yunnan sourcing is a ebay and websop where I bought most of my tea.

Tea boat? You mean the wooden tray? I bought the tea tray at some e-bay shop, I think Dragon Tea House or Red Lantern Tea, but it was years ago. Thank you for your kind words!

This is the result of years digging in e-bay shops like Dragon Tea House, Red Lantern Tea and Western Yunnan Tea. No simple answer, but I kept looking and slowly build this set.

Jan Kusters China has a lot of this tea

Nathaniel Smith The small high cup is just for sniffing the aroma of the tea, and the low wide cup is for drinking the tea. As far as I know, this two cup set is something from Taiwan, and perhaps a later addition to the ceremony (I am not sure). On main land China it gets used, but I think just one cup is the more traditional way. When using a Gaiwan (a slightly bigger cup with a saucer and lid), the lid is used for sniffing the aroma, and I have also seen people sniffing the lid of the teapot.

yep,no sniff cup,pitcher and strainer,that is the more traditional way to do the gong fu tea(kang hu tea)

MrMinerManSr. D I am sorry, i did not buy this as a set, it was collected over several years from several e-bay vendors.

+Nagy Szilard You are right, the porcelain lining in yixing cups will get a maze of fine cracks over time. But in a way I like that; to me it is part of the history of a cup. And the white lining is nice to judge the colour of the tea. Besides, they are rather cheap, keeping a few new ones at hand for guests is no problem. But I am keeping my eyes open for some nice porcelain cups as well.

tea tray or tea table are the more usual words I think

100 ml.

Guillermo Lledó Wolkowicz This is just for pu'erh tea, most other tea's do not need the rinsing and throwing away.

Guillermo Lledó Wolkowicz Gong Fu used to brew oolong teas usually. They have difference in taste and smell, so it's more easy to feel each of them.

Сергей Коваль I use it for Pu'erh and for some olong teas as well, you are right.

Guillermo Lledó Wolkowicz You can really use it for any type of tea, but the chinese people I know usually drink oolong or puer. The teahouse I go to (run by an old chinese lady) serves everything but white tea in the gongfu style.

That's why it is called gong fu. Patience and skill. Pretty neat to watch though.

It is rinsing, cleaning and preheating the cups, and using the (hot) rinsing water to keep the teapot hot as well.

look for ebay stores, some Chinese stores have rather cheap sets that are not too bad.

Sin City Metal Vids This is a little late, but by pouring from the teapot into the pitcher, he ensures equal strength tea in all cups, as it is removed from the leaves.

What happens if he doesn't? Do internet people message him to give him a score?

nee, hier is niks te krijgen voor zover ik weet. Ik heb mijn thee doorgaans via internet besteld. yunnansourcing.com/ is een goed uitgangspunt

Jammer, maar toch bedankt voor de info.

Lolll

psh - BARTENDER? Must be nice. I just drink mine straight from the bottle wrapped in a paper bag under the overpass.

Exactly 🤔

:-)) A lot of small cups still make for large need to pee, my friends complain.

The last chef I had at Benihana was Mexican and transgender...

Dude that's just a normal lounging robe. Plenty of people all over the world wear something like that at home. Calling it "Japanese dress" is pushing it.

Seriously! I'll wear a cowboy hat and listen to bagpipes while eating Indian food if I feel like it. It's the 21st century. Live what interests you from all over the world.

Your username is in Chinese but you are writing in English

Someone must’ve shit in your cereal that day

You're the type of guy who would say painting a picture is a waste of time and canvas just for something to look at