Hello, thanks for the video, great work, i got a question, when you mention the tea table, how do you clean it and store it after the ceremony? Also how do you clean the set before you end it, like normal plate or just with boil water?
A Chinese girl living in Houston, seeing a white guy making tea is such an experience, you made me start to grow interest in our own tea ritual which I grew up with. I have to say, even the way you talk and make tea is such a Chinese dad thing. I am from Guangdong province, since I was a baby, I saw my parents and my families sat in front of tea sets while watching TV, they could make and drink tea all day long. All our social gatherings happen around the tea table. My dad is so obsessed with tea that we renovated a whole room as a tea studio which became his man cave. He smokes cigarettes and drink tea and be on his phone every day in the tea studio. I never really cared about it growing up, I am more of a coffee drinker now, I buy fresh beans and grind my coffee beans. Now I would like to learn more about tea because I think my dad will be really happy about it, snd I can make more connection with him as he can teach me what tea to buy and how to brew it.
Thank you for promoting gongfu tea to people outside China. Watching your video reminded me of my late grandfather’s daily tea practice; his tea table was a literal coffee table-size contraption with built-in heating element and a miniature mountain as a water feature/drainage. It was very spectacular when operated. His tea equipment was simpler though, usually just a kettle, a lidded cup and a set of four tiny serving cups, which were about half the size as yours. Tea was pour directly into the tiny serving cups after brewing. This is a common gongfu tea setup for the Min-speaking people in the region on the southeast coast, where many modern gongfu tea-making etiquette was originated. I have only seen pitcher being used when the tea was to be cooled to serve to children. Yes, everybody, even young children drinks tea on a daily basis there. When you visit ANY shop on the main street, not just the tea merchants, the shopkeepers always have a tea set spread out, ready to entertain. They would readily invite customers for a quick tea shot and some casual bonding. It’s a very fond childhood nostalgia of mine. Thank you again!
Fantastic memories!! I love Fujian and the min people and how tea is just a part of life. Sometimes people on the western internet are like, this tea guy is so pretentious, and I’m like no no It’s just part of life for so many people And this is how they do it
People are quick to judge, but yea tea is a way of life, especially for the many, many people influenced by Chinese tea culture. Which includes most of Southeast Asia, India, China, Japan, and Korea…. Lol
I'd be really interested to see a deep dive series on the different types of tea and how they are processed and how they vary in flavor profile from one another. I know you've done some shorts on the subject, but a long-form version would be really cool!
oh, wow, opened the green tea first. I knew it would be good and different, but I didn't think it would be this much better than what we get here in Canada@@jessesteahouse
I never really understood the appeal of tea (as an American, coffee is the dominant drink) until one day….i was looking through a tea box at my parents house, found a lapsang souchong bag that I brewed. MAN my eyes were opened…it hits all the same spots for me as a complex, smoky and aged scotch or whiskey. I’m only just getting started, but it’s such a nice thing to enjoy when I get home from work. That was just a basic teabag, but I can only imagine how a proper tea service of that would taste
I got a set from your website this week, and my Fiancée and I are hooked. We both work two jobs at the moment and it has quickly become one of the only (and best) ways to spend quality time together and de-stress! Nothing quite like good company and good tea! Thanks for all you do!
Hey Jesse, I want to thank you for introducing me to gongfu tea. You helped kinda demystify the idea I had in my head of Chinese tea preparation as an almost religious ceremony and understand that actually, it is something I can do in my home that is thousands of km away from China with some of the teas I can get my hands on here. It's not overly complicated, pointless and something that you need to learn for decades to do "right": there's degrees and it's possible to adapt to my own specific circumstances. And I know it might sound crazy, but when I prepare tea the Gongfu way, it truly tastes better to me, and because of the multiple steeps, I get all the flavor I can get from it before I throw it away, so it even saves me some money - helpful when you have a relatively expensive hobby like that. I mostly have tea for myself, but when I have people over it is fun and relaxing to be the host and prepare the tea, make sure it's steeping the right amount of time and then pouring it in the pitcher while all they have to do is sit around, chat and drink. It's the kind of structure that makes it much easier for me to actually stay in a social situation, because I don't have to constantly think of what to do and say to avoid awkward silences, but I get to enjoy the conversation while adding to it.
Just wanted you to know that I subscribed because of the dolphin joke… not because it was necessarily funny, which it was, but I realized you are my people haha
Very excited to see some long form content from you. It’s nice to hear how you think about things when you actually time to explore the ideas you’re talking about.
"let me know if you want a video about-" yes. I want all the videos. As many as you want to make lol Also "you're a guest at your own tea too" is so wise and sage. 🤔
This is what internet is for you know! Sharing your hobbies and desires in life. After watching your yt shorts a couple of times and then THIS video really made me interested in tea more than coffee
"It's the whole internet, they want to hear about the tea pets now." LOL. Absolutely. And please do that video on what to look for in loose leaf tea, too! Thanks, Jesse.
