathofCha]

it comes only to those who chose the right tea

[@ShesSingle]

@@ashure_san ...all of the Best TEAchers drink Tea, dui bu dui? I can say this of life as well... "after the bitterness, comes sweetness..." 💕 thank existence for Tea and Mothers.

[@obidiahalnasi2570]

These the kind of people you need to treasure he has a knowledge of tea that could be lost if not preserved this is golden

[@PathofCha]

true

[@joroh22]

The way he speaks is lovely, makes me want to learn Chinese/ the dialect he speaks

[@hrscp]

Chinese tea master is more trustworthy than most British tea experts. Same things to coffee, Arabian coffee expert is always trustworthy than British coffee expert as well.

[@littlelily831]

This gentleman is a treasure. I feel like I learnt more about myself than tea listening to him. Would literally pay to speak to him and learn about life.

[@yungnietzsche2302]

I wish I could enjoy a tea session and conversation with this beautiful man, what a rare precious gem…

[@marcofernandez3041]

''After bitterness come swetness'' Trully blessed to have ears to hear, and eyes to see, this wisdom from this Tea Master, Xie xie.

[@LemLTay]

(sorry to mansplain), but I can hear my teachers going on about this, especially in primary school. It was drummed into us, 先甜后苦 (pinyin: Xian Tian Hou Ku), or transliterated, "bitter first, sweet after". Those who wish success and progress need to experience some hardship, trials and effort, then to see the fruits of one's success. Or at least it was an admonishment that those that didn't study hard would fail their exams (!). Sometimes the teachers would reverse the saying, warning "sweet first, bitter later" or as in the western Aesop's fable, the tale of the "ant and grasshopper".

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

@@LemLTay dude you got it backwards ....先甜后苦 literally means first sweet then bitter , it is actually 先苦后甜 , and if you want to be extra flowery you can use 苦尽甘来 which means the same

[@laura-hr2rj]

Lovely. So lovely.

[@ShesSingle]

Wo ai he re cha! ❤ 🍵 xiè xie! It will be a pleasure to meet with him! Wonderful things you do in your spare time. I study Japanese and Chinese and many things... learning is life and producing works from the knowledge one has obtained, their gratitude.

[@PathofCha]

Rè chá hěn bàng, dànshì hǎo hē de rè chá gèng hǎo! :)) xiè xie 🙏🏻

[@rainpyramid8021]

I wish to drink tea with him one day

[@PathofCha]

hurry up!:)

[@jiahaotan696]

You might have wanted to credit 一条Yit for most of the video also. It was there in the watermark but not present in your video description, and I only realised they produced the video after watching this same video (but 1 minute longer) on their channel. Cheers to tea.

[@PathofCha]

Yes, you are absolutely right - it's Yit who produced this video and allowed to re-post it. Cheers to tea!:)

[@Rotting_Rose_]

This is my favorite tea brewing video i found. I appreciate its being in mandarin as i was able to train my ear, and how dear to my heart gong fu tea is (i am a student of shaolin gong fu)

[@PathofCha]

🙏🏻

[@AnthonyNguyenPapabear]

"Guan Cong patrol the city, Hanxin counts the soldiers" - what a name for a technique!

[@PathofCha]

very poetic indeed:)

[@Ellataylor-o5w]

I really want to travel there and learn from the master ❤

[@PathofCha]

We are there right now, learning from the roots:)

[@OysterPir8]

One of yor VERY best videos! I would love to see more of him!

[@PathofCha]

🙏🏻

[@evanjohnrobasci7356]

I love that there is no timing, there is a process, and the timing is right if you do the process right.

[@PathofCha]

exactly!

[@frankieboola6867]

I have watched this video countless times now… it’s beautiful… like music 💙💙💙💙 thank you 🌱

[@PathofCha]

❤🍵

[@vincenttong1764]

I never before had considered a difference between astrigency and bitterness.

[@PathofCha]

surprisingly, many people can't tell the difference, even though these two are very different tastes:))

[@eddie6167]

love this

[@mahtrickszz9669]

Heartwarming...

[@IbrahimAhmed-ju8ou]

Amazing. Thank you for this. I could listen to him talk for hours

[@PathofCha]

"I could listen to him talk for hours" - I know, right!

[@Blueberrythegreat]

Oh, I forgot to mention I am growing a lot of these herbs myself and how to dry it and treated process it whatever would also be very helpful

[@soledadcandi9423]

很漂亮。非常谢谢

[@PathofCha]

🙏🏻

[@drlinid]

Love this, thank you so much

[@PathofCha]

Glad that you liked it!:)

[@hertrisno8146]

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[@debracisneroshhp2827]

Beautiful. 🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌😺

[@Booklover32]

What does it mean to be a gong fu tea master?

[@PathofCha]

Gong Fu Tea Master is someone who excels in understanding tea and has mastered tea brewing practices and techniques. Though in China, a Tea Master is usually someone who produces tea

[@Booklover32]

@@PathofCha thank you so much.

[@Light-vu6ws]

Cha Dao

[@lidynasty4722]

I am Teochew

[@keffinsg]

If he only spoke in Teochew instead.

[@PathofCha]

maybe he's been dubbed:))

[@andylin1502]

Being born in Hong Kong maybe Cantonese

[@internet_internet]

Sheng pu’er is often astringent. Why is that a bad thing?

[@PathofCha]

I think it's a matter of terminology/translation. Sheng pu-erh is often bitter, especially young sheng. But what I think the master means is when tea leaves a dry mouth feeling. That's how I understand it.

[@liljanakaca2199]

It’s more than that.Check out on google.

[@facuherrera614]

ql gueonn y

[@h.huffen-puff4105]

🤦‍♀️

[@captainkatz1775]

So much tea on the tray 😪

[@PathofCha]

The lesson of Letting Go;)

[@captainkatz1775]

@@PathofCha 🤯🤯🤯🤯 I still have much to learn

[@PathofCha]

@@captainkatz1775 Learning never stops and that's the beauty of it:)

[@seabournewolf2298]

Thank goodness he survived Mao and the CCP to live to pass on his art.