With the insane amount of hard work he does, he definitely deserves it.

You got superpowers Don. Saw the thumbnail and thought, well that's just another 'instagram-resin-river' c̶o̶f̶f̶e̶e̶ tea table. Then I started watching the video and, lo and behold, I grew a liking for it. The unbelievable craftsmanship, the mad attention to details. Your passionate, geeky and contagious way of describing it really got me. Superpower ;)

@temptemp7077

2 жыл бұрын

oh hello alex

@aslipperysnake

2 жыл бұрын

Gong fu video from Alex???

@forkliftbilly

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you two collab!!!

@Qim2609

2 жыл бұрын

@@aslipperysnake make the ultimate gonfu tea

@jimmyhsp

2 жыл бұрын

@@forkliftbilly they already have i'm pretty sure, i think it was on the mei leaf channel called something like tea/breakfast pairings?

That’s outstanding craftsmanship and design. I can imagine a tea session here would be like sitting on the edge of a forest, gazing into a just discovered mountain lake. I think Marek will be busy!

You’ve changed the game again, Don. Bravo! You are truly a master of tea and will surely be remembered for your contributions for years to come.

Kudos to you for persevering for so many years. Kudos to Marek for such a professional and beautiful effort.

The emotion you have when tea is around, made me regained my love for tea. Now I have again my little tea station. I am waiting for my Yellow duanni clay tea pot. I am dying to taste my Puerh 10 years in it.

Such a beautiful work of art! Congratulations, Don and Marek, for overcoming all the obstacles; that self-healing finish looks just perfect. I can well see how this would become the centrepiece of a living room. - Please, if at all possible, could you share this magnificent view in your videos from time to time? That would be lovely!

That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

Hi Don, would you please think about finding a way to make a cheaper version of this table in the future? Say a few hundred pounds? The design with the built in reservoir is amazing. However the cost is prohibitively expensive to most. Doesn’t have to look super flashy, or custom - but a fairly generic, bulk produced, low cost table with a similar design would be something I’d really want to buy. Thanks!

Such extravagance...I suppose such a table does enhance the tea-slurping experience...

@1969mmoldovan

2 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm...tea...

Now that is a thing of beauty

The table is stunning and the process to make it happen is equally amazing. Master craftsmen are really made of something special

OMG, you probably see us Americans with our tea bags dipping in plastic/metal/foam/paper cups & think, "how barbaric!" I've always been amazed with tea ceremonies but this elevates tea preparation, brewing & even the drinking to amazing heights. After watching your videos I'm starting to "get it". WOW!

Wow absolutely stunning. I think my heart skipped several beats when you revealed that beautiful table.

So nice to see you enjoying this so much. I laughed out loud when you said about a kettle table🙂 very “extra” … but why not! It looks fantastic and no doubt be a family heirloom in years to come.

That is the most beautiful table... if i had the room in my house, it would be my first purchase.. hopefully in my retirement home!

wow, i can definitely believe that this table has transformed your life already. the glow of the ash is so warm and inviting. having something so customized and brought in from some beautiful tree and partnership with marek, it's like a dream. it's not a possibility for me right now, but it has definitely inspired what will probably be an obsession for my perfect tea table haha. i'm so happy for you! i cannot imagine all the wonderful experiences you will have around that table! just wow.

Greetings from Poland! 🍵🇵🇱 Beautiful table!

Fun watching this. Don’t know why anyone would go to the trouble of throwing a dislike on this. Just move on and watch some thing else. Anyhow, Congratulations! Beautiful!

S T U N N I N G ! M A G N I F I C E N T. Yes, I'm super envious, and how did you know? secretly drooling! Congratulations on this fabulous masterpiece

This is quite the contribution to the culture. Thank you for inventing the wheel. Kudos.

Master has given Don a Gong Fu table. Now Don is FREE!

Don - this is amazing! I've been longing for a gong fu tea table since I returned from China & I've just contacted Marek. Thanks, mate!

