:: Easy Gong Fu Tea - daily session :: 

You're welcome. I'm glad my video could be of help.

Thank you, happy if I can make it easier for you. Tea pets are very old and nice tradition which is of course not a must but I believe nice to have :)

On the tradition standpoint, all those steps must be followed strictly. However if you just want to enjoy the tea, just follow the necessary steps.

@@hendrahendra6331 Tradition from Chaozhou isn't that extreme, the style comes from the poor my friend.

Gong Fu Cha is not about fancy tools. You can brew in anything. Just try to find something small to keep good leaf to water ratio - can be small cup, bowl, even glass jar. Follow the steps and you will see the difference in tea taste 🍵😊

Thank you for such a kind feedback. Happy that my video helped 😊

Late response and I sure hope you've found a tray by now, but for anyone else looking the tray in this video looks like this one that I came across on amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B01NBCEYFW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_H9VYKDRCNZ27H6SZT22T

Apology for not replying earlier, I somehow missed your comment. Unfortunately shop where I bought this tray don't offer this exact model anymore :( but I am sure if anyone is interested, can find something similar if only search long enough.

@@Mindful_TEA_Break No worries, I found one to my liking on Amazon not long after that comment.

There are many different types of teaware as well as many different set ups. This way of brewing is not very strict. After all - I think most important is to enjoy our tea time 😊

Hi, of course :) this Sheng Pu Erh is from Yiwu mountain - one of my favourite origins for shengs :)

I would love to just afraid we probably live far far away from each other 🙁 I'm in Poland.

Ahh i spot an avatar reference 😁

tea pet only gets the waste

@@overratedprogrammer It is not waste, it is tea.

@@ImperatorZed She's drinking the waste too

In gong fu tea, one often starts with a short "wash" of the leaves to rinse of tea dust and to wake them up before doing the actual steepings (which can be 10 or even 20 ones with certain teas). For some teas however you can skip the wash. The tea pet mostly gets the wash. So it is a win-win 😊

Martin Hughes thank you Martin. My monkey is named خجالتى (Khejalati) which in Persian means "the one that's being shy" 🙈 Most of my tea pets got names in Persian language because I'm learning it and it's close to my heart.

@@Mindful_TEA_Break What is your native language, then? I'm curious. You have a thick accent so I get the feeling you must've learned some other language first or your parents just had that thick of an accent while teaching you English.

@@pip5528 I'm Slavic blood :) my native language is Polish. I self learned English as a teenager mostly from watching tv serieses and movies. My accent though is just mine I guess because Polish people also find it a bit strange and sometimes they take me for a foreigner even when I speak my native language ;)

Thank you. I got it many years ago so don't know if they still have them but I think it was from www.tangpintea.com

@@Mindful_TEA_Break thank you! 🥰

So she remembered the artist that made her teapot?

​@@hananokuni2580 as a opposed to buying a lesser tea pot with a common print on it. . Some people just dont get any enjoyment out of the finer things in life.

@@SomeoneVx I don't blame her. (She actually remembered whereas others would not have cared.) At least she pays attention to the small details that make a big difference in the enjoyment; not all Yixing pots are the same. I remember having a Yokkaichi Banko kyūsu made by an artist known as _Shōryū_ (昇龍, "ascending dragon") and another kyūsu (can't remember whether it was a purple clay or red clay one) made by _Kōten_ (恒天, "eternal heavens"). I have yet to purchase any Yixing pots. These days I tend to use gaiwan to brew green tea, which is what I usually drink. I think that for pu-erh, black, and dark oolong teas clay teapots are best since they retain heat well.

بله میدانم 😊

خیلی هم عالی 🙌🏻😄☘️

Yes, I'm from Central Europe, Poland to be more exact. I'm happy if my video helped you enjoy your tea more. Have some happy brewing 😊

@@Mindful_TEA_Break Thanks for the reply. I just have my 1st cup of Gong Fu tea after watching your video. Keep doing this great job.

In this case I was using fresh pu erh cake and I don't see a need to rinse a fresh tea. I actually rarely do a rinse. When I do it is mostly on aged tea or tightly ball rolled. But if rinsing tea is something you like, keep doing it of course :)

Monkey is a "tea pet" it is completely optional. It is made from clay and over time gets very nice patina look from all the tea pour on it. If it comes to function it is for decoration, aesthetics, sort of companion and also keeps you practicing generosity when you offer your tea pet some tea. It's also just fun way to dispose of your water, rinse and tea left overs that for example already cool down too much.

Yes, I am from Poland.

@@Mindful_TEA_Break A Pole will always recognize a Pole

That is how it's traditionally used. Cups can be a bit bigger but can be even smaller. If you drink tea Gong Fu way you are re-infusing same tea leaves many time so you drink a lot of small cups. You would probably not be able to drink ten big cups but small cups you drink easily. This cup is 40ml so if I infuse tea five times and drink two cups from each infusion it is ten small cups in total which gives 400ml of tea. Not small amount at all. Drinking from small cup means drinking best quality fast, right after it was infused. It will not get cold. You can make a break between infusions whenever you want. I highly recommend trying tea this way 😊

I honestly don't understand how someone can go around commenting things are "fake". It is a real actual clay tea pot - not a plastic toy, right? Video is not about how amazing or expensive this tea pot is or about the box that I take it out from ...and just so you know it is not an original box of that tea pot either - just a box I transported it in. It is not the most expensive tea pot you could get and not from most known and awarded pottery artist but it is more than good enough for my humble needs.

Looks like it makes tea fine so yeah I'd say it's a teapot alright

It looks like a lovely tea pot, with a nice pour and a tight lid. Some of my half handmade zisha teapots have a drip caused by ever so slightly loose fitting lid. My fully handmade does not have these problems. And some guy on the internet focuses on the box...

Then don't. I was more put down by your unnecessary negativity than I was with her casual style of enjoying her tea. So I guess everyone can have opinions it seems.

No I really like the music it fits well

I liked it to!

How rude

You’re not even wearing a shirt and are dissing hers, lol.

Manners are more important than adapting to Amandas taste in fashion.

lol thank you I was looking for this-- it looks like a hospital gown goddamn. A very calming tea ritual from someone with thirty years of neuroticism and passive aggression etched into her face