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>>16276641
'gongfu' is shorthand for high impact sexual violence to your leaf. small brewing vessel full of leaves, very quick steeping times (flash brewing) over the course of many many repeated refills. a journey through the tea. gave rise to the western wankery of describing obscure notes and other minutia when gweilo took to this method. use gaiwan or clay teapot. funfact: it's pretty recent approach to tea drinking, not an ancient art.
'western' stands for meager amount of leaves, minutes of steeping, couple of refills.
there's also continuous mug brewing, aka grandpa style (I fucking hate this term) aka chinks traditional method (mostly green tea, longnjing), where you dump your leaves into cup, fill with water, drink until you almost reach the leaves and refill with water. repeat until the leaves are spent.