Video: Making Tea with Gaiwan Sets

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Gaiwan tea is a type of tea brewing that uses a lidded bowl for the tea. Learn more about making tea with a Gaiwan tea set with tips from a tea connoisseur in this free video on brewing tea.

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We're talking about tea today and now I'm going to go over a way of brewing tea that's called Gong Fu Tsa or Gong Fu tea brewing. And Gong Fu tea brewing is divided into two sections, there's Gong Fu brin with Yixing or a clay tea pot and then there's Gong Fu brin with this type of a lidded bowl and that's what this is called in Chinese, is a Guy Wan, which means the lidded bowl. The tea I'm going to brew is this green Oolong with the twisted shape called the Want Siam Baljong. So when brewing this type of tea, it's important to remember that this tea is already, it's a twisted leaf so it's not so dense, so you can use more leaf mass here. So I've added the tea, now I'm going to add some water, and this water is about 190-200 degrees, which is a good temperature for this type of tea. And if you think the water is too hot, you can add it a little bit slower and let it fall from a greater height and then that way the water will cool as you're adding it to the Guy Wan. Now I have the water and I add the lid. And I'm going to let that infuse for thirty seconds to a minute. Now, we've let it sit for about a minute and I'm going to pour the tea out of the Guy Wan. And now we have the tea ready to serve. So that's how you brew the tea with the Guy Wan and now remember that I can brew, I can re-infuse this tea for six to ten infusions. And that's a little bit about brewing with the Guy Wan.