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I enjoy brewing loose leaf tea gongfu style (in a small vessel with many infusions): it gives me just enough to do, and a pleasant stimulus to focus on, that it's very grounding.
Is that where each cup(infusion) tastes different and there's a whole ritual kinda thing?
It's just one method to make tea. Some teas taste quite different from cup to cup (wuyi oolongs, for example), some are more consistent, in my experience. What I like is that it's easy to adjust depending on the outcome - one infusion is too weak or too strong? Brew the next one more or less.
Cool, it seems like a good time.
Yeah, I found a neat article that explains it: https://pathofcha.com/blogs/all-about-tea/a-detailed-guide-to-gong-fu-cha-the-chinese-way-to-taste-tea
That's a pretty good summary.