This Content & Series on Preparation is much needed fir Tea Novice! Your knowledge and explanation is much appreciated!! Please continue on educating tea beginners !!
Please show us what you look for when you're looking at tea leaves!! I have some teas that I'm a bit weary about. Has anyone else ever gotten hair in their tea cake? 😅😅
For most people we just look at the basic stuff. There should be no debris, the leaves should be consistent in size and shape, and no sign of damage or discolouration. For very serious connoisseurs they know the tea cakes from each brand and era, and will be able to tell the storage condition and whether the label is faked.
Usually reliable sellers and reputable companies are the most important. I get my tea from Yunnan Sourcing for example, and I never have to worry about quality per se, however in your case it depends on a few factors assuming you have ruled that issue out. Tiny hairs on the tea itself uniformly may be completely normal (like some white and green teas in cake form). If you're talking human or animal hair, I would be weary of the product itself.
Gong fu cha is literally fractional distillation, but for tea. You get to try all the aromas spread over time according to how long they take to extract from the leaves. When I do it for myself I skip the pitcher, but it’s much more fun to do with others anyway.
Thank you for explaining steaping tea and the importance of washing the tea leaves. I watched a bunch of other videos and was like, why are you wating so much tea.
looking to connect with my mom over some tea, she’s from taiwan and has had limited opportunities to share cultural experiences with me so this is looking to be a great place to start!
Does the hardness of the water affect the tea flavor? I have very hard water at my house from my well and I could soften it but thats more effort is it worth it?
What a great video. I put this on so I could take a nap with some background noise on and ended up enthralled by the process lol. I’ll be stopping by your shop!
This video is just perfect timing. A couple weeks ago I decide to get back to drinking tea and visited my tea spots website and found an oolong I was interested in. I see it had 2 recommended steeping times and one is for gongfu method and I got curious about what its is. A couple days ago I decide to add a set to my jobs secret santa wish list and I'm hoping whoever gets me for secret santa gets me that set. And now you upload a guide on how to do gongfu everything just lined up pretty well!
I am so glad your channel found me! So in love with your energy and information you bring. I am getting that starter set and enjoying life a little bit more 💜💜💜
I can tell I am going to love this series! I was hoping the podcast would be more like this, but now knowing there's more long form content for tea-specific stuff then the podcast being the way it is makes way more sense to me. So keep it up!
Always love watching your channel Jesse. Especially when I’m stressed and need to relax. I have an exam tomorrow, and finished studying for the day. Cheers mate. 🎉❤
You're awesome Jesse, glad to see long-form content. Found you through Shorts, got me interested in tea culture. Don't normally comment on vids but I hope your channel really blows up 👍
Yo I've have been wanting to get into gongfu tea for a little bit now but have been nervous as to buying a set and getting started but this has definitely helped me decide on buying one!
As a language learner and someone who finds stuff like this fascinating This is really cool Not sure if Chinese is on my list but I sure like this type of content nonetheless 😅 (I tend to like more obscure things generally speaking)
Top 10 Most Famous Chinese Teas【2024】 The latest ranking of China's top ten famous teas recommends collecting 10. Lu'an Guapian, produced in Lu'an, Anhui Province, 9. Tieguanyin, produced in Anxi, Fujian Province, 8. Duyun Maojian, produced in Duyun, Guizhou Province, 7. Qimen Black Tea, produced in From Qimen, Anhui, 6. Wuyi Rock Tea, produced from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, 5. Huangshan Maofeng, produced from Huangshan, Anhui, 4. Junshan Silver Needle, produced from Yueyang, Hunan, 3. West Lake Longjing, produced from West Lake, Hangzhou, 2. Xinyang Maojian is produced in Xinyang, Henan. 1. Dongting Biluo Village, produced in Dongting Mountain, Suzhou. I am Lao Wu, and I will show you good tea.
My brother got me a starter set from you and it has been AMAZING! I have used it almost every day and I even bring it to work and have session with my coworkers! Can’t wait to learn more and experience the wonders of tea!
