It’s All In The Hands
Use your hands to roll the tea leaves into a very tight round shape.

It’s Gettin’ Hot In Here
Boil your water. Place your tea leaves into a pot and pour the boiling water. Let it steep for a minute, then rinse out the water.

Second Time Around
Before going for the second infusion, shake your wet tea leaves around the pot, open the cover and just breathe in the aroma. Pour in the boiling water, but, this time, let it sit for only two seconds.

Tea Time
Pour your tea into a cup and enjoy.

Let’s Do It Again
You can reuse the leaves multiple times, just make sure that it isn’t sitting in water. Oolong leaves can be reused five times, green tea leaves twice and pu’er up to 10 times.

Choose Wisely
Get your tea leaves and paraphernalia at these places:

Ong’s Tea
4/F, Siam Discovery, Rama 1 Rd., 02-658-0445. Open daily 10am-10pm. Original branch at 63 Bumrung Muang Rd., 02-222-1748. Open Mon-Sat 8am-6pm.

Erawan Tea Room
2/F, Erawan Bangkok, 02-254-1234. Open daily 10am-10pm.

The Oriental Shop
G/F, Siam Paragon, Rama 1 Rd., 02-610-9845/6. Open daily 10am-10pm.