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Because tea balls or minis are intended for a single tea session, you don't need to pry off leaves or measure out portions. The session starts with rinsing the tea ball to help the leaves expand.

Unlike most loose leaf teas, puerh cakes and other compressed tea cakes need to be carefully pried to loosen or broken apart before you brew them.

Brewing grandpa tea is the simplest way to enjoy tea. It brings out nuances and tea character that can differ from gongfu style brewing.

The size of your gaiwan or teapot matters a lot, even more than the gaiwan versus teapot decision itself.

As life decisions go, gaiwan versus teapot might not be keeping you up at night, but it's consequential in the world of tea.