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I made a new discovery in this realm recently. When blue and alone , it can be really comforting to drink tea that a friend has thoughtfully gifted to you. It has the potential to make you feel less alone, cared for. I find this metaphysical aspect can be more important than the taste itself (provid...

Website so slow and non functional i ended up asking local friend to go to store and pick something out for me in person Hah that's nice 😄 It was quite slow yes but I managed to make an order. One thing to note is that you don't pay immediately. Rather they send you a PayPal link after shipping cos...

A classic tea shop from Kunming with a western facing website: https://www.chawangshop.com

Share your experiences and recommendations!

... the Suzuki steel glazed yunomi, whose wide opening allows the tea to cool to slurping temperature quickly, a good thing for quick infusions of sheng. ./download/file.php?id=15516 A stunning yunomi! Myself I Just got back from travels and it's nice to have all the varieties close at hand again :)

Welcome! Yunnan Sourcing is a popular and well regarded shop for Yunnan blacks and puerh. They have warehouses in China and US both. The US site seems to have some golden monkey . Disclaimer: I haven't tried this particular offering. Instead of placing all your eggs in one basket, go ahead and try a...

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 08, 2024 10:22 pm

Drinking tea while unable to taste or smell anything (hopefully temporarily, like last time).

As someone who enjoys being able to taste and smell things, I think that that counts as being sad...

A rough fate indeed. Hope the tastes make their return soon!

Not something to uplift or to heal - but to delve deeper and perhaps to pass through Nicely put. Perhaps strangely, I avoid aged tea in this situation (perhaps one of the only times when I avoid them, whereas LeoFox seeks them out...). That's because they can be a bit 'too contemplative' (just as I...

I always go for the simple dark shous. Usually this resolves to a not-too-old Dayi V93, but really any shou of this sort would do. I find it cozy to mentally sink into the deep, full bodied darkness. Almost works as a pillow.

Everyone's sad from time to time. What's your pick?

No real experience but at one time I looked seriously into moving to Australia, and the rules seemed pretty strict.. It would be interesting if someone had actual experience in crossing this border with tea?

OCTO wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:43 am

Had some Black Tea before and during m a short road trip. Nice and clean.

Is that some sort of brewing flask?

Bok wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:50 pm

So here is the Tetsubin. Pretty good condition, some deposits that can be easily cleaned off on the inside.
Dimensions: 23.5×19×14.5cm, about 2kg.

Dang that's a pretty knob! Is that a common style?

OCTO wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:53 am

It has been a while... hmm.. this looks pretty decent in B&W...

It indeed does!

The big one in the back looks rather interesting. What is it?

Just my little tea corner in my place. It's nothing fancy but I like the ritual of smelling, weighing, and brewing the leaves. Just some basic Twinings Earl Grey with Bergamot. ./download/file.php?id=14135 Looks cozy! I too have my roots in Twinings loose leaf Earl Grey. I just wish that local shop...

[...] This kind of discussion ultimately needs to be grounded on something we all agree can be defined as neutral - a kind of reference standard. And then everything else can be compared to that standard. I guess the international standard tasting cup may be the closest to that. I wasn't aware of s...

@mbanu thanks for the enlightenment!

Yeah I don't imagine them to be all too convenient. Then again neither is brewing loose leaf if you ask a random person

So anyway theoretically there might be some serious examples still in thrift stores etc.