u/Jumpy-Wasabi-2718

Hey guys!

I'm not getting into much details, but I'm not the one who cooks at home. The person who does (not my SO or anything like that) loves it, but they spend so much time doing it.

• I am not at home when the cooking happens, so I can't lend a hand. *I already keep everything tidy and clean so they have everything set when they start cooking
• I already help as much as I can with the shopping, buying ingredients and cookware

I am not well versed in cooking, so I wanna learn how I can prep things ahead in a way to make that person's life easier. I know there are people who make stuff ahead, but everytime I try this things end up spoiling or tasting flavorless. I wanna learn more about food prep and stuff like that so that person can have more free time.

Hey!

I am a beginner at gongfu style tea and I live in a poorer country...

(If you wanna skip the story into the question you can go to the last paragraph)

...I was interested in getting a gaiwan, but every option was imported and expensive (1-2 days of work for me). I found one in Aliexpress, with a first buy bonus, that was quite affordable (only 2h of work).

Now, while waiting for delivery I got curious and checked Reddit and just learned about the world of lead poisoning. The one I bought don't mention anything about being lead free.

I'll just use that one for practice and drink it once or twice so I can tell my grandkids I've got lead poisoning in my youth one day (I'm kidding). I'll save up and buy one from the trusted sources threads.

Thanks for listening to my venting.

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So, for the main question aliexpress and shopee are pretty much the only place I found puehr, and many options of oolong, so I wonder if it's alright buying tea cakes from there, and if so, what I should look for.