HOW TO BREW OOLONG - Chaozhou Style Masterclass
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ค. 2021
- Chaozhou is the birthplace of Gong Fu Brewing and this is the original style for brewing tea which began with the advent of Oolong. In this video, we dive into some of the history of Gong Fu brewing and I show you the basics of Chaozhou style. There is a lot more that we can go into regarding nuance of brewing but get started with this and we can explore further.
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Don't be scared to crush those leaves. It's well worth it! 🍃💚🍃
right?? only recently started doing it more often and I’m loving it
Depends on weather or not the specific tea can handle it that isn't too bitter to begin with.
I do this with old or weak rock oolongs if I find them too light in flavor.
The only drawback is that you get a few intense desiered steeps only to have it taper off and finish its story sooner.
Those are my observations
@@reubenk1615 Yes, definitely worth experimenting. Getting to know a tea and the many ways of brewing it is part of the fun too.
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
When I worked in Taiwan in the mid 1980s it was referred to as 老人茶 (lao ren cha, old person tea). I still remember how buzzed I got after enjoying this style of delicious tea for the first time.
Tried today with a LAPSANG SOUCHONG, with that way no broken leaves inside my cup, even prepared for minimal...nothing inside. Provided a 5-6 sec brew, Outstading. It totally changed smell and flavour. I started to speak to myself each lid opening. Sublime. Also this metod really immerse yourself into tea, touching...smelling...breathing... Onihagi want thank u for that .
EXACLTY and this is what tea is made for originally! Enter a state where you are connected with nature!
Yet another fantastic video! Loved this one. Dancongs are my favorite tea type and Chaozhou style brewing is my favorite method - more often than not, it’s what I end up doing because it’s so casual and doesn’t need a gong dao bei. I learned so much from this video! It all makes total sense. While watching this video, I brewed some of your Royal Peach Orchid, making a tea gall and crushing some leaves in the gaiwan. (I was a little scared as I did it but I trusted you! 😂) And my goodness it was fantastic! Wonderful aromatics and incredible mouthfeel and minerality right from brew no. 1! I’m a believer. Thanks, Don, for sharing your knowledge with us, as always. 🙌🏼 sending hugs from Los Angeles
im very beginner still, i been doin chaozhou since maybe 2017 and all i've ever used was a gaiwan and a tiny tea/espresso cup on my coffee tray, with a giant thermos of hot water. i dont like having too much extra tools, i like it simple 👌🏻
That’s the sound of my heart being broken when the leaves were crushed. I tried the method before (learned from the video a while back) so I get it, but still 😱
I didn't quite understand chaozhou brewing before but this video really cleared it up. Thanks!
Thanks for keep making great videos, loved the little history lesson :D
I really need to try this. Thanks for putting up this video.
A+ video here! Brushed me up on a few things with this style of brewing! Lovely, and thank you!
Fascinating Don.
Loved the description of the drinking in different regions.
Going to give this a go.
Trying it now in my Chaozhou teapot and some Empress Oolong... really amazing amount of flavour, both the bright and deeper notes! Thank you Don, really cool video 😃
Just learning about Gongfu/ Chaozhou style brewing. Thank you for the great info and demonstration. Ive learned so much.
Just tried this with an OK (i.e., not amazing) Dragonwell. Thickened and deepened it quite nicely while managing to hold any bitterness at bay. It works. Thanks, Don! 👍
beautiful mise-en-scene, as usual
I learned of gong fu cha from my taiji shifu, and you Don, have compounded what is now a highly valued daily ritual.
Thank you Don! These are the sort of videos why I really appreciate what you do at Meileaf. Great video, I tried it right away and it definitely is one of the best methods out there for brewing tea and getting the most out of the leafs. Many thanks! ❤️🍵
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
This was a great video to watch while having my first session of the day. It's Summer Haze today, I love it so. Thanks!
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Thanks Don. Thats what I felt first why the same batch of dancong oolong, tasted different. Then when I watched ur previous video about crushing the leaves, i did it to the same batch. Then I got the same experience as I remembered I got from my songzhong tea. The first time i brewed it, it has some crushed leaves from the bad delivery, but now i know thats the cause of better experience.
love this gentleman and his passion for Gongfu Cha. Great work buddy
EXCELLENT,I learned a lot from this.
Thanks so much for this video, Don! I really enjoyed it. The way I typically brew is more formal and ceremonial (really nice for quiet, meditative mornings), but it often feels a bit stuffy for just casually enjoying tea with friends. After watching this video, I feel empowered to give Chaozhou-style brewing a try. ❤ Thank you so much for these wonderful videos, and your top-notch teas as well!
glad you liked it. And this way of brewing tea in a style that's meditative really allowed me to have a time for reflection and appreciation. And I must the impact of it in my life is huge! I have a clearer head, I'm less anxious, more alert and overall allows me to be present in the moment. Jus tasting the tea and appreciating the different notes of it and being able to breathe properly and prepare the tea in a meditative fashion is really a staple in my routine. i live in a city and all about that city life so these brief sessions are something I cherish lol
Thank you for this video. Last night I tried this practice with an old ShuiXian oolong using a small gaiwan, including the crushing; the tea was wonderful. I may, however, need to practice pouring the tea from the gaiwan into three cups and not just directly into a gong dao bei.