In a couple of weeks I'm making the switch from coffee to tea. It will be my first time drinking tea not from American teabags or Lipton powder. Why? Well, I have recently developed a caffeine sensitivity that prevents me from drinking good coffee. When I found this out I was devastated. For me, coffee has been a part of my soul -- the best beans, the best grind, the best water at the right temperature, presoaking the ground beans, the right brew-time, etc.... but I have now tried 30 different brands of decaffeinated coffee and NONE OF THEM are up to the challenge, swiss processed or not. Your videos, along with some of my own research, has shown me that pu-erh tea can have much less caffeine than coffee if it is aged long enough and, as you said in this video, washed twice instead of once. Also, tea contains an amino acid that, allegedly, regulates the rate at which a metabolism can absorb caffeine.... We'll see. I have ordered a 250g brick of 2007 ripe pu-erh tea from Yunnan province along with the travel tea set. It will be my first time drinking whole leaf tea, much less from an actual tea shop in Yunnan. I know that 30+ year old raw puerh is supposed to have even less caffeine, but I didn't want to spend that kind of money, just yet, so I went with the 17 year old shu pu erh tea instead. Sure, tea doesn't fit my manly rugged image of a grizzled old hunter drinking a mug of joe sitting around a campfire... but I've been married for 31 years, have two grown kids, and no longer hunt... but I'm still grizzled, I guess. Do you have any backwoods campfire tea making tips? Thanks. I'll let you know how it goes.
Had my first(ish) tea session today with some 5 year old pu-erh In hindsight, I probably should have used more tea (can't have been more than 3 grams), smaller steeps (about a western teacup) and/or hotter water (by the time I was done, it was probably under 50 degrees). It ended up really weak… Whom am I kidding? It's because I didn't have tea pets! But overall, a nice experience. There's almost a spicy note in there
just started my tea journey because of your videos! My birthday was yesterday I got your BIG BOI Chonkey tiger cups. Very excited to dive head first into Tea.
I love watching your videos, it reminds me of my time living in Chengdu. I would often visit a local pu’er shop and the owner and I would sit for an hour or two and he would show me the process of making gongfucha. Keep up the great work!
Yes we want a video on maintaining/assessing quality of tea leaves please. Great channel, thank you. We saw you consider the dolphin fantasy fyi, it's important to be open....like finely steeped tea leaves.......
Thank you so much for this Video !!! I would really appreciate, in you would do more Videos like these where you include also the Chinese terminologies and Character. I started Learning Chinese and combining this Hobby with my Passion for Green and oolong teas really Helps Learning the Language. Thank you for your Channel and greetings from germany
I started drinking loose leaf tea many years ago, but I think I've always steeped it the "American/Western style". After discovering your channel a few days ago I think I want to get my own 功夫茶 set now
I have to say... I lived in china for about a year as part of my Mandarin studies, and one of the things I learned, and was so grateful to acquire, was the ability to create and present Gongfu tea. My host mother was a teacher of tea houses and had been for 13 years at the point that I had stayed with her. I am more than forever grateful for her showing me this process and being able to share it with my family.
I actually have a question! How do you even...like, travel with schooling and if there are any good sites to look at? The reason I ask is because I haven't had much luck online getting those answers lol (sorry if this is weird, I'd just love to travel somewhere to learn the language and etc)
I am more of a Coffee drinker. There are only 2 tea's I actually like 1 matcha [even have myself a chasen, and a chasen holder] [don't make it very often] 2 junshan yinzhen [drink it mostly when I feel under the weather, due its lighter and milder taste. 1 bag of 7 grams nets me roughly 2.5 liters of tea]
Do you have a video explaining what the requirements for being a tea master are? I get you are a tea guy, but knowing the differences in levels of knowledge, ability, skills, or whatever is nice.
Well done man. I'm 33 had quite a rough childhood and very hard to find quiet/peace time. I find this to be very relaxing. I like dark tea with sugar but very keen to try some Chinese tea now
Sitting down with a cup of gunpowder while watching this was an entirely delightful moment. I have curious about another such episode going into the nuances of different tea types, aged tea has come up often, and the like. For example, today's tea session was as far as I remember a gunpowder tea. Granted I bought this cheap little bag maybe twenty years ago, only stored in a air tight jar (metal leg, rubber gasket), and somehow the tea is as delicious as ever! Am genuinely curious if I lucked out with some especially good leaves, or have they been 'aged' accidentally, or is this something else entirely? Greatly appreciating the channel!
New here, idk if you've answered this question. But any recommendations on tea for ppl who are used to sweet and in your face tea? I use black tea with lemon and honey. Your channel intrigues me and Idk if I'm over my head if I expect strong flavors. Before I buy my first tray and pet kit, I'd like to try a strong tea before I pull that trigger.
I like this. I found a person who really loved tea, we have a very long and strange history and this is basically how and what I taught him. I knew a lot of this from people who went to either China or Japan and the very few books I could find. The problem is finding tea or information that is not "English tea time" was basically impossible for a teenager pre-internet in the middle of Texas. I was stuck with a lot of bad information (I still call the Gai Wan a Gongfu because a mistranslated book called it that) but it had the best intentions other than _"Gongfu tea is brewed using a Gongfu"_ it got just about everything else correct.
