Plenty of customers at our tearoom asked us why tea brewed at Chinese restaurants tastes so different from ours?

Here is #TeaTimeWithKC ~!

We using Chinese brewing method, which is Gongfu tea ceremony(mainly clay teapot). We also uses Gaiwan (porcelain/glass), depending on the tea.

But if you are level 9999 tea master like my tearoom jiejie, you can make any tea with either Gaiwan or Clay tea pot
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Usually, when you go to Chinese restaurant, the staff will add hot water to your teapot when you ran out of tea

This is when the flavour of the tea is getting bland and not consistent
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Different tea leaves have different limitation, we don't know what are the tea leaves that the restaurant provide.

What will affect the flavour of tea is

1. Quality of tea
2. Temperature of water
3. Time of brewing
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Depending on the temperature of the water, it will affect the time of brewing.

In Gongfu tea ceremony, you can brew as many as 3-5 times, depending on the quality of the tea leaves

This is why Western style brewing and Gongfu tea style brewing is very different
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For Gongfu tea style brewing, 1st brew will take a little longer, to bring out the flavour of the tea. 2nd brew is shorter since the tea leaves already bloomed. 3rd and 4th will take longer time because the tea leaves are loosing flavour, but need consistency

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sometimes, even the greatest master tea brew, couldn't do much with low quality tea leaves. They have limitation, hence sometimes these kind of tea can only drink once or twice

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And so!! This is why!! When you go to Chinese restaurant, Bak Kut Teh shop, etc etc, you ask staff to add water to your tea, but the flavour always not consistent, because no one care about the quality, temperature and time of brewing

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If you are in Selangor/Malaysia, and want to have real good tea, visit

https://www.instagram.com/tanah.dan.air/ 
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Our tearoom jiejie has more than 7 years of brewing experiences

Sometimes you buy tea leaves from Purple Cane https://www.purplecane.my/ 
But you wonder, is this what the tea supposed to taste like??

Come to
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Tea room jiejie knows the best way to brew their tea

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That's all for now!! Happy brewing and have some good tea!!
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Oh my god I forgot to add, the amount of tea leaves very very important too! That is depend on the size of the clay teapot/gaiwan

Here's some pictures from our tearoom!
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Next time I will share with you types of Chinese tea

1) Green Tea
2) White Tea
3) Yellow Tea
4) Oolong Tea
5) Black (Red Tea)
6) Heicha

Till then!!
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One last note, if you want Chinese tea with less caffeine, go for White Tea!! (Green Tea has caffeine!)

Shou Mei and Gong Mei has around 3.8% and 4.8% respectively

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Also another tips there's this two oolong tea, Huang Jin Gui and Tie Guan Yin

Huang Jin Gui is discounted Tie Guan Yin LOL

I MEAN

Tie Guan Yin is stronger flavour wise, so if you want something similar but lighter flavour, go for Huang Jin Gui!
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My local friends Chinese tea is not just Jasmine, Chrysanthemum, Tie Guan Yin, Pu Er, yitcha syutcha. There's a lot of variety, & maybe you can find a tea that suits your tatse!
Come try try at
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(this is an unpaid post, I just love tea..)

Tea recommendation!!!

After oily food/Cold weather
- Pu Er, Liu Bao

For reading, calming
- Huang Shan Mao Feng

For that day you worked so hard, accomplished something, bittersweet victory and want some peace and concentration
- Long Jing

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When you want something strong aromatic flowery
- Jasmine Green Tea

When you want that nostalgic feeling
- Bai Mu Dan

When you want some very refined, elegant, sweet flowery prairie
- Phoenix Oolong

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Personal favourite tea

Taiwan Alishan <3

Now Tea vs Coffee
Both have antioxidants, which is good stuff to fight bad stuff in our body

Coffee has higher antioxidants
But if taken too much in a day, it might affect your health.
Tea can be taken all day, antioxidants is consistent

Of course, choose the one that you like!

Tearoom jiejie offer tea classes this month!
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For that Midnight Diner/In The Mood of Love feel, come around after 6pm <3
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Our tearoom is super suitable for a place for study, drawing, working etc quietly
And our tea can refill 3-4 times!
Also very affordable desserts
Great deal yeah? <3

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Our menu!!

Pu Er refill 4 times RM7 + Homemade cake RM8 = RM15 = 1 Stxrbxcks Coffee!!!

Such great deal, can find at our tearoom
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We have tea tasting too, if you wanna try more teas!

Western tea brew vs Chinese tea brew

From https://www.greenterraceteas.com/blogs/news/9796464-tea-making-western-style-vs-chinese-style

TODAY'S LESSON!!

BEWARE OF BAD/FAKE CLAY TEA POT!!
Inspect the teapot properly. If you see dots, it means it has been mixed with different materials. Low quality!

Teapot colour inside and outside must be same, if not, it is just painted. Bad teapot!

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Anyways good clay teapot costs at least RM200 above cry die me

So yeah be careful when you buy teapots on Taobao!!

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I'M SO HAPPY!! I MANAGED TO MAKE A RELAXING TEA THAT IS APPROVED BY TEAROOM JIEJIE!! we just need to experiment more. I'm so so so happy
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Sometimes there's children in the tearoom, and I give them papers and colour pens to draw. They are really talented!!

While quality of water is important for brewing tea, remember, making tea is fun! Just experiment and have some tea~
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Tearoom jiejie making Japanese matcha!!
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I started a new healing journey at https://instagram.com/tanah.dan.air?igshid=2j72e24lzlb3
I still draw, but I found a new hobby, appreciating tea.
From regular customer, I am now an apprentice, learning about tea, and research about benefits by my own.
If you wanna try artisanal tea, do visit us!

