GONG FU

Aaron Armstrong
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A portable tea space.

Episodes

  1. 05/26/2020

    The Angel's Share

    This is a borrowed concept from the world of aging spirits, but very applicable to tea. In making tea gong-fu style the Angel’s share is the tea that is consistently poured over the yixing pot. Today I was also sharing

    30 min

  2. 05/18/2020

    The Ska Polka of Tea

    This little tuocha was brought to you by the year 1990. No brand affiliation. I can taste the dirty, green plaid and the wallet chains. Tastes like youth, but 30(!) years later. It tastes great, and even better shared. The

    42 min

  3. 05/11/2020

    Drunk, Deeply

    Today we’re sharing a kyusu of sencha made by the Ihara family and discovered at the little JA agricultural co-operative storefront in the Shimizu Ward of Shizuoka City, Japan. I recently lost a pot that I bought at this shop

    19 min

  4. 05/04/2020

    The Last Taste of Last Spring

    As tea is starting to be harvested and processed in Japan for 2020, we get to enjoy the last bit of fine tea in my collection from last year. Served in the spring cups and spring saucers that have just

    13 min

  5. 04/27/2020

    It's Alive

    This is the time of year, at least here in Pacific Northwest America, that the climate begins to warm and well-kept puer tea begins to wake up. The winter temperatures are low, as is the relative humidity. As Spring presses

    29 min

  6. 04/20/2020

    Dancong Peaches, No Cream

    A beautiful tea in a beautiful pot. This session was an ode to spring on many levels: An antique yixing pot that is the living incarnation of the spring of 1952; A 2019 spring dancong tea that is the embodiment

    21 min

  7. 04/13/2020

    Old, Stale TGY

    This tea was a little treat waiting for me in a treasured tea container that I hadn’t seen in a while. I think the sounds of this container come through quite nicely, though briefly. The cup sound is also a

    23 min

  8. 03/31/2020

    Spring on Pear Mountain

    Taiwanese teas are good. And sometimes they are great. I have what I thought was an example of good Li Shan, but in the course of this tea it turned out to be great. I love surprises.Today we’re using the

    24 min

  9. 03/18/2020

    GONG FU: Knowing the Way of Tea

    One of my favorite books is an old instructional book on how to prepare tea for the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It is called (roughly translated), Knowing the Way of Tea or お茶の道しるべ. Today I prepared some matcha with that book

    13 min

  10. 03/10/2020

    GONG FU: Rock on Tie Luo Han

    No, there’s no musical soundtrack today. The soundtrack is a Tie Luo Han (鉄羅漢) oolong from 2018. Tie Luo Han is one of the famous open leaf oolongs from the Wuyi tea growing region in China. See if you can

    27 min
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A portable tea space.

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    Aaron Armstrong
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