Post about tea or something. Anyway I inadvertently bought a both a green and black pinhead gunpowder, how do I actually brew these? On the latter I completely ignored the container and went about 200f for 3.5 minutes (tin said boiling for 5) and it's alright but I don't know if I'm doing it correctly
Also friendly reminder loose leaf is barely any more work than teabags if you use a french press, stop using bags
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I broke my 150ml gaiwan lid. Thinking of buying a new one with a different material but still not sure. Anyone got suggestions? Clay or ceramic? Size? Easy gaiwan? Cheers.
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It's hot right now so I have been drinking cold-brewed tea, all different kinds. Green tea with lime and ginger was great, redbush and vanilla was nice too.
Got some genmaicha (brown rice tea) brewing now, we'll see how that turns out ice cold.
Im personally not a fan of overly thick ones, they feel a bit too heavy, I prefer porcelain about 90-95ml, got mine at the yunnan sourcing china site but that is only worth it if you buy more stuff due to the shipping, jkteas have recently started free shipping and they have quite a few gaiwan styles
it really depends on how much leaf you use op. if you pack a gaiwan full youll want to flash brew, but im assuming since you mention a french press your water/leaf ratio is quit high. experiment with it, a lot of the fun of brewing tea is learning how best to brew each tea.
Im brewing some gaoshan in a gaiwan. light honeysuckle and nuttiness. very green and fresh tasting too. I got it at a local shop owned by an old taiwanese lady. she visits taiwan twice a year to source her gaoshan's spring and winter harvests.
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