Thanks for going into detail about the pitcher. I was wondering "why not just pour it all directly into your cup from the gaiwan", but this made me realize that the gaiwan is quite a bit bigger in capacity than the actual cups used. (The latter of which look roughly the size of an espresso dematisse cup at 3ish oz?) So yeah naturally you're gonna need a place to keep the rest of the batch until you got room. :P
Ive got two questions before I jump the gun on making tea this way. Firstly, is it necessary to have a glass tea pitcher? Secondly, do you have recommendations on a more traditional water kettle? I really like getting into the 'right' headspace when im follwong something that has traditional roots. To me, that means trying to stay as far away as possible from more modern equipment. Thanks!
Hi Jesse! And Tea friends!! Im a complete novice & was looking at buying the complete beginners tea set. It says it has everything u need to brew in this style but would I still need a separate tea kettle for the boiling water bit? 😅 Thank you for your response!
This was really informative, thank you! I've been interested in gongfu tea for years but just didn't have the space. One day I'd love to drop the money on your sets!
Potentially stupid question: are there any kinds of tea that you CAN’T use in a gongfu set? For instance, I really like a kind of vanilla black tea cuz I have an insatiable sweet tooth. As long the leaves aren’t too small to escape the gai wan or the filter, can you go rogue and just use any tea you like provided you steep it correctly?
I'm a die-hard coffee drinker, but your shorts are entertaining I figured I'd check out some tea culture, I think you got me, the mindfulness is very attractive, in contrast to my Aeropress coffee and zoomzoom life.. keep it up!
You seem to understand Chinese cultural while, but I'm surprised that you are referred to Chinese beliefs as a "superstition". There is no physical proof whether superstition is real or disproved. Much like whether God proven.
I would appreciate a video on the different types of tea. N specifically on recommendations on what a person would like if they like "x" kind of western teas if applicable.
What kettle do you recommend? I wish your websitr has notification when things go back in stock, im looking forward to purchasing your bluestone tea set
The bottom of the tray does need to be clean. Not clean pretty, clean healthy. If you let stuff grow on it, it's bad for your breathing, even if it isn't bad for your tea. Pouring boiled water (you'll have some in your kettle) over the entire board should do the trick.
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Thanks to you I got into gongfu brewing, I'm really happy to see more longform content on your channel :D
Ahhh thank you, I really love drinking tea so it seems fun 🥰
Just enjoyed a tea session with my parents. I used the 7 year aged Fuding white tea chocolate bar.
Yay! I can't wait for the next episodes! ❤️ 🍵
I'm happy that you started showing up on my feed. I usually stay for the long content, so I hope you do make more :)
Found you on tiktok now i am super invested in your content !
New drinking game: drink every time Jesse's head lines up with the fan behind him.
You’re gonna get waaaaaasted
Im not as trunk as you drink i am 🥴@@jessesteahouse
Hello, thanks for the video, great work, i got a question, when you mention the tea table, how do you clean it and store it after the ceremony? Also how do you clean the set before you end it, like normal plate or just with boil water?
Ah, it seems i have formed a new hyperfixation. ✨️tea✨️
I actually discorvered your stand up through this channel and have really enjoyed all I've seen!
I’m really hoping I can get to do more standup now that the tea following is getting bigger haha
lol you’re so funny
A Chinese girl living in Houston, seeing a white guy making tea is such an experience, you made me start to grow interest in our own tea ritual which I grew up with. I have to say, even the way you talk and make tea is such a Chinese dad thing.
I am from Guangdong province, since I was a baby, I saw my parents and my families sat in front of tea sets while watching TV, they could make and drink tea all day long. All our social gatherings happen around the tea table. My dad is so obsessed with tea that we renovated a whole room as a tea studio which became his man cave. He smokes cigarettes and drink tea and be on his phone every day in the tea studio. I never really cared about it growing up, I am more of a coffee drinker now, I buy fresh beans and grind my coffee beans. Now I would like to learn more about tea because I think my dad will be really happy about it, snd I can make more connection with him as he can teach me what tea to buy and how to brew it.
Did you get to connect with your dad?
Thank you for promoting gongfu tea to people outside China. Watching your video reminded me of my late grandfather’s daily tea practice; his tea table was a literal coffee table-size contraption with built-in heating element and a miniature mountain as a water feature/drainage. It was very spectacular when operated. His tea equipment was simpler though, usually just a kettle, a lidded cup and a set of four tiny serving cups, which were about half the size as yours. Tea was pour directly into the tiny serving cups after brewing. This is a common gongfu tea setup for the Min-speaking people in the region on the southeast coast, where many modern gongfu tea-making etiquette was originated. I have only seen pitcher being used when the tea was to be cooled to serve to children. Yes, everybody, even young children drinks tea on a daily basis there. When you visit ANY shop on the main street, not just the tea merchants, the shopkeepers always have a tea set spread out, ready to entertain. They would readily invite customers for a quick tea shot and some casual bonding. It’s a very fond childhood nostalgia of mine. Thank you again!
