Gaiwan - Cups or no cups?
How many of you drink out of the gaiwan, and how many of you use separate cups? What are your reasonings? Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to using my new gaiwan!
Apr 16th, '08, 16:10
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the only time I drink direct from the gaiwan is with very high quality teas and relatively few leaves. mostly I do it when I have just a little bit of good tea left, but not enough to brew a full gaiwan.
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Insanity Later and I were briefly IM'g about this. We both bought small jade gaiwans (redblossom.comand teaspring.com).
How do we know what size cups to use, and where do we buy the cups?
Are the cups supposed to match? It doesn't seem like many vendors sell gaiwans with cups as a set.
Also, how many cups do you buy per gaiwan?
How do we know what size cups to use, and where do we buy the cups?
Are the cups supposed to match? It doesn't seem like many vendors sell gaiwans with cups as a set.
Also, how many cups do you buy per gaiwan?
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Apr 16th, '08, 22:11
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Hello,
First of all color of cups is totally up to you and your preference. i personally like the white cups so you may enjoy the color of the different types of teas, also white will match almost any tea brewing accessory. number of cups depends on how many people you will be serving, i prefer a cycle of 4 cups so you always have a clean one and can suit up to 3 guests. i recommend checking out Yunnan souring on ebay for cups. oh and to answer your first question i rarely drink strait from my gaiwan.
Hope this helps and enjoy your gaiwan!
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First of all color of cups is totally up to you and your preference. i personally like the white cups so you may enjoy the color of the different types of teas, also white will match almost any tea brewing accessory. number of cups depends on how many people you will be serving, i prefer a cycle of 4 cups so you always have a clean one and can suit up to 3 guests. i recommend checking out Yunnan souring on ebay for cups. oh and to answer your first question i rarely drink strait from my gaiwan.
Hope this helps and enjoy your gaiwan!
-SHOGUN89
the 5oz gaiwan i ordered
i might order these cups for it
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... af7fa88fc1
i might order these cups for it
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... af7fa88fc1
this cup is really nice
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... cts_id=888
holds 5oz like my gaiwan. is that still considered gongfu brewing if you don't use smaller cups
http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php? ... cts_id=888
holds 5oz like my gaiwan. is that still considered gongfu brewing if you don't use smaller cups
I only drink straight out of the gaiwan with Chinese greens that don't get bitter and even then only when I'm not doing anything else. It's kind of a hassel to have to mess with the lid and everything when drinking directly out of it so generally when I'm doing anything more than relaxing in a chair I decant into cups.
Apr 17th, '08, 20:19
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I typically decant whenever I use my gaiwan. I pour into my sharing pitcher which is a bit of a misnomer since I don't generally have the op to share tea. From there I pour into smaller cups.
There is a Japanese practice of extremely concentrated Gyokuro brew that is prepared in a very "gaiwan-like" lidded cup. The concentration is very high and only a little water is used in brewing. I have seen it called several things including "drop tea" indicating the tea coming out almost drop by drop.
With this practice, the head is cocked back and the brew is poured into the mouth directly. Only the finest gyokuro is typically used in this particular style. A lttle off subject, but ever sincew I saw this practice, I have wanted to try it.
There is a Japanese practice of extremely concentrated Gyokuro brew that is prepared in a very "gaiwan-like" lidded cup. The concentration is very high and only a little water is used in brewing. I have seen it called several things including "drop tea" indicating the tea coming out almost drop by drop.
With this practice, the head is cocked back and the brew is poured into the mouth directly. Only the finest gyokuro is typically used in this particular style. A lttle off subject, but ever sincew I saw this practice, I have wanted to try it.
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Hi, Come on you guys, relax,Here in Chengdu,people drink out of gaiwans.the larger gaiwans are used as normal cups for green tea,many older people here drink straight out of xishing pots useing the spouts as a kind of straw. The main thing is to enjoy your tea! When I learn how to send photos I'll show you examples.
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Great...pictures from your personal experience in China would be awesome.dino wrote:Hi, Come on you guys, relax,Here in Chengdu,people drink out of gaiwans.the larger gaiwans are used as normal cups for green tea,many older people here drink straight out of xishing pots useing the spouts as a kind of straw. The main thing is to enjoy your tea! When I learn how to send photos I'll show you examples.
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