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Here's a chawan by Im Mann Jae that I picked up on a tea tour of Korea several years ago. Matcha Yugen n the bowl. ./download/file.php?id=5590 This Chawan is beautiful! I have to ask, has anyone found any similar Chawans? You may have found your answer already. The glaze looks like some sort of Ten...

thomas.vankeulen sounds like a good plan. If you come to Los Angeles please let us know, pre-covid the Los Angeles Tea Society would get together every few months in Santa Monica and surrounding cities in the greater LA area. With this new variant we unfortunately had to cancel an upcoming tasting,...

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've been here, browsing everyone's posts in hope of absorbing some knowledge. I am left but feeling I wish I got to know some of you! Travelling and social gatherings have been increasingly difficult these past 2 years but slowly improving. With these thoughts i...

iGo wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:17 pm

Here's a chawan by Im Mann Jae that I picked up on a tea tour of Korea several years ago. Matcha Yugen n the bowl.

This Chawan is beautiful! I have to ask, has anyone found any similar Chawans?

Hi all! I'm a nutrition student and for that reason I am also interested in the health properties of infusions. I thought it could be interesting to start a thread regarding a more scientific topic. I'm certainly not an expert on tea or anything as my course focuses on foods. However, if requested I...

thomas.vankeulen welcome! Shanghai is a very nice city to be in - although on the expensive side for what concerns tea. Your pot looks like a modern one indeed. That kind of seal is a repro of seal chops used during the Qing dynasty. In terms of tea it’s hard to recommend as the modern pots can be ...

Hi everyone, I've been drinking tea for all my life however, just over a year ago have I discovered Gong Fu style brewing during my time living in Shanghai. I made a good friend there who is an artisan. He was the one who guided me initially. I've since come to London, where I currently reside. I s...

Victoria I was thinking of boiling some sencha, I guess my TieGuanYin will do a better job if it’s oxidized. Sheng puerh seemed less effective. I’ll try to post a photo today. My question is even tetsubin is not for tea, but when boil with tea, the black partials in the tea is either rust or foreig...

Victoria wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:38 pm

Welcome to TeaForum @thomas.vankeulen, nice to have you join us here.

pedant wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:41 pm

welcome, thomas!

Thank you everyone!!
Nice to be here.
I'll have a browse see what suggestions there are on tea kettles as I'm also looking to upgrade mine.

Hi everyone, I've been drinking tea for all my life however, just over a year ago have I discovered Gong Fu style brewing during my time living in Shanghai. I made a good friend there who is an artisan. He was the one who guided me initially. I've since come to London, where I currently reside. I st...