Fantastic memories!! I love Fujian and the min people and how tea is just a part of life. Sometimes people on the western internet are like, this tea guy is so pretentious, and I’m like no no It’s just part of life for so many people
And this is how they do it
People are quick to judge, but yea tea is a way of life, especially for the many, many people influenced by Chinese tea culture. Which includes most of Southeast Asia, India, China, Japan, and Korea…. Lol
Thanks for sharing your life with us grateful for the time✌🏼💗🙇🏼♀️
"tea pets are like enjoying life, its optional"
I JUST ABOUT CHOCKED
Choked*
I'd be really interested to see a deep dive series on the different types of tea and how they are processed and how they vary in flavor profile from one another. I know you've done some shorts on the subject, but a long-form version would be really cool!
“You are a guest at your own tea session” is the self-care advice I didn’t realize I needed today ❤️
Just checking in 😊
this is exactly what I was looking for! educational but not overwhelming.
edit: Woo! my sampler pack just arrived!
Enjoy!! let me know how you like the teas ❤
oh, wow, opened the green tea first. I knew it would be good and different, but I didn't think it would be this much better than what we get here in Canada@@jessesteahouse
Agreed
Really looking forward to this series. I'm new to tea and no doubt this will be extremely helpful.
I never really understood the appeal of tea (as an American, coffee is the dominant drink) until one day….i was looking through a tea box at my parents house, found a lapsang souchong bag that I brewed. MAN my eyes were opened…it hits all the same spots for me as a complex, smoky and aged scotch or whiskey. I’m only just getting started, but it’s such a nice thing to enjoy when I get home from work. That was just a basic teabag, but I can only imagine how a proper tea service of that would taste
My sister literally called a tea narcissist.. I said "I think you mean snob!" She started laughing... She's not a tea person... I just enjoy this!!
Lapsang souchong is one of my favorites 😊
I got a set from your website this week, and my Fiancée and I are hooked. We both work two jobs at the moment and it has quickly become one of the only (and best) ways to spend quality time together and de-stress!
Nothing quite like good company and good tea! Thanks for all you do!
So glad to hear it!! Good tea with good people is the best way to spend free time 😊😊😊
Seek that leaf boi
Hey Jesse, I want to thank you for introducing me to gongfu tea. You helped kinda demystify the idea I had in my head of Chinese tea preparation as an almost religious ceremony and understand that actually, it is something I can do in my home that is thousands of km away from China with some of the teas I can get my hands on here. It's not overly complicated, pointless and something that you need to learn for decades to do "right": there's degrees and it's possible to adapt to my own specific circumstances.
And I know it might sound crazy, but when I prepare tea the Gongfu way, it truly tastes better to me, and because of the multiple steeps, I get all the flavor I can get from it before I throw it away, so it even saves me some money - helpful when you have a relatively expensive hobby like that.
I mostly have tea for myself, but when I have people over it is fun and relaxing to be the host and prepare the tea, make sure it's steeping the right amount of time and then pouring it in the pitcher while all they have to do is sit around, chat and drink. It's the kind of structure that makes it much easier for me to actually stay in a social situation, because I don't have to constantly think of what to do and say to avoid awkward silences, but I get to enjoy the conversation while adding to it.
Just wanted you to know that I subscribed because of the dolphin joke… not because it was necessarily funny, which it was, but I realized you are my people haha
I mean those dolphins know how to live am I rite
"as Confucius said no bueno" lmao love this guy hoping to see you do comedy in the future
Very excited to see some long form content from you. It’s nice to hear how you think about things when you actually time to explore the ideas you’re talking about.
LONGFORM JESSE CONTENT YES THIS IS LEGIT
"let me know if you want a video about-" yes. I want all the videos. As many as you want to make lol
Also "you're a guest at your own tea too" is so wise and sage. 🤔
Agreed
Oh man this is what we've been waiting for. Hell yes man greatest tea monger out there cheers Jesse
Tea Time my guy!!
This is what internet is for you know! Sharing your hobbies and desires in life. After watching your yt shorts a couple of times and then THIS video really made me interested in tea more than coffee
"It's the whole internet, they want to hear about the tea pets now." LOL. Absolutely. And please do that video on what to look for in loose leaf tea, too! Thanks, Jesse.
