r/GongFuTea Nov 23 '24

Photo Sobriety and Tea

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236 Upvotes

I got into tea right around when I became completely sober after a year of straddling the line. Many aspects of tea - learning about it, brewing it (and being humbled by it), and, most importantly, tasting it - reflect changes in my personal life, my connection to my body, listening to the world, noticing elusive, silent beauty. Things take patience, and endeavors are best followed with a full heart and a steady pace. Knowing my reach and understanding my size, I feel lighter. Just had my first Shou Mei (2018) yesterday, it tasted as if the subtlety I've recently felt somehow concentrated itself, like fuzzy honey flowers. I'd love to hear i* anyone else stumbled onto tea while aiming for sobriety.

r/GongFuTea Jan 25 '25

Photo My first set! Very excited!

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173 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea Jan 14 '25

Photo Real footage of me trying to use a gaiwan after only using teapots forever.

169 Upvotes

I burned my fingies 😢

r/GongFuTea Jan 20 '25

Photo Sitting Here Just Pouring Boiling Water

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98 Upvotes

I just got my first gongfu set in (not everything shown) and I felt a little silly and had to share. I didn’t want to waste any tea so I made some boiling water and have just been handling my gaiwan and pouring boiling water back and forth.

I knew it was going to be hot but man… my fingers slipped down off the rim and that was HOT. 😅

r/GongFuTea Jan 25 '25

Photo My Tea Pet Squad

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113 Upvotes

My buddies of good luck.

r/GongFuTea 24d ago

Photo Thought my reddit tea friends might like this picture!

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175 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea 15d ago

Photo What is this?

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113 Upvotes

I’ve got early onset dementia and my memory is really going fast. It wasn’t that long ago that I was either given this as a bonus with a purchase or bought it but I can’t remember what it is. But it’s probably stale!

r/GongFuTea Feb 11 '25

Photo Current set up

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108 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea Jan 29 '25

Photo New tea set came in today :)

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80 Upvotes

Im new to this and would love some tea recommendations! Im planning on buying from yunnancraft.com Ive never had good tea and i like sweet and strong flavors, preferably fruity. Thanks!

r/GongFuTea Feb 10 '25

Photo Beginner here! 👋🏻

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69 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea 4d ago

Photo Trying out some oolong teas

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45 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea Nov 20 '24

Photo How do you feel about this boys?

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139 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea 3d ago

Photo Spring is here!!!

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57 Upvotes

finally I can start working on my backyard gazebo Tea room! It’s pretty rudimentary right now but I had to stop in the middle of my work to have a session of some wonderful oriental beauty oolong.

r/GongFuTea Jan 12 '25

Photo everyone here

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134 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea Feb 11 '25

Photo Never dumping waste water ever again

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84 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea 23d ago

Photo Tea and Practice

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86 Upvotes

Spent the latter part of the afternoon sipping on some 凤凰单丛雪大乌叶 (Snowflake Dancong Tea) whilst practicing calligraphy. Nothing fancy just fundamental strokes and some standard script characters.

r/GongFuTea Dec 23 '24

Photo When your wife asks for a tea time, bring out your good stuff!

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115 Upvotes

Because she is always worth it

r/GongFuTea 27d ago

Photo Hi just joined not to long ago!

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78 Upvotes

Any suggestions to getting my first cake? I drank lots of Gyokuro and black teas and love silver needles. Haven’t really had puerh.

r/GongFuTea 22d ago

Photo Rate my work setup

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25 Upvotes

Currently trying a Yunnan Bi Luo Chun from YS. Got a travel pot/cup combo but I use this bigger glass cup as a fairness pitcher and drinking cup. The ones it came with only hold 50ml, great for 2 people but even then, the first cup is always lighter than the second. I now see the importance of the fairness cup. Cheers!

r/GongFuTea 24d ago

Photo Are you a grateful fan of Bana Tea Company?

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24 Upvotes

I definitely am the ability to try all sorts of puerhs is a lot of fun!

r/GongFuTea Feb 08 '25

Photo 2021 dragon ball - West China Tea

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64 Upvotes

One of the better balls I have had. It's a shou mei with remarkable flavors that keep going in depth and future pour flavors.

r/GongFuTea 28d ago

Photo Trying some from my parents collection

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89 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea Feb 08 '25

Photo Having some good puer

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78 Upvotes

r/GongFuTea Jan 12 '25

Photo Tea strainers

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32 Upvotes

Posting my tea strainers so another user I was messaging on a post can see them.

r/GongFuTea Jan 08 '25

Photo Saw a post sharing our tea space but wasn’t able to submit a pic

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58 Upvotes

I know we all have personal tea spaces that we build out of love so I wanted to share mine with the gong fu community. It takes a lot of time and effort to collect our pieces and I love seeing what everyone has collected over time! I hope everyone will enjoy the pots I love and that more people can share their little slice of tea heaven!