On Jun 29, 11:42 pm, teaholic > wrote:
> Mydnight wrote:
> > The only place I found real sichuan green tea was when I lived there
> > or when I return there. The rest is riff-raff. Prices are pretty
> > cheap, though, that's the good news. Gong Fu Black Tea from Sichuan?
> > That hardly seems accurate...I didn't even see Gongfu Cha until I came
> > to the South of China.
>
> Mydnight, how do Sichuan people drink their tea? Gaiwan, teapot, or...?

About 90 percent of Sichuan people put their pretty green tea in tall
glasses and drink it that way. Not much of a brewing method per say,
but they do fill the cup halfway to let the tea steep a bit before
filling the rest of the glass. Some people use a metal pot or one of
those restaurant-style pots but those are few and far between. Like I
said, I never heard of Gongfu tea in Sichuan and I lived there for
about 8 months.

I also haven't heard Gongfu and red tea in the same sentence before.
The Chinese refer to red tea as red tea and black tea as black tea. I
still get confused about the English terminology for Chinese tea most
of the time though, so forgive me.

Zhu Ye Qing isn't everyone's cup of tea to be honest. Unless you get
a better grade of it, it really can come out rather grassy and
astrigent. The higher grades and the "qie she" grade of the tea can
be wonderful.