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[Grand]Papa Pot Brewing

What is the Papa Pot?

Reason for the Name

Papa pots are large tea pots, in which people put small amounts of tea and leave them to steep for a long period of time. Originally, the Tea Tavern keeper was given the name "grandpa pot", for these types of large tea pots,pot butbrewing becausemethods. the keeper'Keeper's father would always use the tea pot method of brewing, evenor asking his children to do the a gaiwan method for him,him. Thus, the name was locally adjusted to "papa pot";, as it is papa's preferred method of tea brewing.

How it is brewed for Tea Tavern descriptions?

The image that is provided along with the tea will show the tea pots / kettle pots used.

For grandpa pots, the amount of time the tea is left sitting in warm water is generally indefinite, however for product page purposes, they are left brewing for 30 minutes before a picture is taken.

The pots are generally brewed with 2.5g to 3g of tea per 2 liters. Unless written otherwise, it can be assumed that the water reaches boiling with the tea and the tea pot maintains a warmer temperature, generally around 160 degrees Fahrenheit.

Lastly,

Chart thesefor notesCurrent areBrewing takenValues

overtime,attemptingtoget different images and descriptions with each
tea tea typeamount of water.leafquantity of watertempurature maximumtime steepingtime till flavor alters
Generic whitewhite3 grams2 liters195°F15-30 minutesMaximum of 24 hours
Generic greengreen3 grams2 liters170°F30 minutesUnknown
Generic yellowyellow3 gramsUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Generic oolongoolong3 grams2 liters195°F30 minutesAt least 24 hours
Generic blackblack3 grams2 liters210°F30+ minutes
Unknown Maximum
Generic shu pu-erhshu3 grams2 liters210°F30+ minutesUnknown Maximum
Generic Sheng pu-erhsheng3 grams2 litersUnknown °F
UnknownUnknown

Heicha

Heicha4 grams2 liters210°FindefiniteUnknown
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