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Tarnished Golden Calligraphy BoardThis tarnished tea board is available at a steep 30% off discount. This stunning walnut tea board by Jianyi Workshop features deep channels for water to flow underneath teaware, leaving the gongfu set up dry and elegant. This is particularly well-suited to brewing with yixing teapots so that tea water doesn’t pool under the pot, allowing you to maintain an even and professional patina. The beautiful grain of the walnut is allowed to come through and bring a natural presence to gongfu ceremony, while metal accents adorn the border. Elegant calligraphy inscribes the sentiment that “Time flows like water,” perfected suited to the way tea ceremony flows. This board comes with a tube and pump for draining when used in traditional gongfu ceremony with full steepings poured over yixing teapots, or can be plugged and used as a stunning surface for modern gongfu to catch drips.
- Tarnished Golden Elegance Board
This tarnished tea board is available at a steep 30% off discount. The perfect smooth surface of this board serves to highlight the stunning polished wood grain pattern in this solid walnut, carved by Jianyi workshop. The clever design includes a center drain with an outlet hidden under the board. The wood grain is accented by elegant metal adornment, a restrained border and center line delineating space for brewing vessel and cups. This board comes with a tube and pump for draining when used in traditional gongfu ceremony with full steepings poured over yixing teapots. Of course, the surface makes an incredible backdrop for modern gongfu to catch the occasional drop as well.
Regular Price $104.00 Special Price $72.80 - Tarnished Golden Gingko Modern Gongfu Board
This tarnished tea board is available at a steep 30% off discount. This refined tea board is perfectly compact, just large enough for a beautiful set up of teapot, pitcher, strainer and two cups. The channel around the outside collects water in traditional gongfu ceremony, and drains through a detachable tube and pump. The elegant walnut wood grain is accented by bold ginkgo leaf motifs and a solid banded border. This board was carved by Jianyi workshop as a perfect desktop companion for smaller spaces, and can be easily used as a modern gongfu board by plugging the drain, making it a portable and flexible gongfu solution.
- Foundational Bamboo Gongfu Tea Tray
This flexible tea tray is a perfect foundation for your gongfu tea, perfectly sized for a gaiwan or teapot, a pitcher and several cups. The board will catch any tea you pour over it and the lid is removable for draining. A timeless bamboo tea tray elevates your gongfu brewing and frames off your tasting while containing leaves, water etc so you can focus on the tea.
- "Lone Deer" Gongfu Tea Tray
This solid wood tea board is perfectly-sized for elegant modern gongfu with a low profile that shows off your teaware. The metal top provides a warm contrast against the wood, featuring a lone deer silhouette that doubles as a drain for your tea as you pour over the board.
$58.00 - Rough-Hewn Stone Top Tea Board
The natural rough hewn-texture of this monumental stone tea board serves as a grounded foundation for gongfu tea. The choice of material is a critical piece of the overall balance of a gongfu set up, and stone evokes the rocky landscapes where fine tea grows, while reflecting on the minerals-driven textural complexity of great tea. The hewn grey of this board turns dark and lustrous as hot water is poured over it, and the water flows down the channel along the edges to drain to maintain a clean modern look. For modern gongfu ceremony, cap the drain with the included cap and the board works as a stunning tea boat.
- "Harmony" Centerpiece Tea Board
This board is cleverly designed with grooves running along the surface to a drain channel that goes all the way around. This allows for a draining board with no slope. The fact that water poured over teapots drains away, even under the pot itself, makes this style the preferred board for yixing collectors looking to show off their most beautiful pieces. A tube is included for flexible drainage, but the board is also a gorgeous framing piece in modern gongfu sets with a water bowl.
$165.00 - Swirling Cloud Centerpiece Tea Board
This beautiful full-sized tea tray from Xiangfu Design Studio embraces their humble origins as a small workshop of bamboo crafters. The Chinese name 水云间 literally means “the space between clouds and water,” an evocative image that inspires the cut channels that serve as the drain for water poured during tea ceremony to run into the hidden tray underneath. The channels mirror the steam on a just brewed cup of tea rising and swirling, priming the tea board as a special “space” for tea. For big group tea sessions, this board has a drain with a tube so that you can keep brewing without emptying the tray itself.
$78.00 - "Mist on the Threshold" Tea Board
The geometric lines intersecting the octagonal window evoke mist rolling by in the early morning. They also serve as a channel to drain this evocative tea board. A favorite teapot in the choice ‘window spot’ gives it center stage. This board draws on Xiangfu’s rich experience with bamboo as part of their new “Sacred Fig Tree” series, a new style of board made with dense, resin-soaked bamboo for solid weight and durability.
$85.00 - Auspicious Series Tea Board
A carved bird motif is paired with cleverly designed grooves running along the surface to a drain channel that goes all the way around. This allows for a draining board with no slope. The fact that water poured over teapots drains away, even under the pot itself makes this style the preferred board for yixing collectors looking to show off their most beautiful pieces. A tube is included for flexible drainage, but the board is also a gorgeous framing piece in modern gongfu sets with a water bowl.
$138.00 - "Lotus in the Breeze" Tea Board
The circular platform with a carved lotus is the centerpiece of this board, serving as a place for a favorite teapot or gaiwan, while the carved channels are perfect for cups and pitchers. This deep, dark, solid board is actually made from dense resin-soaked bamboo that is kiln-fired for deep color. The board can be used with a drain cap for modern gongfu or with a tube in place for traditional draining gongfu tea.
$88.00 - Circular Mountainscape Tea TrayWe love circular tea trays! The shape creates an open space and an invitation for everyone tasting tea to be equally involved. This well-built tray is a perfect size for home or work, and is big enough to comfortably hold a teapot or gaiwan, a pitcher and several cups. The dark staining on the bamboo dramatically sets off the white and blue of fine porcelain. The size and weight make this board packable for travel.
- Mini Circular Tea TrayLightweight and practical, this compact circular mini tea board is just big enough for a teapot or gaiwan, a pitcher and two cups. It is made from renewable bamboo, and a hard plastic ceramic composite base that is unbreakable and super easy to clean. The white and bamboo motif with abstract mountains and water is an elegant but simple platform to show off your tea wares.$11.00
- Black Slatted Bamboo Tea TrayThis beautiful mini tea tray features a black lacquer style surface as a dramatic backdrop for your fine tea wares. The tea tray bottom is a clever veneer design that is far more durable and water resistant than an untreated bamboo bottom. The top comes out with its own stand to use without a tray below it outside. The whole tray is small enough to pack carry on for tea on the go.
- Carved Concentric Circles Draining Tea BoardXiangfu was founded to produce carved wooden tea wares, and this is still at the core of what they do best. This beautiful tea board has the weight and presence of a showstopper centerpiece, but is flexible enough to fit on a desk or even travel. The board is cleverly designed with grooves running along the surface to a drain channel that goes all the way around. This allows for a draining board with no slope. A tube is included for flexible drainage, but the board is also a gorgeous framing piece in modern gongfu sets with a water bowl.Regular Price $64.00 Special Price $51.20
- Storm Grey Stone Top Tea BoardThe tea board is the foundation of gongfu tea, and this is solid foundation indeed, formed from a beautiful piece of hewn stone. The choice of material is a critical piece of the overall balance of a gongfu set up, and stone brings in a sense of groundedness, while reflecting on the rocky textural complexity of fine tea. The stormy grey of this board turns dark and lustrous as hot water is poured over it, and the water flows down the channel along the edges to drain to maintain a clean modern look. For modern gongfu ceremony, cap the drain with the included cap and the board works as a stunning tea boat.