Before I sleep let's have some #TeaTimeWithKC !
Let's talk about two different flavours of Heicha!

PU ER
- tastes very aromatic, rich, clean, earthy, like a sturdy wooden house

LIU BAO
- tastes of an old village, the smell of comforting earth after a rainy day, sweet & roasted

Good genuine teapot is expensive. This clay teapot is around RM200, the most economical considering the quality

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College principal a bit busy, studying tea when I have time
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I wanna add something about flavoured infused tea.

It's not bad, everyone can enjoy it. I love flavour infused tea too

But sometimes you gotta check how it was processed so that you get a cuppa genuine flavoured tea!
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Sometimes it's just some loose green tea leaves with added flavouring with very premium price, hence I feel it's not really fair

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So be careful when you wanna get real good flavour infused tea!! Even if the price is expensive, doesn't mean the tea is made with good quality!!
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Tried another nearby tearoom! This time it's Tie Luo Han, a wuyi oolong tea. And my guess was correct, due to its smokey aroma, it's a rock cliff tea!! #TeaTimeWithKC

Third tea room in Penang. Trying Bei Tow Yi How, a type of Da Hong Bao #TeaTimeWithKC

开壶, like a baby shower, we nurture the new teapot, so when we brew tea, it won't absorb the flavour of the tea. It might takes more than 100 times of brewing until the teapot no longer absorb the flavour of the tea too much #TeaTimeWithKC

Oh my god......I bought Bei Tow Yi How for tearoom jiejie....with her magical touch....it tastes SOOOOOOOO goooooood my brew is totally pale compared to her brew....I wanna cry!!!!
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Bei Tow Yi How is a type of Da Hong Pao oolong tea origin from UNESCO protected Wuyi Mountains!
https://www.teasenz.com/chinese-tea/legend-da-hong-pao-tea.html

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Cooling day!! Good time for a warm cup of tea and study!!
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Another day of studying tea!!
I had many different teas,
following the ladder of fermentation.
They all given me different feelings. Very dramatic but I really actually cried LOL SOBS

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Lesson done!! Can you see the differences? #TeaTimeWithKC

BOH is actually a quite good tea company! Their blends are pretty nice too~~
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Everytime I visit a tea shop they will give me free tea.....the brown packet is 1977 LiuBao
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Also I bought a new teapot, a transparent one, because I worry of unseen dirts. Also the handle is wooden!!
My Aesthetic
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The tea journey I did for two days in KL is actually pretty interesting!! Most of these shops are very old, back to the 70's. You can go to some of the shops and the owner will share tea and chat with you. There's a historical story behind Chinese tea in Malaysia
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Most of the shops are nearby each other. I'm pretty sure I missed some since I am bad at searching lol. A lot of them is located in a building!
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If you visit Kuala Lumpur, do try and visit some tea merchant shops! They'll sometimes share tea to drink with you

Today I learnt proper Chinese Tea Ceremony. Very hard but I will practice!!
I brewed white peony tea
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A cold morning and the perfect tea had to be pu er!! Very easy to brew #TeaTimeWithKC

Tea blending is a high <s>cultivation</s> skill.
People who knows how to blend tea are very well respected.
However, a lot of branded companies uses very low quality tea leaves and price their tea very high.
Just be careful when you purchase them!
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most of the time they might just add flavouring instead of using organic materials.
Always check the condition of the tea leaves and other materials when you buy tea blends~
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Caffeine in tea taken from https://www.solsticeteatraders.com/pages/tea-caffeine-reference

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Please remove tea strainer with tea leaves after a minute when you brew your first batch of tea, if you want to brew it gongfu style. This is so that you can retain the flavour of the tea

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Tea with no caffeine and good for acne prone skin?

Rooibos

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We are back to business!!

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Calming ritual #TeaTimeWithKC

Seeing bubbles in teapot is more exciting than bubble tea

Sometimes

Practicing with Alishan tea!
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This tea is so good.....the after taste is.....chef kiss.....

鸭屎香

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Brewing English style tea

From what I learnt from working as a Barista in Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

For cold brew, use any jar. Glass? So that you won't get plastic chemicals.

Pour hot water just half into the jar. Put your teabag of choice. Let it sit for an hour

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The reason is to make sure all the flavours of the tea is concentrated

Remove tea bag, then add ice. You can make ice with tea as well, so your tea won't diluted.

For sugar, let's add honey to your liking

That's it!

Working and practicing
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My handwriting is messy but here ya go!!
Steeping time for tea!

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Today's practice!

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Trying to remember tea based on ladder of fermentation

By the way raw pu er is very interesting! A little smokey

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Doing tea tasting for huang jin gui, jin xuan and tie guan yin because I can't tell the differences

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I have finished tea tasting!!

Personal thoughts

Tie Guan Yin
- subtle floral, faint potpourri and aromatic wood

Jin Xuan
- creamy, fruity, strong floral like frangipani bouquet. Aroma is strongest

Huang Jin Gui
- faint sweet thin floral

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Here's more taste notes from variety of teas

HEICHA
1) Pu Erh
More woody and earthy
2) Liu Bao
Similar with Pu Erh but sweeter. Very nice to drink after a long day work

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OOLONG
1) Da Hong Pao
Roasted, slightly sour, dried guava
2) Wu Dong Dan Cong
Slight roast & floral, lychee
3) Duck Shit
Strong floral, vanilla, banquet of flowers

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2nd June 2018 was the proper start of my tea journey!! Forever grateful to tearoom jiejie. Tea is culture, connection and way of life. I hope everyone will get to enjoy the calm and peacefulness of tea
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