Tea Set Cong

Product description Tea Set Cong

Cong is a tea set for moments when you want to brew a good loose-leaf tea for several people at once. A larger teapot with a 670 ml capacity and six 150 ml cups let you pour the entire brew straight into all the cups once it's ready – no waiting, no refilling. The tea leaves steep freely inside the teapot, and a coarse strainer integrated into the spout catches them as you pour.

Chinese ceramics and tea tradition

Tea culture gained widespread popularity in China during the Tang dynasty (618–907), and during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) the practice of steeping dried tea leaves in a teapot became widely established. This long tradition has naturally shaped the design of tea ware, which is crafted for comfortable steeping, pouring, and communal serving.

Cong features light-colored ceramic covered in bold blue botanical decoration – dense blue ornamental lines repeat across the teapot and all six cups, giving the set a cohesive, calm look.

What's included in the set?

• Ceramic teapot with a 670 ml capacity
• Six ceramic cups with a 150 ml capacity each
• Coarse strainer integrated into the spout

The 670 ml teapot is well suited for sharing tea with others and brewing a larger amount in one go. The six 150 ml cups provide just enough volume to divide the entire brew between them once steeping is done.

The coarse strainer built into the spout catches larger loose-leaf tea leaves as you pour. The leaves move freely inside the teapot during brewing, giving them plenty of room to unfurl.

This is not a separate, removable strainer. Once your desired steeping time is reached, it's best to pour out the entire brew from the teapot so the leaves don't remain submerged and continue steeping.

Which teas work best with Cong?

The open-steeping design with a coarse strainer works best with loose-leaf teas that have larger or whole leaves, which have plenty of room to unfurl in the spacious teapot. Great natural fits include oolongs, white teas, whole-leaf green teas, black teas with larger leaves, or pu-erh with larger leaves.

With very finely broken teas, rooibos, tea dust, or fine herbal blends, small particles may pass through the coarse strainer – this is a natural characteristic of this type of strainer.

Our tip – how to re-steep your tea

Add an amount of loose-leaf tea to the teapot appropriate for the type of tea and the amount of water you're preparing. Let the tea leaves sit freely in the teapot and pour water over them at the temperature recommended for that particular tea.

Once the recommended steeping time is up, pour the entire brew out of the teapot. With Cong, you can comfortably divide it between the six 150 ml cups. This way the leaves won't stay submerged and further steeping stops.

If the tea you're using is suitable for multiple steeps, simply pour fresh water at the appropriate temperature over the leaves again.

With each subsequent steep, pay attention to the taste and adjust the steeping time as needed. Some loose-leaf teas can be steeped multiple times, and each steep can bring out a slightly different flavor character.

Embrace moments of calm with a tea ritual and discover the beauty of slow preparation and mindful enjoyment.

Care instructions

• Rinse the teapot with warm water after each use
• Wash the cups with a gentle dish soap
• When cleaning, pay special attention to the coarse strainer at the spout to make sure no tea leaves get stuck in the openings
• To preserve the look of the ceramic and its decoration, we recommend gentle hand washing

A few details about the tea set

• Diameter of the top opening: 7 cm
• Height of the teapot without the lid: 8 cm

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