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It's All About Tea — brewing instructions

A Detailed Guide To Gong Fu Cha — The Chinese Way To Taste Tea

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Gong Fu tea is the Chinese tea ceremony, the Chinese way of drinking tea. Literally translated, gong fu cha means "making tea with skill" or "making tea the right way". Gong Fu cha is quite different from the western way of preparing tea. To make tea the Gong Fu way, we need a proper tea set(Read more)

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Japanese Green Teas And Water Quality

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Unlike many Chinese teas that can generally withstand harsher conditions, Japanese teas are well known for their fine qualities. Using water that is too hot can ruin the entire brew. Many people don't take into account how the quality of the water itself can also harshen the final taste of Japanese tea. (Read more)

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The Complete Guide To Japanese Cold-Brew And Iced Tea

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As much as we love our daily gong fu tea, the summer days are only getting hotter. We know sometimes as much as you’d like to enjoy a quiet moment with your tea pet, brewing up pot after pot of delicious loose leaf tea, the heat can make the practice unbearable. At times like this, we switch to our favorite summer-time tea brewing method — cold brewed tea! (Read more)

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The Top 5 Tea Brewing Methods: How To Brew Different Types of Tea

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There are many ways of making a delicious cup of quality loose leaf tea. Luckily for us, the methods required to brew the perfect cup have been meticulously studied over the past centuries. Listed are the 5 main methods of brewing loose leaf teas. (Read more)

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How To Brew Loose Leaf Tea: Tea Rinse Or No Tea Rinse?

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There is one thing that almost everyone learns first when getting into the world of loose leaf teas — dump out the first brew! This is when we pour hot water over the tea leaves we are about to brew, and immediately pour it out before getting to drink it. It can also be referred to as “rinsing” your tea, “washing,” or “blanching” it. (Read more)

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