{"id":120,"date":"2026-01-25T22:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/?post_type=product&p=120"},"modified":"2026-03-26T23:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:28:11","slug":"fuding-white-tea-cake","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/product\/fuding-white-tea-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute Eyebrow (Gong Mei) Cake 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gong Mei<\/a> tea leaves are pressed into a tea cake and aged from 2017.<\/p>\n

Brewing instructions<\/h6>\n

Standard Brew<\/em><\/p>\n

Add 1 teaspoon of tea to 250ml of boiling water. Steep for 2-3 minutes. Strain and enjoy your brew. These leaves can be reinfused multiple times. Or, you can use them for cold brew (instructions below) after the first steep.<\/p>\n

Gong Fu Brewing<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. Add 5-6g to a gaiwan (the brewing vessel).<\/li>\n
  2. Pour boiling water over the tea to wash it (a few seconds). Use it to warm and wash the remainder of the teaware.<\/li>\n
  3. Pour boiling water into the brewing vessel again (for the first steep). This steep should be between 10-15 seconds.<\/li>\n
  4. Pour the brewed tea into a gong dao bei (cup of equality) if serving more than one guest.<\/li>\n
  5. Pour the tea into cups from the ging dao bei (cup of equality).<\/li>\n
  6. Pour boiling water into the brewing vessel again (for the second steep). Increase the steep time by 5 seconds.<\/li>\n
  7. Repeat steps 4 and 5.<\/li>\n
  8. Continue pouring boiling water into the brewing vessel for as many steeps as you like\/the tea will allow. You can do this over an hour or throughout the day.<\/li>\n
  9. When you have finished brewing, wash the teaware in boiling water (and vinegar if severely stained).<\/li>\n
  10. Compost the used tea leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Aged (2017) Gong Mei white tea cake from Fuding in Fujian, China.<\/p>\n

    25g slice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":468,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[45],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-120","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-white","7":"desktop-align-left","8":"tablet-align-left","9":"mobile-align-left","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mzansiteahouse.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}