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

The 84-year-old Chen Xiangbai is a leading figure in Chaozhou Gong Fu Cha. He has collected, organized, and determined the standard Chaozhou Gongfu tea brewing steps. Chen Xiangbai summarized the “21-steps" to make Chaozhou Gongfu tea as he has achieved perfection in tea making.
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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

[@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

[@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

[@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!:)

[@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.

[@AnthonyNguyenPapabear]

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

[@PathofCha]

very poetic indeed:)

[@rainpyramid8021]

I wish to drink tea with him one day

[@PathofCha]

hurry up!:)

[@OysterPir8]

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

[@PathofCha]

🙏🏻

[@laura-hr2rj]

Lovely. So lovely.

[@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]

🙏🏻

[@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]

❤🍵

[@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!

[@Ellataylor-o5w]

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

[@PathofCha]

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

[@mahtrickszz9669]

Heartwarming...

[@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:))

[@hertrisno8146]

Credit: ua-cam.com/video/Rk8UgqHvkG8/v-deo.html

[@drlinid]

Love this, thank you so much

[@PathofCha]

Glad that you liked it!:)

[@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]

🙏🏻

[@debracisneroshhp2827]

Beautiful. 🙏😇✨💫🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌😺

[@Light-vu6ws]

Cha Dao

[@lidynasty4722]

I am Teochew

[@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.

[@keffinsg]

If he only spoke in Teochew instead.

[@PathofCha]

maybe he's been dubbed:))

[@andylin1502]

Being born in Hong Kong maybe Cantonese

[@facuherrera614]

ql gueonn
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[@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:)

[@h.huffen-puff4105]

🤦‍♀️

[@seabournewolf2298]

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