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by Iizuki
Sat May 10, 2025 1:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?
Replies: 28
Views: 29032

Re: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?

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...
by Iizuki
Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:48 am
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Chawang Shop
Replies: 2
Views: 9316

Re: Chawang Shop

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...
by Iizuki
Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:29 am
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Chawang Shop
Replies: 2
Views: 9316

Chawang Shop

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

Share your experiences and recommendations!
by Iizuki
Wed Nov 13, 2024 4:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your day in tea
Replies: 521
Views: 406070

Re: Your day in tea

... 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 :)
by Iizuki
Mon Aug 05, 2024 6:05 am
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: Yunnan recommendations
Replies: 3
Views: 8106

Re: Yunnan recommendations

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...
by Iizuki
Tue Jul 09, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?
Replies: 28
Views: 29032

Re: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?

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. :cry: Hope the tastes make their return soon!
by Iizuki
Mon Apr 29, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?
Replies: 28
Views: 29032

Re: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?

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...
by Iizuki
Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's your tea of choice when you're sad?
Replies: 28
Views: 29032

What's your tea of choice when you're sad?

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?
by Iizuki
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Transporting teas when moving internationally
Replies: 5
Views: 9759

Re: Transporting teas when moving internationally

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?
by Iizuki
Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:33 am
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 704
Views: 599403

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

OCTO wrote:
Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:43 am
Had some Black Tea before and during m a short road trip. Nice and clean.


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Is that some sort of brewing flask?
by Iizuki
Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:05 am
Forum: Tea/Teaware Vendors
Topic: Bok
Replies: 286
Views: 408997

Re: Bok

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.
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Dang that's a pretty knob! Is that a common style?
by Iizuki
Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:14 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Teaware B&W Appreciation
Replies: 328
Views: 490907

Re: Teaware B&W Appreciation

OCTO wrote:
Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:53 am
It has been a while... hmm.. this looks pretty decent in B&W...

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It indeed does!

The big one in the back looks rather interesting. What is it?
by Iizuki
Thu Aug 17, 2023 12:34 am
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 704
Views: 599403

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

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...
by Iizuki
Thu Jun 15, 2023 12:51 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: "Neutral" Clays
Replies: 29
Views: 30270

Re: "Neutral" Clays

[...] 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...
by Iizuki
Tue May 23, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Assassin's Teapot
Replies: 2
Views: 10941

Re: Assassin's Teapot

@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 :roll:

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