1.Gong Fu Method, You will need unglazed clay pot to be in a real “Gong Fu” mode. However, a ceramic teapot will be doing just fine.

        Step 1, Rinse the teapot with hot water.
        Step 2, Fill the pot with enough teas to occupy approximately 1/3 of teapot's total volume.
        Step 3, Freshly boiled water (or hot water depends on what kinds of teas you are using) should be pour into the pot until the leave are covered. Immediately pour the water out and discard it. – You do not need to perform this step. It is only required for “Gong Fu wannabe type of person”.
        Step 4, Fill the teapot with freshly boiled water and replace the lid (You can also pour the boiled water over the pot at this stage – If you are “Gong Fu wannabe”). After no more than 10-30 seconds of brewing, the tea should be poured completed from the pot.

        Drink the tea. Repeat the step 4 to have further brews. With each subsequent infusion, the amount of time the leaves remain in contact with the water should be increased by approximately 30 seconds. Good tea will produce a minimum of three infusions.

        2. Just regular: You may also use a teacup with a lid as filter to prepare teas. – In this case, you can make approximately 150 cc tea with 3 GM of loose teas. Brew time is approximately 5 minutes in this case.

* Don't over brew your teas.

WATER TEMPERATURE SCHEDULE

Type of teas Water Temperature
Green tea 75o C
Jasmine oolong tea (or similar teas) 85o C
Oolong teas 100o C
Black teas 100o C
Chin Hsuan, Vinca Rose & Tsui Yu teas 95o C

        The boiled water is 100o C. Let boiled water sit in kettle for 1 minutes in room temperature, the water temperature will drop to approximately 95o C. Let boiled water sit in kettle and leave the lid opened for 5 minutes in room temperature, the water temperature will drop to 75o C to 85o C.