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6/19/2025, 2:09:01 AM
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if you want the autist non weaboo explanation as to why i use a gaiwan, the smaller container allows for the water to circulate more evenly and quickly around the leaves, meaning a few things: 1) the tea will be much less bitter since there is not a lot of time for tannins to be extracted from the leaves and your tea will also have much more flavor as a result since there is much less water to dilute the flavor. in other words, bigger container = more time you have to steep to get good flavor = more tannins extracted as a result. 2) because of the fact that you do not have to steep the tea as long since there is much less water you will actually be able to make much more tea, out of 6g of tea i can make sometimes upwards of 2 or even 3 liters (only with white tea) in my gaiwan, whereas with the same amount of leaves in a western teapot i can make about a liter (although of course this varies drastically by tea). 3) you have much finer control over the taste of your tea and the pace at which you drink it. making tea in a western teapot i basically have to autistically experiment with times, leave amount, and water temp to get the tea taste absolutely perfect, but since youre making many steepings of a tea you have tons of chances to refine the taste in the same session. 4) also since you are making tea in multiple sessions, you get to experience the taste of the tea changing and for some teas they really can taste like a whole different tea between the first and last steep. 5) gaiwans are super portable so i just take mine out on hikes with boiling water in a thermos. all you need is your gaiwan and a cup and hot water.
note that this does not make gaiwans the absolute end all be all of tea preparation, teas that are made for a western teapot often taste like shit in a gaiwan by reason of accounting for all the factors described, so i do still use a teapot and gaiwans cannot even encompass the full range of preparation for every tea(namely, green tea imo)
if you want the autist non weaboo explanation as to why i use a gaiwan, the smaller container allows for the water to circulate more evenly and quickly around the leaves, meaning a few things: 1) the tea will be much less bitter since there is not a lot of time for tannins to be extracted from the leaves and your tea will also have much more flavor as a result since there is much less water to dilute the flavor. in other words, bigger container = more time you have to steep to get good flavor = more tannins extracted as a result. 2) because of the fact that you do not have to steep the tea as long since there is much less water you will actually be able to make much more tea, out of 6g of tea i can make sometimes upwards of 2 or even 3 liters (only with white tea) in my gaiwan, whereas with the same amount of leaves in a western teapot i can make about a liter (although of course this varies drastically by tea). 3) you have much finer control over the taste of your tea and the pace at which you drink it. making tea in a western teapot i basically have to autistically experiment with times, leave amount, and water temp to get the tea taste absolutely perfect, but since youre making many steepings of a tea you have tons of chances to refine the taste in the same session. 4) also since you are making tea in multiple sessions, you get to experience the taste of the tea changing and for some teas they really can taste like a whole different tea between the first and last steep. 5) gaiwans are super portable so i just take mine out on hikes with boiling water in a thermos. all you need is your gaiwan and a cup and hot water.
note that this does not make gaiwans the absolute end all be all of tea preparation, teas that are made for a western teapot often taste like shit in a gaiwan by reason of accounting for all the factors described, so i do still use a teapot and gaiwans cannot even encompass the full range of preparation for every tea(namely, green tea imo)
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