Featured / Tea How's / Tea Wares 2016.02.16 by Leo Kwan · Published 2016.02.16 · Last modified 2023.01.25 Yixing teapot: Real use for really small ones? The capacity of most popular Yixing pot sizes ranges from a few hundred millilitres (or...
About / Glossary / References 2015.05.08 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.05.08 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Blanch We have borrowed this word from cooking for use in tea preparation. In cooking, to...
Infusion / Standards / Tea How's 2015.02.04 by Leo Kwan · Published 2015.02.04 · Last modified 2016.03.15 Gongfu Infusion: General Parameters The immediate benefit of gongfu infusion The obvious advantage of using the gongfu approach in...
Infusion / Tea How's 2015.02.03 by Leo Kwan · Published 2015.02.03 · Last modified 2016.03.15 Gongfu Infusion: Chapter 2 Phoenix Oolong with the Gaiwan In chapter 1, we have discussed the basic steps in...
Infusion / Tea How's 2015.01.07 by Leo Kwan · Published 2015.01.07 · Last modified 2016.03.15 Tea Infusion: What does it Mean? For most people, to make tea — tea infusion — simply means to pour boiling...
Infusion / Tea How's 2014.11.20 by Leo Kwan · Published 2014.11.20 · Last modified 2016.03.15 Tea in the Thermos The thermos flask (vacuum flask) was my first teapot. It was not those nice looking...
Infusion / Standards / Tea How's 2014.08.12 by Leo Kwan · Published 2014.08.12 · Last modified 2023.05.07 Gongfu Infusion/ Chapter 1: The Basics for more of your tea Making tea in the gongfu style is NOT a tea...
Infusion / Tea How's 2014.08.12 by Leo Kwan · Published 2014.08.12 · Last modified 2016.08.19 About Water People often talk about whether to use soft or hard water. I look at it in another way. I’d prefer a rather neutral pH water with very slight alkaline inclination such that there is the least influence on the tea…
Infusion / Standards 2014.05.06 by Leo Kwan · Published 2014.05.06 · Last modified 2017.04.09 Better Tea-making: Measurements Good measurement practice is key to successful tea-making, at least before you know by heart...