Right. 60ml Gaiwan is indispensable.
Re: Fancy Gaiwan Sharing Thread
my only issue with a gaiwan that small is tea/water ratio. I've asked this numerous times and still get unclear answers...that's been the toughest part of tew brewing for me to figure out..how much tea, how much water, and how hot of water, and how much brew time. It seems to differ so much that I fear a lot of it might be trial and error. 
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There is no 'right' way: it's trial and error and your preference. Where you need guidance is getting started, using some suggested tea to water ratios and temps and timings and finding out if those work for you.
For example, I like lower tea to water ratios than many, especially with my puerh, but at some level it hardly matters if I overdo, because I can use shorter infusions to 'dilute' the resulting tea to my taste, most of the time.
There's nothing to be afraid of, just lots of tea to enjoy.
For example, I like lower tea to water ratios than many, especially with my puerh, but at some level it hardly matters if I overdo, because I can use shorter infusions to 'dilute' the resulting tea to my taste, most of the time.
There's nothing to be afraid of, just lots of tea to enjoy.
Re: Fancy Gaiwan Sharing Thread
debunix wrote:There is no 'right' way: it's trial and error and your preference. Where you need guidance is getting started, using some suggested tea to water ratios and temps and timings and finding out if those work for you.
For example, I like lower tea to water ratios than many, especially with my puerh, but at some level it hardly matters if I overdo, because I can use shorter infusions to 'dilute' the resulting tea to my taste, most of the time.
There's nothing to be afraid of, just lots of tea to enjoy.
Right, I have experimented a little bit. I have been taking the advice of TIM, Syd, and Adammy, they seem to have given me the clearest directions for my guiwan brewing (when it arrives) I am really only experienced with oolong's as of right now, I haven't been experimenting with too many other forms of tea. I will in the future though.
Re: Fancy Gaiwan Sharing Thread
Various places -- I think one of them I bought off eBay, and one from Hong KongTea4Todd wrote:MarshalN! Where did you get your gaiwans from?
http://marshaln.xanga.com/718800352/mis ... ing-wares/
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MarshalN wrote: Various places -- I think one of them I bought off eBay, and one from Hong Kong
Well, I really like them. I wish I had gaiwan connections! lol
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That's an interesting gaiwan that's also sold by Pure Puer. Their product description says that this gaiwan was designed by a Japanese artist (it definitely looks like it) but was made in Jing De Zhen, China, and painted by a Chinese artist there.Tea4Todd wrote:I don't remember seeing this on DTH before, I might've overlooked it but I REALLY like this Gaiwan!! Share your fancy-looking Gaiwans here!
http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu18 ... 1244785057
http://purepuer.com/puer_tea/do/product ... e%20Gaiwan
Here's another blue and white gaiwan from Pure Puer. I own this but it's designed very poorly as far as functionality goes. It's quite tall and the saucer is huge, making it very difficult to get a good grip when pouring.
http://purepuer.com/puer_tea/do/product ... r%20Gaiwan