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70ml green label Factory 1 hongni shui ping is my favorite tea pot for sheng. It is very porous and take away excess bitterness. It grew really first and gain patina in only a couple of months :) A bit off topic: I have 2 smaller (30 ml or so) green label shui ping in almost identical clay, but cann...

Winter 2017 Da Yu Lin from Formosa Tea Connection (Japan) this morning, just out of the box delivered from Kyoto a few hours ago. Low to medium oxidation, very lightly roasted. Enjoyed pure high mountain aroma with soft and clean taste. I received 4 other Taiwanese teas from Formosa Tea Connection t...

Li Shan from Hojo. Clear and sweet aroma, just like wrapping me.

I don't know if it's appropriate to post about a Japanese vendor (probably won't ship internationally) here, but there may be some Japanese around so... Bamboo Chakan (バンブー茶館）offers the best Dan Cong in Japan in my humble opinion. The only problem is that everything is very very expensive there... S...

I try to avoid gaiwan as much as possibly, because my small hand is not very comfortable to brew with it. I can barely grab 70-80cc gaiwan, but as I prefer 100-120cc for 2 people session, I ended up buying a porcelain teapot as my "utility" pot for those teas I haven't dedicated Yixing pots for. And...

Usually Japanese people are not that into Japanese things

Hello, I'm Aya from Japan. How long have you been drinking tea? Almost through my entire life. I am a Japanese and Japan is a tea country, everyone drink tea on a daily basis. I learned Japanese Tea Ceremony for more than 10 years starting from after-school activities at my junior high. What kind of...