OMyTea® 100% Handmade Chinese/Japanese Vintage Kungfu Gongfu Tea Set - Porcelain Teapot & Teacups & Bamboo Tea Tray & Tea Mat with a Portable Travel Bag (Green 1)

Comment includes brewing tips:: I use the term 'snob' lightly here. But I am a bit more picky about my tea. Like I'm sure some of you, I wanted to break away from the idea of energy drinks and coffee to something a little more up my alley. In my quest to understand tea I've done a great deal of study on both tea's history and styles along with study and testing of different tea brewing vessels. All this to say, someone who has invested a lot of time and energy into tea really, truely loves this teaset. It's super handy to have on trips. I love the design and color and as long as you remember to clean it after you drink tea it shouldn't stain. ::Brewing Tea:: Western style (Put a few leaves in a lot of water and wait a few minutes) - Do just as your instructions say should be fine. That being said, it is a much smaller container than is usually used because this is intended for Eastern brewing. So just measure how much water yours holds (I don't recall offhand) and calculate how many tea leaves you need from there. Eastern style ** It should be noted that typically you rinse the leaves and pot before you brew tea. That's just as simple as adding the hot water and immediately pouring it out. It'll help clean the leaves and the heat helps open the leaves up for brewing. ---- White - Fill pot to 1/3-1/2 full. Water temp around 185ish? If you don't have a temp controlling kettle or a thermometer don't worry. Just heat the water to boil and leave it uncovered for like 5 min. Should be about fine. When you add the water, only let it brew for like 30 seconds and then drink that. Add more water but this time for 35-40 seconds. Keep adding 5-10 seconds each time you add new water. Green - Made the same as white just time starts at 1 min brewing. Black - Temp should be around 210-boiling and you do the white brewing time starting at 30 seconds. If you prefer more bitter tea then you can let it go longer. Herbal - Same as black but it starts at a 1 min brew. I only included these four as they are the most common. You can look up the others. Their brewing should be comparable to a gaiwan time and temp. If you've got any passing interest in tea and want to check it out, I highly suggest this set.

I actually bought this as a first tea set for my granddaughter. Because her parents so honor eastern practices, this was the perfect set for her. It did not disappoint!! I know that she will get lots of use out of it, and I was really impressed, as were her parents, with the quality of the set. The cups are beautifully simple, the pot as well. the bamboo tray brings it all together and the case makes storage easy.

Cute but just too small. Maybe for child’s play.

This is a very cute tea set that is convenient to carry around, brews tea well, and does everything it is supposed. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because it does not work well for my intended purpose. I bought it to be able to use during nature picnics or for camping. I used it at a picnic ground and the tea started leaving layers of dark circles and streaks on the set very quickly. I had no dish cleaning supplies or water to wash the set with immediately. I figured I'd just wash it when I got home. But, by the time I got home, the stains were very difficult to wash out and many of them remained on the set to varying degrees. I suspect this is because of the matte (not glossy) finish of the porcelain. So, if you are buying this as a travel tea set, make sure wherever you use it has facilities to wash it right after use.

I've owned this for a few years now. I've travelled to Hawaii with it in my carry on. I loved taking it to work to make tea during lunch.