Dude I must have watched 10+ of your shorts over the last couple of days. Never knew how much I never knew about tea lol. Super interesting content and I've been having a blast watching your shorts. 👍
Ive been sipping on some oolong tea from your site and it’s been incredible! Even though I don’t have a full-on table set, I’ve had a little miniature tea maker kind of like a gaiwan that I’m happy to be able to put to good use. I may not have a full on sit down session, but enjoying nice tea while painting miniatures is quickly becoming a favourite weekend pastime in the cold winter months. Much love and can’t wait to see what you do next 🙏
@@PackNshipp Trust me, after two weeks or so you'll definitely see a difference. Drink a cup every hour and it'll mellow out. Then after a couple weeks you'll be doing session after session.
With “clear” I am with you. With “colorful” I am not. There is a significant amount of teas being almost colorless but extremely aromatic and there are also very colorful, very tasteless teas.
Here's a question; is there any type of tasseomancy, or tea reading, done in China or is that a purely Western practice? I know the closest to it would be reading the coffee grounds, done in various parts of the Middle East, and I know there was cultural mingling for centuries along the Silk Road.
你好， 我叫格雷迪， 我是美国人可是我说有一点儿汉语， I just discovered your channel yesterday and I’m already hooked, I’m saving a little money and I’m going to get the travel tea set! I love the educational side of your channel and how you not only go over the culinary side of it but also practice it as a form of meditation. Thank you for all of your help getting me prepared for my future cha sessions!
I’m saving up to get the full set and the teas when they are back in stock! Do you typically drink all the steeps (except the first of course) in one sitting? Or is it spread out throughout the day?
I make a Red Rose tea bag and add sugar every morning bc I work 5-2:30 so I don’t have time to actually brew tea, but if I had this set up what would be a similar flavor to the classic western “black” tea
You can also just get black loose-leaf tea like Darjeeling or Ceylon (the bigger the leaf, the better) and brew it in large quantities with small steeps. Works just fine, although you’ll want to brew for only about ten seconds since the leaves are finer.
I suggest a good electric kettle, many have a “keep warm” function. You could also leave one boiling on the stove if you’re drinking tea that steeps at a high temp.
You pour out the first steep in gong fu tea making (it rinses any dust off leaves and tea equipment, removes about half the caffeine so you can drink more tea, and allows the leaves time to open) and to make it more fun, you “feed” the first steep to your tea pet and “raise” them. You could just dump it down the drain if you don’t have one.
I do a basic version of this setup with a gaiwan, a pot to boil water and a bunch of mugs. A basic gaiwan should be pretty cheap to buy but even without that maybe you could do it with another mug and a saucer or something?
@@upsidedownbagofflour697 hwy thanks! What I ended up doing was just two mugs and a wire mesh strainer I had. I just put the tea in one mug poor water from my kettle into it. Once steeped I transfer it to my drinking mug using the strainer to keep the leaves in the first mug. But I can definitely see using a small saucer.
Why is there so much spilling and dripping in the Chinese tea tradition? Great if you have shaky hands but I prefer not to spill when I make a drink. Can you please explain? Thank you tea man great videos
I’m by no means a Gong Fu expert by any means, but due to tea being being very clean and hot, there’s little hygienic reason NOT to spill, as it’s mostly sterile. I won’t try to guess the cultural reasons behind, from a practical standpoint, that might explain something
@@DanS-dc5vu yep, a lot of tea cultures don’t! It’s mostly a cultural thing I think, but I’m just giving a reason why they CAN, not the reason that they DO
I don’t mean to be offensive, but why does he look like he’s slightly grossed out for a second when he’s tasting the tea? Is that mouth movement to taste it better?
What happens if you have chronic clinical debilitating depression and adhd and forget tea leaves/bits of tea in the set for so long it grows mold and becomes nasty? 😮💨😬🫣😭
My wife and I just bought our 1st tea set of your site! We are very excited to try it out!!🎉
thanks so much for the support!! Enjoy your tea set and let me know what you think!
Dude I must have watched 10+ of your shorts over the last couple of days. Never knew how much I never knew about tea lol. Super interesting content and I've been having a blast watching your shorts. 👍
I love taking direct translations literally so hearing “lidded cup” always makes me happy haha
Ive been sipping on some oolong tea from your site and it’s been incredible! Even though I don’t have a full-on table set, I’ve had a little miniature tea maker kind of like a gaiwan that I’m happy to be able to put to good use. I may not have a full on sit down session, but enjoying nice tea while painting miniatures is quickly becoming a favourite weekend pastime in the cold winter months. Much love and can’t wait to see what you do next 🙏
This is certainly amazing, i was glad that the foreigners are willing to learn and interact chinese culture,keep it up!❤❤
Just had 10 cups solo I’m tweakin
Lmao, I can't tell if you are joking or serious. I drank 5 or 6 cups of oolong last night and was definitely buzzin by the time I put everything away
@@Dzael12345 I was not joking dude I was fidgeting for a couple hours I don’t drink coffee or soda so caffeine hits me really hard
I feel you bro, I got hit real hard by the fuding white tea in this very vid. I had to throw it away halfway there, I think.