Amazing to see your passion and Marek equal passion for his own trade coming together!! Thank you so much for your presence in london and your excellent, unparalleled service, much love ❤️

Outstanding 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Inspirational! This is incredible and you clearly put such thought behind it. Beautiful. Working toward having one of these one day 👀

You can see the vocation being fulfilled with amazing tools and crafting! Really what it inspires to see, a man of culture! oustanding video!

That's a wonderfull unique tea table! Great match of colours, attention to every detail relevant for gong fu sessions. Not to mention that the table shows so much natural variations in the wood that every tea session is a unique sensation. Great artwork!

Beautiful table and what a craftsmanship!

That table looks absolutely incredible.

Next level brewing. Beautiful table. Something to dream about while sipping.

Beautiful craftsmanship!

Lovely!

Gorgeous table!

I am really happy for you and think the table is gorgeous! May you and your family have many happy moments with it.

Gorgeous!!!! Absolutely beautiful

WOW. What an incredible creation! Thank you so much for sharing the deets and how it's impacted your life in such a beautiful way.

I’m so excited to see this, I’ve been watching and looking at these options for a tea table, even contemplated making one myself!! Hahahaha but this is the absolute solution! In every way. Thankyou for sharing, I’d love to have one of these. This is the most aesthetically pleasing table I’ve ever seen, water reservoir discreetly hidden. You’ve done an amazing job with the builder.

@Natasha-oz6ik

4 ай бұрын

Update I have a tea business and had one of these made about 7 months ago, its the star of my shop.

Gorgeous table, but also THANK YOU for leaving your closet open so I could drewl over your clay pot collection

I love your passion for tea and all stuff around. Long time effort turned to work of art. There is something satisfying to make your ideas real. Enjoy your life time sitting with friends by the table...

"If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up." - F. Bueller

How beautiful! It's functional art. 💖

Amazing!

Ingenious table. What craftsmanship. Stunning.

Congrats! It looks like a satellite view of a crater. Thanks for sharing.

😯😯😯😯 Color me JEALOUS! That built in reservoir is AMAZING. I love it!

Bravo! I'll look forward to seeing this table in future videos. I have a similarly sized/themed tea table and, just as you with yours, it is something I will treasure for the rest of my days. Cheers!

My god that is so aesthetic.

This was such a satisfying video! The table is pure art, a perfect marriage of form and function. It was Wonderful to hear the artisan process of having it built. Sort of like a car enthusiast finally having their dream car built ❤️

Amazing! Kudos to the artist!

Saw the tittle and expected a new entry into the gung fu Code series, boy was this a surprise! See these river tables all the time at art fairs and never liked them to much, but with how yours looks so much like lakes and the good wood and shape choice its defiantly exquisite. And I've always had a hard time finding a good table too, they tend to be to big, to dark, to fancy.

I have shared this with others over the year. This is a gorgeous miracle!

Definitely tempting me to contact Marek to build a table of my own. Absolutely stunning!!

WOW! Incredibly beautiful

Such gorgeous work!

Gorgeous piece! Congratulations

Absolutely stunning . Beautiful table don .

Wow… this is beautiful, earth and ocean in One, lovely….!!! I‘d love to sit at this table…

Absolutely beautiful.

Beautiful!

So happy for you, congrats! ❤️🙏🏻🌈

Amazing table! Will certainly be looking at them more. I’d love to see a “wider view” video of how you integrate the table into your room, etc. Dedicated tea space, integrated into existing family gathering space, storage and decoration, that sort of thing. Maybe a KZread Live or similarly less-formal video. Thanks for all you do!

SO COOL! I like how the resin looks like a lake

any chance you would be willing to share the name of the finishing product? been looking for years now for a proper finishing solution for a gong fu table but havent found it yet

@joev.8543

2 жыл бұрын

Following!!

@joanthebigboat

5 ай бұрын

I am also hunting for it and based on this being 2years old my hopes feel dashed

Wow! Perfect! :D What a great tea table! Really nice.

As a Norwegian, I heartily approve. Wood is in a way "our" material, and this is the kind of thing that makes sense in a Norwegian home with proper wood aesthetics.

