Gong Fu Cha
Gong Fu Cha is a technique to prepare and fully appreciate the flavours of Oolong teas.
Preparation
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Place a Yi Xing clay teapot and two teacups (one to smell, one to taste) onto a tea boat.
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Pour rustling water into the teapot and shed it into a reserve pot.
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Fill half of the teapot with tea leaves, pour some water to rinse them and pour the rinsing water into the reserve pot.
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Pour the content of the reserve pot into a teacup and empty it in the tea boat.
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Fill the teapot with rustling water to the brim, leave to infuse for 1 minute and pour the liquor into the reserve pot.
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Fill both teacups with the content of the reserve pot.
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Inhale the scent of tea from one teacup and drink the tea from the second one.
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Make several successive infusions following the same process.