What is the reason for the bitter tea? What does tea have? What kind of tea sets are used for each of the six kinds of tea

There are so many different tea styles and culturally unique brewing customs around the world that it is difficult to know what equipment is most suitable for making your favorite tea. In fact, most pots can make almost any kind of tea. But just as geographical isolation led to the development of many different tea styles, it also created a parallel development of tea sets. Many teas complement each other with nearby tea sets, and local tastes have exquisite tea sets designed to best suit their most common tea.

Modern globalization has made these local specialties available all over the world, and the link between tea and tea sets has become more blurred. The most important differences between brewing containers can be attributed to size, material, and filter type. With these factors in mind, here are our best suggestions for each kind of tea.

Green tea and white tea

The most important consideration when brewing light tea is the water temperature, because very hot water is easy to overboil the young leaves. For this reason, we prefer to use thin-walled materials, such as glass or porcelain clay, to retain less heat during multiple injections. White interior covered bowls or glass teapots can also easily observe the subtle colors of tea and brewed tea.

In the traditional green tea area, one of the most popular brewing methods. Soak the soft spring leaves in not-so-hot water in a Colin cup. Without a filter, the tea is left in the cup and slowly sinks to the bottom during brewing. Sip the brewed tea from above, and when the cup is 2/3 empty, add more hot water to continue brewing. This is the easiest way to make tea, but it is best to make high-quality tea that will not become bitter.

Oolong Tea

Oolong tea varies greatly in style and taste, so it is impossible to classify it into the whole category. If you are interested in exploring a range of oolong teas, we recommend brewing in a cover bowl, which will provide a neutral background for brewing experiments. Use the large opening to observe the expansion and color of the leaves so that you can adjust your soaking time as needed.

If you are narrowing down the scope of oolong tea, you may want to buy a Yixing teapot. Historically, with the advent of bulk tea, Yixing teapot is usually associated with the most traditional oolong tea, such as Wuyishan charcoal baked tea, but is now commonly used in all four different styles. When choosing Yixing teapot for your favorite oolong tea, consider the shape of the tea and whether the shape of the teapot can be fully expanded. If possible, slide the lid along the edge of the opening and listen to the tone. In general, a higher tone indicates that the clay is denser and highlights the aroma, while a lower tone indicates that the clay is more porous and softens the taste of heavy baking.

Black tea

Black tea also contains a variety of styles, preferably with glazed ceramics or glasses to get the purest flavor. Using neutral-flavored brewing containers, mixed or flavored black tea such as Earl Grey can be soaked in the same pot as more subtle single-origin black tea without any risk of taste.

Whole-leaf black tea is easy to brew in a covered bowl or small pot, just like other Chinese tea, but ordinary cut-leaf black tea may need a dunk or small bag to hold small pieces of tea. Whether your leaves are big or small, make sure they have enough space to circulate and expand. Uniform brewing always maximizes the taste of tea while minimizing bitterness.

Pu'er tea

Yixing pot is usually recommended to make Pu'er tea, but because these old teas have a variety of flavors, it is best to use a cover bowl to find out what you like. We usually dedicate our Yixing pot to raw Pu'er or cooked Pu'er, because there will be great differences in the taste of raw Pu'er and cooked Pu'er. But we always advocate tasting new tea in a cover bowl before brewing new tea in Yixing kettle to make sure they match the taste chosen for the seasoning.

When choosing Yixing Pu'er teapot, we tend to prefer heavier, more porous clay, which usually emphasizes a strong taste and weakens any sharp taste. Bright raw Pu'er may do better, but no matter which kind of Pu'er, we recommend using thick-walled pots that can maintain high temperature to make these black teas. Be sure to heat the brewing utensils with hot water before cooking to ensure maximum heat preservation!