@judok1426

2 жыл бұрын

May I ask, what do you think are the classic defining rules for furniture aesthetics in Norway vs say Sweden or Germany? Dark or light stains, raw or angular cuts, which generalized shapes?

@SveinOlavGlesaaenNyberg

2 жыл бұрын

@@judok1426 this will be just my impression, but I have a feeling the Swedes and Germans are more "civilized" than us, and prefer more processed cuts, whereas the Norwegian aesthetic is more geared towards unprocessed and raw cuts. The same for wood treatment, in that we are --or at least have been-- more prone to go for the naturally light wood rather than varnished wood. But brown IS popular too, and it does of course (as always) change with time.

@judok1426

2 жыл бұрын

@@SveinOlavGlesaaenNyberg Interesting, interesting. I get the feeling by that perhaps Norway has something of the "woodsmen" appeal to Scandinavians. I was a farmer in Iceland, I found when I was there that Scandinavian influence was a little deeper than Ikea furniture and white paint.

holy molly that's beautiful!

That is gorgeous!!! I love the color blue and that is amazing

Exquisite! Thank you for sharing it.

Nice! Love the hidden water collection tank.

Congratulations! Best and well deserve. 👌👍🙏🏻

I definitely expected a custom tea table to cost more than that, how pleasantly surprising!

DON I HAVE A PRODUCT REQUEST. Did you and Marek consider urushi lacquer? It's an amazing material and craft that, like tea itself, has been overlooked and had its reputation tarnished in the West by the poor-quality imitations available in our markets. It has been traditionally used in many products including teaware because it combines the best qualities of glass, gold, and wood: it's thin, shockingly lightweight, practically impervious to heat/water/alcohol, very tough (hardness comparable to glass), and beautiful. If you've seen examples of pottery repaired with gold along the cracks (kintsugi), you've seen one of the uses of urushi. I know this is super luxurious but I would LOVE a "Satellite"-style tea tray with urushi from Mei Leaf. Any chance this could be in our future?

Una verdadera belleza!! Felicitaciones !!! Muy inspiradora tu idea. Abrazo desde Misiones, Argentina!!!

gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous 😍

That blue reminds me of deep canyon water.

Really happy for you! Nice choice!

wow

Absolutely impressive tea table

Wow that's great! I like the drain. I wonder if anyone ever just connects it to plumbing so you never have to drain anything? I kind of like seeing my empty tea water though. I would love something like this a little bigger*edit mistake* but instead of having a resin finish just made out of stone or jade or marble or something. I would love to have what you have where your tools can be hung up on the hooks etc. I don't go for modern as much, but I have to applaud this table. My table would look more appropriate in a Lord of the Rings movie haha Awesome turnout, and congratulations finding the right resin Don... well done love your passion

Congratulations! Now you need a Zhong-Shan outfit!

15:44 at this angle the table almost looks unreal, simply amazing.

Cute. Looks good I enjoy your thoughts on it's design. I can't afford food but one day hope to get some tea.

Wow that is beautiful. I need a table like that

Brilliant!

Beautiful table

Wow! That is courageous!!!!!

I can’t justify buying one of these.... but I might try to make one. Thanks Don, this was deeply interesting.

Your table looks great. So what exactly is this coating (brand/product)? I am planning to make my own tea tray/table as well.

First time I've ever heard of tea pets

This is awesome

My God well I need to start saving money like crazy to afford one of these

Table looks amazing. Defenitley the kind of thing I would get. And am still looking forward to trying Day Drinking Diva. (Order still has not came in yet, hopefully it does soon. Been waiting for a week now.)

Imagine all that hot water is draining right on to his laps this whole time.

What is the finish that withstood the boiling water?!?!?!

I may ask what the heat resistant material is?

@joev.8543

2 жыл бұрын

Following!!

Ohhhh my

Don, you are such a nerd... But i love it! With this table, the best tea channel on youtube will be even better.

Lol it's look like a high air photo of a deep lake in an arid rocky region!

That's a very slick table, but that water basin on the floor is a problem for those of us not getting any younger and that have back issues lol