Dark Tea Teaware

Best teaware for Dark Tea: pot materials, cup shapes, filters and gongfu setups that suit its leaf and liquor.

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How to Set Up Your Gear for Dark Tea

How to Set Up Your Gear for Dark Tea

A practical setup for brewing dark tea: vessel, water temperature and portioning that suit the leaf.

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Caring for the Ware You Use for Dark Tea

Caring for the Ware You Use for Dark Tea

How to care for the ware you use for dark tea, so it stays clean and does not pick up off-flavours.

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How Material Affects Dark Tea

How Material Affects Dark Tea

Why the material of the pot or cup changes how dark tea tastes: glass, porcelain and clay compared.

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Which Ware Matches Dark Tea

Which Ware Matches Dark Tea

A gaiwan of 100 ml is the practical choice, because compressed leaf has to be rinsed before it is brewed .

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A Basic Dark Tea Set to Start With

A Basic Dark Tea Set to Start With

Dark tea is the one category that genuinely needs a tool the others do not, and that tool is a pick.

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