Verdant Tea

Lightweight 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 black and bamboo motif with abstract mountains and water is an elegant but simple platform to show off your tea wares.

Gongfu tea is all about adaptability. Sometimes you want to carry tea to the backyard - sometimes you want it in bed. This simple and sweet little bamboo tray is the perfect base to a perfect spur-of-the-moment cup, carefully crafted from bamboo with a beautifully deep finish.

Every few years, Xiangfu Workshop releases a flagship teaboard, one that they designed to meet any brewing need flexibly and affordably. This simple bamboo draining tea tray with an elegant bird motif is Xiangfu’s answer to the essential teaboard, the one that they outfit tea tasting schools, and teahouses with for everyday heavy use. If you are ready to get started with gongfu brewing, this tray is ready to be the foundation to years of tasting. 

The circular tea board is a statement piece in gongfu brewing, a symbol of everyone’s equal place at the table for tea, and a mirror of the circular gaiwan, pitcher and cups. Boards like these can be used on their own for a compact set-up at a desk, or as a tea boat for your favorite Yixing pot, lined up on a runner with a pitcher, cups, and water bowl for a full-sized elegant modern gongfu set. This bamboo board by Xiangfu features a ba gua - inspired grid of holes for your rinse water to drain and ample capacity for several gongfu sessions in a row.

This clever circular teaboard features a fully waterproof hidden plastic tray to protect the beautiful bamboo board itself. The circular tea board is a statement piece in gongfu brewing, a symbol of everyone’s equal place at the table for tea, and a mirror of the circular gaiwan, pitcher and cups. Boards like these can be used on their own for a compact set-up at a desk, or as a tea boat for your favorite Yixing pot, lined up on a runner with a pitcher, cups, and water bowl for a full-sized elegant modern gongfu set. The dot and line motif for draining is inspired by the trigrams of the Yi Ching.

This beautiful tea boat from Xiangfu studio shows off their mastery of wood carving with a crackle motif and contrasting curved board shape, evocative of artistic patterns inspired by the exchange between China and the middle east through the Silk Road. The lip around the board itself will catch drips as you brew, making it the perfect backdrop for modern gongfu paired with a water bowl. Compact enough to be used on a desk with a full set of gaiwan, pitcher and cups, or as part of a larger modern gongfu set up, this is an elegant and versatile piece to have on hand for tea or even iced drinks in the summer.

Xiangfu’s Zheng series is named after the stringed instrument since the carved grooves mimc the zheng’s strings. Groves running to a drain channel allow this personal-sized tea board to draw water away from your teapot, keeping it even and well-seasoned. The compact footprint is perfect for desk-side modern gongfu.

When you have an exquisite tea set up, the board should be there to help every cup, teapot, and the tea itself really shine. This stunning centerpiece minimalist tea board does just that. No lip, on slats for draining - just a simple, carefully cut and sloped piece of bamboo with just a few drain holes lined up down the center. For a perfectly minimalist look, you can let water drain to the hidden plastic tray without a drain tube, but for big sessions, you can hook in the drain tube to keep going all day.

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.

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.

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.

This tea set is inspired by the professional tea setups used at fine teahouses in Xiamen, one of the biggest cultural centers for oolong tea in the world, and central to all of Fujian’s abundant tea- from Tieguanyin to white tea and Big Red Robe. A high-fired, hand-painted porcelain gaiwan brings out deep and true aromatics in your tea, while aroma cups allow you to enjoy those aromatics to the fullest. A beautiful, carved, hardwood draining tea board is there to catch any drips or rinses during long tea sessions, and provides a beautiful contrast with the glowing and nearly translucent porcelain.

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.