I won’t lie…I was already hooked on tea but wanting to know what tea pets were for is what renewed my tea hyperfocus. 😆
The tea pets have sold me on this style of tea sessions 😅❤
@@madamsloth Everyone loves the tea pets
This Content & Series on Preparation is much needed fir Tea Novice! Your knowledge and explanation is much appreciated!! Please continue on educating tea beginners !!
Please show us what you look for when you're looking at tea leaves!! I have some teas that I'm a bit weary about. Has anyone else ever gotten hair in their tea cake? 😅😅
For most people we just look at the basic stuff. There should be no debris, the leaves should be consistent in size and shape, and no sign of damage or discolouration. For very serious connoisseurs they know the tea cakes from each brand and era, and will be able to tell the storage condition and whether the label is faked.
Usually reliable sellers and reputable companies are the most important. I get my tea from Yunnan Sourcing for example, and I never have to worry about quality per se, however in your case it depends on a few factors assuming you have ruled that issue out. Tiny hairs on the tea itself uniformly may be completely normal (like some white and green teas in cake form). If you're talking human or animal hair, I would be weary of the product itself.
A non-curly tiny straight thing might be plant matter to be honest
Wow this is great!! Feeling inspired to get into gongfu tea 😊
i’ve been meaning to get into chinese tea culture, thanks for the the video!
Gong fu cha is literally fractional distillation, but for tea. You get to try all the aromas spread over time according to how long they take to extract from the leaves. When I do it for myself I skip the pitcher, but it’s much more fun to do with others anyway.
Super informative! Thank you!
Excited for this series!
Thank you for explaining steaping tea and the importance of washing the tea leaves. I watched a bunch of other videos and was like, why are you wating so much tea.
Not a tea master, nor an apprentice. Simply a tea guy.
We seek different leaves, Jesse, but we do have a similar fondness for trays and fun shaped glass and ceramics
looking to connect with my mom over some tea, she’s from taiwan and has had limited opportunities to share cultural experiences with me so this is looking to be a great place to start!
Is it ok if 9 year old take gong fu black tea? What do you recommend?.
Does the hardness of the water affect the tea flavor? I have very hard water at my house from my well and I could soften it but thats more effort is it worth it?
Brilliant video Jessie really enjoyed - teaism episode 2 coming soon?
What a great video. I put this on so I could take a nap with some background noise on and ended up enthralled by the process lol. I’ll be stopping by your shop!
Thank you! Was looking for a lesson on using the tea tray. Would love a longer video on how to buy tea and what to look for.
This video is just perfect timing. A couple weeks ago I decide to get back to drinking tea and visited my tea spots website and found an oolong I was interested in. I see it had 2 recommended steeping times and one is for gongfu method and I got curious about what its is. A couple days ago I decide to add a set to my jobs secret santa wish list and I'm hoping whoever gets me for secret santa gets me that set. And now you upload a guide on how to do gongfu everything just lined up pretty well!
I'm quite happy you did a video like this. I myself just got some tea stuff this week and have been enjoying it with my family
I am so glad your channel found me! So in love with your energy and information you bring. I am getting that starter set and enjoying life a little bit more 💜💜💜
I love the interweaving of comedy into these videos, the vibe of this channel keeps me coming back for more content
Thank you for being my tea friend :)
I can tell I am going to love this series! I was hoping the podcast would be more like this, but now knowing there's more long form content for tea-specific stuff then the podcast being the way it is makes way more sense to me. So keep it up!
YES I'd love to see a video on dried tea leaves and what to look for. Thank you so much for this video!
Me bustin out the zip so i steep up a quarter sack
Could you please do a video on what the different tea pets mean in Chinese culture? I think that would be fun!
Always love watching your channel Jesse. Especially when I’m stressed and need to relax. I have an exam tomorrow, and finished studying for the day. Cheers mate. 🎉❤
You're awesome Jesse, glad to see long-form content. Found you through Shorts, got me interested in tea culture. Don't normally comment on vids but I hope your channel really blows up 👍
thanks so much!!!
Yo Jesse, you had me DYING man 😂😂 gonna have to track down your stand up now. Keep it up!
Yo I've have been wanting to get into gongfu tea for a little bit now but have been nervous as to buying a set and getting started but this has definitely helped me decide on buying one!
Oh my god this is great! An amazing series to pair with So-Han’s Gongfu TeaCha.
I understand tea is made from the tea leaves hence they have caffeine in it but do you sell any leaves without caffeine?
All tea has caffeine, but he just started selling a Chrysanthemum Goji Berry Flower herbal tea that is caffeine-free!
As a language learner and someone who finds stuff like this fascinating
This is really cool
Not sure if Chinese is on my list but I sure like this type of content nonetheless 😅
(I tend to like more obscure things generally speaking)
now this is epic
Definitely seeing videos on how to handle the pressed teas, like cake and bricks, would be amazing!
this is such an interesting dive into a culture and tradition that is entirely alien to me! thank you for the educational video !