@@PackNshipp Trust me, after two weeks or so you'll definitely see a difference. Drink a cup every hour and it'll mellow out. Then after a couple weeks you'll be doing session after session.
do you want that buzz or not ? if not , go for some pu'erh its very gentle or long jing
if you want some powerful buzz , da hong pao or tie guanyin
Loved this video
that tea looks like autumn leaves heheh
With “clear” I am with you. With “colorful” I am not. There is a significant amount of teas being almost colorless but extremely aromatic and there are also very colorful, very tasteless teas.
Here's a question; is there any type of tasseomancy, or tea reading, done in China or is that a purely Western practice? I know the closest to it would be reading the coffee grounds, done in various parts of the Middle East, and I know there was cultural mingling for centuries along the Silk Road.
你好， 我叫格雷迪， 我是美国人可是我说有一点儿汉语， I just discovered your channel yesterday and I’m already hooked, I’m saving a little money and I’m going to get the travel tea set! I love the educational side of your channel and how you not only go over the culinary side of it but also practice it as a form of meditation. Thank you for all of your help getting me prepared for my future cha sessions!
I’m saving up to get the full set and the teas when they are back in stock! Do you typically drink all the steeps (except the first of course) in one sitting? Or is it spread out throughout the day?
I make a Red Rose tea bag and add sugar every morning bc I work 5-2:30 so I don’t have time to actually brew tea, but if I had this set up what would be a similar flavor to the classic western “black” tea
Red tea! I think Jesse has some videos on this too, so you can get some specific red tea examples 😊
You can also just get black loose-leaf tea like Darjeeling or Ceylon (the bigger the leaf, the better) and brew it in large quantities with small steeps. Works just fine, although you’ll want to brew for only about ten seconds since the leaves are finer.
So glad I found this channel.
How do you like those double walled espresso style tea cups? I can't get used to them
Cool I wondered why they poured liquid on the statue . Good to know
Everytime I pour with only the gaiwan I get leaf matter in my tea idk ho lw you get yours so clear 😅
Watching him spill stuff all over the place triggers my OCD something fierce.😅
Is it frowned upon to use sugar?
What are the steeping times?
I tried doing this but I kept burning my fingers. Any tips?
How do you keep the water hot between steeps?
I suggest a good electric kettle, many have a “keep warm” function. You could also leave one boiling on the stove if you’re drinking tea that steeps at a high temp.
This is what im struggling with too tbh
You won't get the same cha qi from later steeps
Where did you come up with the name Xander?
How long do you steep the tea leaves?
depends on the tea, there's no "one size fits all" solution
In general it’s about 15-20 seconds with most gong fu tea. Jesse has some other videos on this.
Why not teapot for beginners? Gaiwan to difficult. Nobody will do it at home. Most important - it's tea and water, doesn't matter how to brew.
how long should you wait per steep
Why are those leaves so large vs the little thin leaves in normally see ??
How long should i steep each time?
How do you choose a tea pet?
Why pour on the little statues? I’m curious idk where to find an explanation
You pour out the first steep in gong fu tea making (it rinses any dust off leaves and tea equipment, removes about half the caffeine so you can drink more tea, and allows the leaves time to open) and to make it more fun, you “feed” the first steep to your tea pet and “raise” them. You could just dump it down the drain if you don’t have one.
Do you just use your scale for just tea or do you have a seperate scale for different stuff lol
nice
Lid on while it steeps or nah?
Sabib
Have you ever sipped on an arizona out the can
I think a method that uses things the average American has at home would be cool.
I do a basic version of this setup with a gaiwan, a pot to boil water and a bunch of mugs. A basic gaiwan should be pretty cheap to buy but even without that maybe you could do it with another mug and a saucer or something?
@@upsidedownbagofflour697 hwy thanks! What I ended up doing was just two mugs and a wire mesh strainer I had. I just put the tea in one mug poor water from my kettle into it. Once steeped I transfer it to my drinking mug using the strainer to keep the leaves in the first mug. But I can definitely see using a small saucer.
Why is there so much spilling and dripping in the Chinese tea tradition? Great if you have shaky hands but I prefer not to spill when I make a drink. Can you please explain? Thank you tea man great videos
I’m by no means a Gong Fu expert by any means, but due to tea being being very clean and hot, there’s little hygienic reason NOT to spill, as it’s mostly sterile. I won’t try to guess the cultural reasons behind, from a practical standpoint, that might explain something
@@jackmahoney1001 Japanese no spill
@@DanS-dc5vu yep, a lot of tea cultures don’t! It’s mostly a cultural thing I think, but I’m just giving a reason why they CAN, not the reason that they DO
whats with the gnarly thumb nail?
Please make music louder, can still hear you!!
I don’t mean to be offensive, but why does he look like he’s slightly grossed out for a second when he’s tasting the tea? Is that mouth movement to taste it better?
how your wife, bud?
What happens if you have chronic clinical debilitating depression and adhd and forget tea leaves/bits of tea in the set for so long it grows mold and becomes nasty? 😮💨😬🫣😭
Gongfu just seems like making a mess
That’s why you use a tea tray to catch the water