Craft
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Beginner
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Open · join any time
Brewing 101
water · leaf · time
A four-week, three-variable course on getting tea right at home. We brew the same leaf six different ways, then taste the differences. By the end, you can read a tea's vintage off the label and adjust on the fly.
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Viktor Lin
Brewing · Sensory
What you'll learn
- Set up a kitchen scale, kettle, and a vessel you already own
- Match leaf weight to water for any tea, by eye and by gram
- Read the first three steeps to plan the next three
- Adjust water mineral content for greens, reds, and oolongs
- Compare two harvests of the same leaf side by side
- Run a quick brewing check on a tea you've never seen
- Build a steeping plan from a single label
- Write a tasting note other people can act on
Curriculum
M1 · The three variables water · leaf · time
5 lessons · 38 min- vidA short, opinionated welcome why this course4:12
- vidWater — TDS, temperature, kettle8:24
- vidLeaf — by gram, by eye, by ratio7:50
- vidTime — the first three steeps9:08
- qzQuick check 4 questions4 q
M2 · Western brewing, done well
5 lessons · 42 minM3 · Gongfu, gently
4 lessons · 50 minM4 · Tasting notes that travel
4 lessons · 30 minWhat students say
“I finally understand why my morning tea kept tasting flat. It was the water, not the leaf.”
Hana K. — Tokyo · Took the course Feb 2026“Course is the right length. Nothing extra, nothing missing, and Viktor doesn't talk down to you.”
Sasha P. — Berlin · Pastry cook“The third module — six steeps from one gaiwan — was the moment everything clicked for me.”
Diego R. — Lima · Self-described skeptic