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The latest ranking of China's top ten famous teas recommends collecting 10. Lu'an Guapian, produced in Lu'an, Anhui Province, 9. Tieguanyin, produced in Anxi, Fujian Province, 8. Duyun Maojian, produced in Duyun, Guizhou Province, 7. Qimen Black Tea, produced in From Qimen, Anhui, 6. Wuyi Rock Tea, produced from Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, 5. Huangshan Maofeng, produced from Huangshan, Anhui, 4. Junshan Silver Needle, produced from Yueyang, Hunan, 3. West Lake Longjing, produced from West Lake, Hangzhou, 2. Xinyang Maojian is produced in Xinyang, Henan. 1. Dongting Biluo Village, produced in Dongting Mountain, Suzhou. I am Lao Wu, and I will show you good tea.
My brother got me a starter set from you and it has been AMAZING! I have used it almost every day and I even bring it to work and have session with my coworkers! Can’t wait to learn more and experience the wonders of tea!
In a couple of weeks I'm making the switch from coffee to tea. It will be my first time drinking tea not from American teabags or Lipton powder. Why? Well, I have recently developed a caffeine sensitivity that prevents me from drinking good coffee. When I found this out I was devastated. For me, coffee has been a part of my soul -- the best beans, the best grind, the best water at the right temperature, presoaking the ground beans, the right brew-time, etc.... but I have now tried 30 different brands of decaffeinated coffee and NONE OF THEM are up to the challenge, swiss processed or not. Your videos, along with some of my own research, has shown me that pu-erh tea can have much less caffeine than coffee if it is aged long enough and, as you said in this video, washed twice instead of once. Also, tea contains an amino acid that, allegedly, regulates the rate at which a metabolism can absorb caffeine.... We'll see. I have ordered a 250g brick of 2007 ripe pu-erh tea from Yunnan province along with the travel tea set. It will be my first time drinking whole leaf tea, much less from an actual tea shop in Yunnan. I know that 30+ year old raw puerh is supposed to have even less caffeine, but I didn't want to spend that kind of money, just yet, so I went with the 17 year old shu pu erh tea instead. Sure, tea doesn't fit my manly rugged image of a grizzled old hunter drinking a mug of joe sitting around a campfire... but I've been married for 31 years, have two grown kids, and no longer hunt... but I'm still grizzled, I guess. Do you have any backwoods campfire tea making tips? Thanks. I'll let you know how it goes.
Had my first(ish) tea session today with some 5 year old pu-erh
In hindsight, I probably should have used more tea (can't have been more than 3 grams), smaller steeps (about a western teacup) and/or hotter water (by the time I was done, it was probably under 50 degrees). It ended up really weak… Whom am I kidding? It's because I didn't have tea pets!
But overall, a nice experience. There's almost a spicy note in there
just started my tea journey because of your videos! My birthday was yesterday I got your BIG BOI Chonkey tiger cups. Very excited to dive head first into Tea.
checking out your video. drinking sister Ai's sheng. I enjoyed this video! Double finger taps on table.
I love watching your videos, it reminds me of my time living in Chengdu. I would often visit a local pu’er shop and the owner and I would sit for an hour or two and he would show me the process of making gongfucha. Keep up the great work!
Yes we want a video on maintaining/assessing quality of tea leaves please. Great channel, thank you. We saw you consider the dolphin fantasy fyi, it's important to be open....like finely steeped tea leaves.......
Thank you so much for this Video !!! I would really appreciate, in you would do more Videos like these where you include also the Chinese terminologies and Character. I started Learning Chinese and combining this Hobby with my Passion for Green and oolong teas really Helps Learning the Language. Thank you for your Channel and greetings from germany
Great video, thank you. You have gotten yourself a new follower from Denmark :-) Quick question, do you reboil the water before each steep?
Hi Jesse, great video! Do you have any suggestions for when the no-soap rule conflicts with your guest wearing lipbalm or lipstick? Thanks :)
I started drinking loose leaf tea many years ago, but I think I've always steeped it the "American/Western style". After discovering your channel a few days ago I think I want to get my own 功夫茶 set now
Is it really safe to just rinse them? I understand the soap concern but my anxiety says otherwise.
I have to say... I lived in china for about a year as part of my Mandarin studies, and one of the things I learned, and was so grateful to acquire, was the ability to create and present Gongfu tea. My host mother was a teacher of tea houses and had been for 13 years at the point that I had stayed with her. I am more than forever grateful for her showing me this process and being able to share it with my family.
I actually have a question! How do you even...like, travel with schooling and if there are any good sites to look at? The reason I ask is because I haven't had much luck online getting those answers lol (sorry if this is weird, I'd just love to travel somewhere to learn the language and etc)
I am more of a Coffee drinker.
