aid's little corner

i got gifted this teaset from my friend who went to china to visit his family ... i still bought a second one w/an actual teapot to make it easier on me, but i wanted to use this one as well (i'll probably alternate, or keep this one specifically for ME to use if i wanna be fancy)

my tongue and thumb burn from the hotness of the water + holding the tea cup w/the lid to pour (and making a mess), but it was a neat process to go through making different infusions of the tea ... the green tea i had was kinda meh taste-wise for this (it peaked for like one or two infusions then just tasted more like water), so i'll probs stick to just doing a single infusion of that one, but i have a few black teas which might work better for gongfu + the tea i was gifted from him in the first place meant for this