I love a concentrated brew 💕 you can really taste the complexity without true bitterness
Gyokuro for three?
Any chance your company will have a distribution in the U.S.? I'm able to get some pretty decent teas from certain companies, but y'all seem to be at a higher level of quality and appreciation.
Thank you don- you have sparked a new hobby and passion!
'I highly recommend you A-B it and see what you think' - nice turn of phrase!
Hey don! Love you and your channel it’s very informative and I love using your tasting chart it helps to really develop the palate and gain experience. I really want to order from your site but I’m in America and shipping is expensive so it will have to be really worth it
I'm in the states as well and their teas are well worth the shipping cost in my experience. I would recommend ordering as much as you can justify spending on tea to make it worth shipping (more than just tasters). Hope that helps!
Me when Don crush the leaves (because I skipped over the beginning): "NOOOOOOOO!"
Thank You Honorable Sir!
"lemme ASMR this here" "for the pleasure and hOrror of hearing leaves being crushed" lol oh the horror
The producers make dried tea leaves, but those who drink make the tea. There are so many similarities to wine but this is one of the greater differences. Wine drinkers can choose a less than optimal glass or crumble some cork but by and large won't screw up good wine trying to drink it in an everyday way. Very different with tea. Cannabis is somewhere in between in this regard.
what about icecream? in a bowl? or a cone? pointy cone or flat bottom cone?
I feel a bit spoiled watching a half hour video packed full of theory and reasoning behind the method.
Cool video. We are going to start making tea TH-cam videos for our channel as well. Your videos are very insightful. Thanks for sharing. Good video
Oh this is amazing mind reading. Just two days ago I read lots of information about this method. And I wondered hmm how would Don do this? And here you are. 😂 Thanks. There were also information about other old methods. And I read that today´s Gong Fu style is like modern hybrid of all these styles that is being introduced mainly to tourist in China. What would you say about that?
On the website there was 1g per 10 ml and strict only three infusions. I thought wow it is really much tea and only three infusions, such a wasting. And what is more traditional for this method, teapot or gaiwan? They said like 30 % crush. Supposedly we should side-shake the teapot four times before pouring, is this true?
Would my Royal Peach Orchid be good for this style of brewing?
The Vessel is really cool but it was it not possible to make it 2cm wider? its really tight in space
True
The vessel was designed carefully to be the perfect size for a small desktop footprint for small and solo sessions and use as a rinse bowl. If you want more space then the Satellite is the next size up.
Don, any new teapots soon?
What clay would you recommend for oolong though? In your chart, you write Dancon is, in your taste, best paired with Chaozhou clay. Green oolong best with nixing. What about other oolongs? Or is chaozhou clay a good fit for them all? I currently use my nixing pot, but I kinda dont want oolong to overshadow the other teas I brew with it. So I thought about grabbing a pot just for oolong. Or do I interpret too much into it and my nixing multi-use is fine? I'm kinda new to the game :)
So basically some kind of chinese equivalent of Espresso?
uhm the chinese invented these methods first.
How many brewing can you do? 🍵 Thanks!
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Hey Don, I was wondering if you guys have any idea when Superior Iron Goddess will be back in stock
It probably still takes a while ... Since TGY is harvested start of May usually and needs still some time to process and get to Don. My guess would be end of July?
I am glad I stocked up on Sip Spring just recently.
I want more sour sap. My favorite guan yin
Should be a few weeks.
I have that very pot. It is slightly over 80ml. Mine comes in at 83ml. Just sayin...That pot is advertised as an 70ml pot, but it isn’t. It’s my favourite pot though.
...but, aren't you supposed to set the cups in a triangle and pour around in circular motion? I swear that's how I've seen it done, even on this channel. Or does my mind lie to me? ;)
Anyone tried this with a sheng? The smallest pot I have is a 130ml so we’re looking at like 13g for the test ;)
If you want to try authentic Chinese green tea, please leave me a message. As a young man who does tea processing in an ancient tea area, I am very happy to give my tea to people who want to drink Chinese tea for free. Of course, you can also ask me to buy Chinese tea.
Depend on you.
@@user-eh5xr1mh6w what？
Hello glenn quagmire
It is busting
You could easily be a pot head 😂
cool but 20 mins in and it's too fussy, isn't their a minimal version of this, why are there always so many vessels of so many types, did frugal chinese people have a red, black, yellow, white, purple tea pot for every occasion....
possibly. You should do your research on that.
gung fu and kung fu are the same apparenty
you talk so much
LMAO
you can always choose to leave.
You look so passionate Don, I love watching your videos, and I learned so much. Thanks. 🫖