Trouble or not, it's all relative. I mostly drink oolong, and usually gongfu style. It doesn't cost me any work to boil the water. All work I do is, throw the tea in teapot or gaiwan, 20-30 seconds each infusion. It's really much less trouble than just grinding the coffee, let alone making coffee, or let alone putting on my shoes and driving to the cafe. When I drink green tea, I throw the tea in a glass mug and pour in water, 2 seconds' work When it comes to tea, I believe most time-consuming part for most people is shopping and online shopping and window shopping. I've never heard anybody complaining about the "trouble" of it