Before GaiWan brewing starts:     What on Earth is "Gaiwan"? Gai is Lid, Wan is Bowl. In southern part of China like (now includes Hong Kong), it's called a JuZhong (Brew Cup). GaiWan is the 3 piece porcelain cup marked #1 in the gadget list below.  GaiWan is a common and casual article to serve tea. You can use larger GaiWans to brew and then distribute to smaller cups like Kung Fu brewing , you can smaller GaiWans (or simply porcelain teacup) and drink directly from it. Check here for porcelain teacup brewing).    What classes of tea are appropriate for Gaiwan brewing? ALL teas can be brewed with a Gaiwan. But since porcelain loses heat quickly, it's especially appropriate for green tea which brews well in lower temperature.   What gadgets are needed? 3 piece porcelain GaiWan (must) - or it wouldn't be called GaiWan brewing. Teacups (must) - of course, of course. Tea Tray (sort of a must) - quite a bit of spill and waste water is produced during the process. The tea tray holds the water. It's for convenience but it's a BIG convenience. Tea tools (optional) - in the tool set, there are tea shuffle, funnel, tongs, digger, tea needle. In this case only the shuffle and tongs are useful. Tea & A Pair of Hands (must) - not in the above PIC but you know it's not possible without them.		Here we go!    This is pretty much like Kung Fu Cha  except that we use a GaiWan instead of a teapot. Make sure you read Kung Fu brewing too because the basic concepts apply here as well.  A large Gaiwan (6-7oz) is ok for the process too BUT 1) the size is hard to handle if you have to brew and pour, 2) 6-7oz is a little too large for Kung Fu Cha.   1. Set, ready, and GO! 2. Shuffle tea into GaiWan. 3. Add water for the rinse round. 4. Allow water to stay for a few seconds to wash the tea. 5. Recycle - use rinse water to rinse teacups
6. Let's take a break here and learn the trick to handle GaiWan (See PIC in step 5). Use thumb and middle finger to hold the rim of the GaiWan, index finger to press on the lid. Move lid slightly off center to create a small gap between the lid and the body of the GaiWan. The gap works like a filter, allowing tea to flow out but stopping tea leaves. Then we can use the GaiWan like a teapot. Ok, the break is over.
7. Wash teacups with tongs, or with bare hands if you got thick skin.		8. Round 1 tea brewing starts.
9. Doing the time ... (check here for different brew time for different tea classes) ... wait ...		10. ... and wait ...