The MOST useful CUP You’ve Never Heard Of 

Lovely collection on shelf!

Iroh approves this teaware video.

I'm skeptical about videos on gimmicky/specialty stuff but honestly this seems very useful so thanks for exposing us to this.

In classical oriental sciences, metal has always been considered to have a magnet like quality, meaning, brewing any sort of herbs with metal will have the metal pulling essential energies from the herb and holding on to it in the matrix of the metal. Simple example is to have some aromatic in a metal insulated bottle, and notice for the next week that regular water will have that flavour in it from the bottle fill after fill. This is why ceramics and glass are recommended. Earth-ware has a neutral property.

Definitely agree with a gaiwan over a teapot for people new to tea. Especially if you're brewing different types, like oolong, puerh, purple etc. You don't really(in my opinion) want to mix all those teas into the same pot. The clay essentially gets seasoned with the tea you're brewing in it and you really want to have tea specific pots. Ideally you're have a ripe/raw pot and then an oolong pot, etc. The first method for pouring the gaiwan is my favourite. I like to hold the bottom with my ring and pinkie for extra stability. Also for new people, beware of the steam when pouring, it's got me more than once.... Great video, tea is awesome and everyone should experience some good Chinese tea in their lifetime. So glad I discovered the world of Chinese tea, so so glad.

Learning about gaiwans made my tea experience so much easier. The bigger the leaf, the better.

A simple porcelain gaiwan is equivalent to a universal remote for tea. Its suitable for literally any kind of tea, and they're stupidy simple to clean and use even if it takes a small learning curve to use it efficiently.

Today I learned that my great grandmother kept her sugar for her coffee in a Gaiwan.

I learned to pick up the hot gaiwan by its saucer, then use my thumb to slide the lid back while I sip. One hand, hot tea, simple!😊

Hey man your explanation of the parts of the gaiwan was really good. Your Chinese pronunciation was also pretty good, I'm glad you're bringing this up to people who have never used gaiwans before.

Uhm, did I miss the third type of Gaiwan? It looks like you missed a part in between the second type and the end of the third type.

I’ve never thought tea-balls were difficult to clean out, ever. And I complain about everything!

1:31 I have the same gaiwan with the blue brushstrokes! It's my first one and I'm still learning how to use it properly but so far I'm loving it!

By comparison, teapots feel kind of gimmicky with all these extra parts that are harder to clean. Would love a hydrid gaiwan teapot brewing vessel

I love the Mark Mohler teapot you have! I have a gaiwan of his and it’s incredible work

I just ordered my first Gaiwan!! I’m 6’5 and have bigger hands so I hope I didn’t make a boo boo passing up the 150ml for the 200ml

That turn table B-roll is money!! Looks dope! Great information!

I was with you until I found out these are one-ounce cups. Clearly this is not for how I'm used to consuming tea.

gaiwans break all the time though :( so better to buy the cheap ones and keep a spare on hand

Where can i buy the darker unglazed gaiwan?

Tea will make even stainless steel rust 😂 So that tea-ball becomes pretty gnarly after a while I'm a coffee person though, I still want this cup

I ordered one recently from Tenmokus, and ever time it seems to dribble down the side

I dont know what mine tea set up would be called. It is ceramic without a handle, but has two ceramic protrusions on either side near the top, adjacent to the "spout". The "spout" is covered by ceramic perferation. Half the top is uncovered, half by this peferation near the spout. I wish i could show a picture but i have not seen another like it

Tea is ment to be iced. ;)

Good info!

This guy won by using a Gaiwan!

Very informative ☺️

Too small for me. I like my tea HOT so need a big mug with a handle. I do use "loose leaf" but here in South Africa the "loose leaf" is just teabag tea in a box. Proper loose leaf tea is not available here now and if found is so expensive as to be unaffordable. Regards from South Africa

Problem with gaiwan is that it's too hot for me to hold it because I drink black tea. 😭

This feels like a commercial for a tool that does a thing no one asked for making the other options look silly by using them wrong. Great video dart. Just take your teapot to the sink.

Who that drinks tea more seriously (ie high quality loose leaf) doesn't know what a gaiwan is? It's literally like one of the first things you see used for high quality tea at Asian tea shops.