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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.

Steve Mould has made an interesting video about assassins teapots . It's a cool concept where there are two internal chambers in the pot, and it's possible to choose which one to pour from. All from the same spout. Now poisoning your tea buddies would be a dumb thing to do -- unlike tealeaves, they ...

His Changtais were excellent

I have no experience on administrating forums, but I'd still like to post my vote for FOSS (Discourse).

It's sad to see open communities (like this one) built around proprietary platforms (like reddit for example).

Hello again. My new chawan "Lady in black". External background is olive green and surface is black. Inside is mustard yellow with black running down like waterfall-interesting contrast I think. Judge for yourself. Product of Pottery Studio CorralhoPotter from Portugal. ./download/file.php?id=12976...

Darbotek wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 29, 2022 2:19 pm

Nice pot! But what's the box in the background?

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:46 am

The market price won't change the nature of the tea itself.

An insightful though, easily forgotten in the modern world of trade.