Chinese Chaozhou Gongfu Tea
As you all know, there are so many different traditional tea ceremony styles and different brewing customs around the world. In China, people often use gaiwan (small cup with lid) and clay teapots made by artisans in regions such as Yixing, Chongqing, Guangxi, and Yunnan.
Chiense Gaiwan
Chinese Yixing purple clay Zisha teapot
Therefore, we will recommend the best tea set for each type of tea sold in our shop.
1. Chinese fine green tea (Longjing Dragon Well tea)
For green tea, we recommend two types of teawares: porcelain gaiwan and glass teapot
Porcelain gaiwan: The ceramic body is fine, has good thermal conductivity, and does not absorb water or odor. The design of the gaiwan with a larger lip is suitable for green tea that pays attention to the beauty and aroma of tea leaves.
Handpainted Pixiu Gaiwan in our teashop
Glass teapot: Glass teawares are highly ornamental transfer heat quickly, and are very suitable for brewing Chinese fine green tea
Porcelain teawares: Porcelain teawares do not absorb water or odor, and can show the essence of black tea.
Pottery teawares: High-quality pottery teawares have many pores, which can make the tea soup more mellow and charming.
3. Chinese rare yellow tea (Junshan Silver Needle)
Yellow tea is a lightly fermented tea with yellow tea soup and a mellow taste. It can be paired with milky white or yellow glazed ceramic tea sets. The inner wall of the ceramic tea set is pure and clean, and the tea soup of the yellow tea can be well appreciated.
4. Premium Chinese white tea (Yunnan Silver Needle , Aged White Tea Shou Mei)
For white tea, the choice of teawares can be selected according to personal habbit. Generally, the shape of high-quality silver needle tea leaves is very ornamental. We can choose porcelain gaiwan so that we can appreciate the beauty of tea leaves and enjoy the fragrance.
For aged white tea shoumei: After many years of storage, the aged white tea is in a "dormant state", and the use of Yixing purple clay teapots can "wake up the aged white tea" faster, and the purple clay teapot has strong adsorption forces and it can absorb the aroma of tea and keep it for a long time. .
Yixing teapot
5. High-quality Chinese oolong tea (Tieguanyin Iron Goddess)
The style and taste of oolong tea vary greatly, so it is impossible to generalize. But the characteristic of oolong tea is its high fragrance. For example, our Tieguanyin has a delicate and long-lasting orchid fragrance, so we recommend using a Chaozhou red clay teapot. Under the same tea to water ratio, water temperature, and brewing time, the tea brewed in a Chaozhou red clay teapot is more mellow and rich, and can better bring out the tea properties. This is closely related to the strong heat preservation and slow heat dissipation of the Chaozhou red clay teapot, which can help the oolong tea release dissolved substances, making it more mellow and fragrant.
6. High-quality Chinese dark tea (Yunnan Royal Grade Ripe Puerh Tea)
Ripe Puerh tea soup is reddish brown and mellow, so it is suitable for Chinese Yixing purple clay teapot. Yixing purple clay teapot has the function of "improving fragrance and retaining fragrance", which is mainly determined by the characteristics of purple sand clay. Purple clay teapot is a porous material with a double-pore structure. The pores are very dense and have strong adsorption capacity. It can absorb the fragrance of tea and keep the fragrance for a long time. Glazed ceramic pots lack this function, so it is very suitable for brewing dark tea.
7. Floral tea (Rose White Tea)
We recommend using a glass pot. Using a glass teapot, you can watch the dance of tea leaves while tasting tea.
