If you are making the time for gongfu brewing, why not complete the set-up with a full set of tea tools to add that extra sense of ritual and fun to your daily tasting? 

This beautiful wooden set from Xiangfu Workshop includes a funnel to help pour leaves into narrow teapots, a scoop for measuring, a pick to loosen leaves that might stick to a strainer, a tweezers for lifting teacups to rinse, and a mini-scoop for pushing tea leaves into a pot or measuring matcha.