Lovely collection on shelf!

@TaoTeaware

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Can't wait to get our newest pieces on the shelf later this month.

@territodd

Жыл бұрын

@@TaoTeaware Do you have a clay gaiwan from Shiloh Gastello? My fave!

@TaoTeaware

Жыл бұрын

@@territodd We don’t!! I’ll have to look them up.

@territodd

Жыл бұрын

@@TaoTeaware Shiloh was in Portland and sold some teaware through Steve at Enthea. He moved to CA and is teaching ceramics in a college as well as writing poetry. I think he sells through Etsy.

@TaoTeaware

Жыл бұрын

@@territodd I wonder if he’ll be at PDX tea fest. Great to know though!! Thanks for sharing. I’ll reach out to him. 🤓

Learning about gaiwans made my tea experience so much easier. The bigger the leaf, the better.

@TaoTeaware

6 ай бұрын

For sure, tiny leaves are not the friend of gaiwans. 😅

I'm skeptical about videos on gimmicky/specialty stuff but honestly this seems very useful so thanks for exposing us to this.

I learned to pick up the hot gaiwan by its saucer, then use my thumb to slide the lid back while I sip. One hand, hot tea, simple!😊

Definitely agree with a gaiwan over a teapot for people new to tea. Especially if you're brewing different types, like oolong, puerh, purple etc. You don't really(in my opinion) want to mix all those teas into the same pot. The clay essentially gets seasoned with the tea you're brewing in it and you really want to have tea specific pots. Ideally you're have a ripe/raw pot and then an oolong pot, etc. The first method for pouring the gaiwan is my favourite. I like to hold the bottom with my ring and pinkie for extra stability. Also for new people, beware of the steam when pouring, it's got me more than once.... Great video, tea is awesome and everyone should experience some good Chinese tea in their lifetime. So glad I discovered the world of Chinese tea, so so glad.

Iroh approves this teaware video.

@TaoTeaware

4 ай бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻

A simple porcelain gaiwan is equivalent to a universal remote for tea. Its suitable for literally any kind of tea, and they're stupidy simple to clean and use even if it takes a small learning curve to use it efficiently.

@TaoTeaware

4 ай бұрын

FACTS 🙌🏻

1:31 I have the same gaiwan with the blue brushstrokes! It's my first one and I'm still learning how to use it properly but so far I'm loving it!

Today I learned that my great grandmother kept her sugar for her coffee in a Gaiwan.

@TaoTeaware

4 ай бұрын

I mean honestly why not right. She probably has a $1000 Qing dynasty gaiwan for her sugar. 😂

Hey man your explanation of the parts of the gaiwan was really good. Your Chinese pronunciation was also pretty good, I'm glad you're bringing this up to people who have never used gaiwans before.

In classical oriental sciences, metal has always been considered to have a magnet like quality, meaning, brewing any sort of herbs with metal will have the metal pulling essential energies from the herb and holding on to it in the matrix of the metal. Simple example is to have some aromatic in a metal insulated bottle, and notice for the next week that regular water will have that flavour in it from the bottle fill after fill. This is why ceramics and glass are recommended. Earth-ware has a neutral property.

Very informative ☺️

I’ve never thought tea-balls were difficult to clean out, ever. And I complain about everything!

@TaoTeaware

4 ай бұрын

😅😅

That turn table B-roll is money!! Looks dope! Great information!

@TaoTeaware

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! Working on a few more angles too 👀

@griffingf7528

Жыл бұрын

@@TaoTeaware oooo can’t wait to see what you come up with!!

Good info!

@TaoTeaware

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 🎉

Tea will make even stainless steel rust 😂 So that tea-ball becomes pretty gnarly after a while I'm a coffee person though, I still want this cup

I ordered one recently from Tenmokus, and ever time it seems to dribble down the side

I dont know what mine tea set up would be called. It is ceramic without a handle, but has two ceramic protrusions on either side near the top, adjacent to the "spout". The "spout" is covered by ceramic perferation. Half the top is uncovered, half by this peferation near the spout. I wish i could show a picture but i have not seen another like it

@TaoTeaware

7 ай бұрын

That sounds like a hand grasp pot. In Chinese a shou zhua hu. Other times in English called an easy gaiwan. On our website we have the Lone Wolf which is one of these. I’d be curious if it’s the same thing or not. 😄

Uhm, did I miss the third type of Gaiwan? It looks like you missed a part in between the second type and the end of the third type.

Too small for me. I like my tea HOT so need a big mug with a handle. I do use "loose leaf" but here in South Africa the "loose leaf" is just teabag tea in a box. Proper loose leaf tea is not available here now and if found is so expensive as to be unaffordable. Regards from South Africa

I just ordered my first Gaiwan!! I’m 6’5 and have bigger hands so I hope I didn’t make a boo boo passing up the 150ml for the 200ml

@TaoTeaware

Ай бұрын

If you have a strong tea to water ratio it’ll hit you regardless 😅 Just was drinking a Song Style phoenix oolong in a 70ml pot yesterday and it knocked my socks off. Immediately tea drunk/high.

@SPACEJUMPA

Ай бұрын

@@TaoTeaware okay okay best budget tea cake you would recommend go!!! I need to get my very first tea cake next!! I need to experience tea drunk!!!

Problem with gaiwan is that it's too hot for me to hold it because I drink black tea. 😭

@TaoTeaware

6 ай бұрын

You’re probably filling it a bit too high. 🤓

This guy won by using a Gaiwan!

Who that drinks tea more seriously (ie high quality loose leaf) doesn't know what a gaiwan is? It's literally like one of the first things you see used for high quality tea at Asian tea shops.

gaiwans break all the time though :( so better to buy the cheap ones and keep a spare on hand

@Argo123_.0

20 сағат бұрын

How frequent? I’ve been using mine for like 2 years and still survives

Tea is ment to be iced. ;)

@TaoTeaware

4 ай бұрын

Ice em, boil em, stick em in a stew… wait that’s not right.

This feels like a commercial for a tool that does a thing no one asked for making the other options look silly by using them wrong. Great video dart. Just take your teapot to the sink.

@TaoTeaware

Жыл бұрын

😂😂 to the sink I go

@Ostvchannel

5 ай бұрын

One thing that I stress when brewing that the gaiwan does amazing that most other vessels can’t really match is that it gives the leves plenty of room to expand. This allows for a more full and complete flavor and even textured brew. Bringing out some of the hidden notes and even weight of the broth/liquor. This cannot happen so easily in most other brewing tools. And that is why I will use a gaiwan 99% of the the time to steep. 🫶🏽

@techshabby0001

5 ай бұрын

Peasant.

@Tortilla.Reform

4 ай бұрын

Can you drink directly from the teapot the way you can with this type of tool? I think you’re missing the point lol, options exist for people who aren’t you

I was with you until I found out these are one-ounce cups. Clearly this is not for how I'm used to consuming tea.

@TaoTeaware

5 ай бұрын

😂😂 I still chug cans of Arizona and sip 20ml cups. Just depends on the quality of tea and experience I’m going for. 🙏🏻