New to tea, help identifying gift

[Bostonbull]

Any spots in Boston to get a Gaiwan, or just buy it online? You can message me if that is a better method.

Keurig (http://www.keurig.com) is a coffee Brewer that uses single serve cups. I can program it for any water temp, and it is the only source of truly hot water in the office. At home I will need to get a kettle. Which brings up my next question..... Kettle for heating the water.

[MIKE_B]

A gaiwan...
http://www.yunnansourcing.us/store/prod ... roduct=286

Guessing a keurig won't get hot enough to brew anything but green tea.

[Bostonbull]

The controls will dial up to over 200.....whether that's an accurate # is a different story though.

[bagua7]

You want to learn about Chinese red and puerh tea? Here's a good start:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_tea
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture
3. http://hojotea.com/en/posts-38/
4. http://www.pu-erh.net/sections.php?Choice=Puerh_History
5. http://www.puerh.fr/en/article/
6. http://www.banateacompany.com/pages/mastery.html
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_tea

Hope it helps.