There are only 2 tea's I actually like
1 matcha [even have myself a chasen, and a chasen holder] [don't make it very often]
2 junshan yinzhen [drink it mostly when I feel under the weather, due its lighter and milder taste. 1 bag of 7 grams nets me roughly 2.5 liters of tea]
Do you have a video explaining what the requirements for being a tea master are? I get you are a tea guy, but knowing the differences in levels of knowledge, ability, skills, or whatever is nice.
Well done man. I'm 33 had quite a rough childhood and very hard to find quiet/peace time. I find this to be very relaxing. I like dark tea with sugar but very keen to try some Chinese tea now
Sitting down with a cup of gunpowder while watching this was an entirely delightful moment.
I have curious about another such episode going into the nuances of different tea types, aged tea has come up often, and the like.
For example, today's tea session was as far as I remember a gunpowder tea. Granted I bought this cheap little bag maybe twenty years ago, only stored in a air tight jar (metal leg, rubber gasket), and somehow the tea is as delicious as ever!
Am genuinely curious if I lucked out with some especially good leaves, or have they been 'aged' accidentally, or is this something else entirely?
Greatly appreciating the channel!
Incredible video, tea is very similar to wine as it needs the right mood, tools and settlement to be fully enjoyed. Thank you so much from France !
The question is: Why did this show up in my feed and why am I watching it? 🧐
But the REAL question is: Why am I enjoying it so much!? 😂👍
New here, idk if you've answered this question. But any recommendations on tea for ppl who are used to sweet and in your face tea? I use black tea with lemon and honey. Your channel intrigues me and Idk if I'm over my head if I expect strong flavors. Before I buy my first tray and pet kit, I'd like to try a strong tea before I pull that trigger.
I like this. I found a person who really loved tea, we have a very long and strange history and this is basically how and what I taught him. I knew a lot of this from people who went to either China or Japan and the very few books I could find. The problem is finding tea or information that is not "English tea time" was basically impossible for a teenager pre-internet in the middle of Texas.
I was stuck with a lot of bad information (I still call the Gai Wan a Gongfu because a mistranslated book called it that) but it had the best intentions other than _"Gongfu tea is brewed using a Gongfu"_ it got just about everything else correct.
Thanks for going into detail about the pitcher. I was wondering "why not just pour it all directly into your cup from the gaiwan", but this made me realize that the gaiwan is quite a bit bigger in capacity than the actual cups used. (The latter of which look roughly the size of an espresso dematisse cup at 3ish oz?) So yeah naturally you're gonna need a place to keep the rest of the batch until you got room. :P
Are fresh tea leaves available in Florida? I would love to visit a tea leaf farm in the US. That way I know I'm getting the best tea. Any suggestions?
Ive got two questions before I jump the gun on making tea this way. Firstly, is it necessary to have a glass tea pitcher? Secondly, do you have recommendations on a more traditional water kettle? I really like getting into the 'right' headspace when im follwong something that has traditional roots. To me, that means trying to stay as far away as possible from more modern equipment. Thanks!
Hi Jesse! And Tea friends!! Im a complete novice & was looking at buying the complete beginners tea set. It says it has everything u need to brew in this style but would I still need a separate tea kettle for the boiling water bit? 😅
Thank you for your response!
How do you disinfectant the individual drinking cups without water? Or do you only wash those?
This was really informative, thank you! I've been interested in gongfu tea for years but just didn't have the space. One day I'd love to drop the money on your sets!
Potentially stupid question: are there any kinds of tea that you CAN’T use in a gongfu set? For instance, I really like a kind of vanilla black tea cuz I have an insatiable sweet tooth. As long the leaves aren’t too small to escape the gai wan or the filter, can you go rogue and just use any tea you like provided you steep it correctly?
I'm a die-hard coffee drinker, but your shorts are entertaining I figured I'd check out some tea culture, I think you got me, the mindfulness is very attractive, in contrast to my Aeropress coffee and zoomzoom life.. keep it up!
You seem to understand Chinese cultural while, but I'm surprised that you are referred to Chinese beliefs as a "superstition". There is no physical proof whether superstition is real or disproved. Much like whether God proven.
I would appreciate a video on the different types of tea. N specifically on recommendations on what a person would like if they like "x" kind of western teas if applicable.
What kettle do you recommend? I wish your websitr has notification when things go back in stock, im looking forward to purchasing your bluestone tea set
The bottom of the tray does need to be clean. Not clean pretty, clean healthy. If you let stuff grow on it, it's bad for your breathing, even if it isn't bad for your tea. Pouring boiled water (you'll have some in your kettle) over the entire board should do the trick.