A Deep Dive into Gongfu Tea: Red, White, and Green Tea [Teaism Ep. 2]

Hey tea friends! Teaism is back! Thank you for all the support on the first one.

In this episode of Teaism, we're breaking down three types of tea: red tea, green tea, and white tea.

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0:29 What is tea anyways?
1:00 Western tea vs. Chinese tea tradition
1:18 What is considered tea in Chinese tea culture?
2:10 Infusions vs. Tisane (tea)
2:34 Six types of tea-leaf tea

3:58 Red tea
4:14 English vs. Chinese associations of tea
5:16 Using boiling water for red tea
6:18 Quimen red tea
6:34 Every day red tea vs. Aged red tea

7:18 Green tea
8:14 Kill-green: the tea shaping process
10:06 Experimenting with steepability with green tea
12:40 Types of green tea


13:15 White Tea
13:44 Picking tea leaves in Yunnan with Dui dui
13:56 Types of white tea
16:00 Telling the difference between aged white teas
17:37 Pairing white tea with dried orange peel
18:18 Having white tea at West China Teahouse ‪@westchinatea‬


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