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Gong Fu Style Brewing — Shang Tea

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As many of you have likely noticed, in our store we brew our tea in a very traditional Chinese style of brewing called "Gong Fu Cha", which can be literally translated to "highly skilled tea". In today's article I am going to walk through how to brew in this method and why you w

Brewing using the “Gong Fu Cha” technique requires a small teapot of some kind, most often a Gaiwan (guy wan) or Yixing (ee shing) teapot. Gaiwan literally translated means “lidded cup” or “lidded bowl” and is typically a ceramic or porcelain cup with a saucer and a lid. A Yixing teapot is an unglazed teapot made of red or purple clay that is intended to absorb flavor over time, so each yixing vessel is usually dedicated to only one type of tea. In our store we tend to use a glazed porcelain gaiwan (pictured above) due to the incredible versatility it has in brewing different types of tea,…

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