{"id":33,"date":"2016-05-26T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chineseteas101.com\/?p=33"},"modified":"2023-05-31T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:49:53","slug":"guide-to-kung-fu-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chineseteas101.com\/guide-to-kung-fu-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Step By Setp: Learn How To Make Kung Fu Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Before Kung Fu Tea Starts: The Preparation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Before entering this heavy duty topic, let’s get entertained by some basics first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is “Kung Fu Tea”?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Kung Fu Tea<\/strong>()(also interchangeably called Kung Fu Cha<\/strong>, Gong Fu Tea<\/strong> and Gong Fu Cha<\/strong>) is a tea brewing process. In Chinese, Cha means tea. For Kung Fu, you might be familiar with one of it’s more popular meanings – Chinese martial arts. But it has more meanings in Chinese – hard work, labor, level of achievement, skill, free time, etc. Kung Fu Cha is the Chinese tea brewing process that has a little bit of ALL these meanings – you will find out why when you go through the whole process yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What classes of tea are appropriate for Kung Fu Tea?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Oolong class. Kung Fu Cha uses Yixing teapots that retain a high temperature during brewing. High temperature is what it takes to extract flavor from Oolong. However, tender tea classes like green tea should NOT be brewed with Kung Fu Cha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Procedures are dead. What do we look for in Kung Fu Cha?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
We look for the right combination of amount of tea leave, water temperature, brewing time, etc. to make a good cup of tea. And keep in mind that Kung Fu Cha offers an advantage over other brewing – higher water temperature. The procedure illustrated in the coming up pages are just basic steps. Feel free to modify the steps (e.g. putting the Yixing teapot in a hot water bath to slow down heat loss, etc., etc.) if such steps give you a better cup of tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n