Good point, pancakes. I’ve purchased a gaiwan that I intend to use for gongfu tea. In the mean time, I’m mugging it up with a tea ball or what I’ve come to call Ghettofu – using a covered mug and decanting through a strainer into another, gungfu style. Much improvement awaits!
Leo: I received my first TeaHong order today. That was some seriously well packed tea – I’m certainly keeping those tubes well after they’re empty!
I have attempted an infusion of the puerh. I blanched it twice, though probably not correctly – what I did was place it in a strainer and then pour boiling water over it. Fell apart on the second shot at this (flipped it over after the first). First “blanch” gave me a pale liquid, and the second a fairly red one. I then infused it (as above with the ghettofu style) for 45 seconds in boiling water to see what that got me – and it was pretty good! Going to finish this off and rebrew it with a proper 3 or 4 minute infusion.
Thanks!
M.
