Also admire my cute travel gaiwan set I bought for no good reason…unless…
It’s established that strainer > tea bag, but jeebus, I hate having to scrub out stuck dried leaf bits the next morning. Could I just dump the wet leaves out before they stick? Bruh, do you know how much easier my life would be if I didn’t forget so much lil shit the moment I take my eyes off it?
But maybe it’s an excellent post hoc excuse for my unnecessary gaiwan purchase. It’s so much easier to clean a gaiwan, even with a lip for the strainer lid, than to get all the little bits unstuck from the strainer holes.
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Gaiwan and gongfu style is worth it imo
Switch to matcha. No strainer needed, and there’s nothing to throw in the compost. Problem solved!
Although, I gotta say, I still enjoy a variety of different teas, like white, green and puerh. Definitely still need a gaiwan for that, and a strainer doesn’t hurt either.
I dump out the wet tea leaves and give the strainer a rinse right away.
