#gong fu cha

[citrusstudies]

This morning includes:

A nice gong fu session with a lightly oxidized Jade Mountain oolong from Mountain Streams Teas and more lit review fun!

and a bonus snowy cat :)

[tea-kittenz]

Enjoying fresh green tea during the last of summer days.

Fujian green tea.

[awesomecopper]

New teaware! My brother got me a tea tray and tortoise tea pet for Christmas. I decided to treat myself to a new gaiwan. I love this watercolor look!

The design also pretty much completely encircles the gaiwan, as opposed to others I’ve seen with designs only on one side.

Enjoying some dragonwell as this gaiwan’s first brew

[olameni]

[buff-daddy-cole]

2014 Wild Purple <33

[metalinker]

Morning Golden Yunnan

[skara-da]

I think I made the day of the tea shop lady when I told her I kinda of knew of "the chinese way of making tea" and I wanted to buy myself a gaiwan to try it out. I told her that I've been described as "someone who likes her infusion to taste like grass" and she picked for me a yellow tea, telling me why it is called that and making sure I would brew it in a manner I could make justice to it. She even weigthed for me a small 25g bag as opposed as their standard 50g so that I could just taste it, all the time saying how wonderful it was I just went out and decided to brew in a gaiwan.

This is a reminder that people want you to give the things they are passionate about a try and will put up with your stupid noob question if you are not obnoxious about it.

[meeshnut]

This is a tea that is generally hidden in a box in my tea drawer so I rarely end up thinking of it while staring down at all my tea.

My decision wheel doesn’t forget, though, so it came up as the tea of choice today!

🍂 2020 Qimen Red

[tea-is-nice]

Aged shou mei, this is my first time having aged white tea.

Lovely rich notes of grape juice? Reminds me of the homemade grape juice my grandma used to make. Def those classic earthy early spring foliage notes, reminds me of the smell of freshly peeled aspen bark.

[arisaontheinternet]

Thought my tea was pretty today.

[morimatea]

Drinking tea is a simple yet exquisite way of slow life.

[tea-kittenz]

2013 Lincang Sheng Pu Er.

And my totally cute cherry blossom and heart spout teapot from Yinchen Studio.

[awesomecopper]

Had some bancha green tea with onigiri and edamame! I like to think my onigiri craftsmanship is improving. Fortunately it tastes delicious either way!

[medievalfawn]

before and after of my first gongfu tea session

[buff-daddy-cole]

hello anyone have my tea pets

[mehoymalloy]

It smol.