A step-by-step guide to brewing in a 120 ml gaiwan: how much leaf, the water temperature for each Nepal Hills tea, short steep times, and how to hold and pour without burning your fingers.

Last updated: September 2026 Cold brewing and hot steeping pull different amounts of the same compounds out of identical tea leaves. Hot water extracts catechins and caffeine quickly and fully, so a hot cup is bolder and more...

Gongfu's repeated short infusions and Western tea's single longer steep pull the same caffeine and catechins from the leaf on different schedules. Here's what the extraction science actually shows, and which Nepal Hills teas hold up best across...