Jun Kiln Travel Gongfu Tea Set – Easy Gaiwan, Tray & 4 Cups
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A good cup of tea, wherever you are — that's what this travel tea set is for. It's built around an easy gaiwan, with four cups, a bamboo-topped tray, a towel and tongs, all packed into a carry bag for home or away.
An easy gaiwan is just a friendlier gaiwan — a lidded brewing bowl with a shaped rim you pour from by hand. It gives you the clean, open brewing of a classic gaiwan, with none of the fuss. This one is made in Jun Kiln ware, one of the famous wares of the Song dynasty, known for its bold kiln-transformed glaze — colour and pattern that form in the heat of the kiln, so no two pieces are quite the same.
It's striking, practical and easy to carry — a portable tea set that doubles as a handsome tea set gift.
What tea to drink with this set
An easy gaiwan brews just like a regular gaiwan — open, neutral and quick to cool — so it's happiest with lighter, fragrant teas, and you can switch between teas freely:
Green tea and yellow tea — pour quickly and the leaves stay sweet, never stewed
White tea — gentle with silver needle and other soft styles
Black tea and everyday pu-erh work too. For darker, aged teas, clay teaware suits them better.
Which Chinese teaware suits which tea
A quick guide to matching a ceramic gaiwan, ceramic teapot or zisha clay teapot to the tea you drink.
Tea type
Ceramic gaiwan
Ceramic teapot
Zisha clay teapot
Green tea
Best
Too hot
Avoid
White tea (fresh)
Best
Too hot
Avoid
Yellow tea
Best
Too hot
Avoid
Oolong tea (light)
Great
Works
Good
Oolong tea (roasted)
Works
Works
Best
Black tea
Good
Good
Good
Raw pu-erh (young)
Best
Too hot
Duanni clay
Ripe / aged pu-erh
OK
Works
Best
Hei cha (dark tea)
OK
Works
Best
Best / good Works Avoid
Ceramic gaiwan — neutral and quick to cool, so it brews delicate teas without stewing them. Best for green tea, white tea, yellow tea and young raw pu-erh.
Ceramic teapot — holds heat a little longer. A versatile all-rounder, best for black tea and relaxed everyday brewing.
Zisha clay teapot — retains heat and seasons over time, deepening the brew. Best for roasted oolong, black tea, ripe pu-erh and hei cha. Use one tea per pot, as the clay holds onto flavour.
Duanni clay is a porous type of zisha clay that breathes more than most. It softens astringency, which makes it the one clay that suits young raw pu-erh as well as lighter teas.