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Hello people. Wanted to share one of my "frankenstein" pots - it arrived damaged, and what I initially thought was a color/firing variegated lid appeared to be a basalt-black ferromagnetic Juni from Yixing teapot. Perhaps the lid is much older than its current Chaozhou pot body and has been well sa...

I didn't like Volvic and I especially did not like Acqua Panna.

Give VOSS a try but understand that it brews true. If there is not enough pectin in the tea, the water will not mask it (unlike Fiji). If the tea is bitter, the water will not mask it (unlike Acqua Panna).

Most of them are on respective discord channels, the old school forums including reddit have a few drawbacks. 1) lack of real-time interaction 2) easier access to the chat history through searching through past comments I lived through the golden age of forums in 2004-2010, it was great ) Can you g...

I’ll have to spray my mother with this to see if she fluoresces. It might explain some things.

How long do you plant to store tea in them? My experience is that sencha goes bad rapidly outside of a Mylar bag. I might store it in a container for no more than a month. The only wood one I bought ended up having a strong odor from the finish that I was never able to clear. This would obviously tr...

Isn't it also the simple act of this tea making routine that can bring comfort? Processing an event, day, misfortune, while making tea. Having somewhat recently gone through a period of exceptional and repeated loss— 5 events in 6 months— I can confirm that tea, and the friends I’ve made through te...

"Exclusive bottled water is municipal water World stars drink exclusively Voss water, but the water is no more exclusive than the fact that it is supplied by a municipal waterworks in Southern Norway." https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/eksklusivt-flaskevann-er-kommunalt-vann/12823560/ They have wonderful ...

In this case, just my blind guess , the initial green tea was old or some cheap summer harvest ( it's kinda common practice how to use up not sold green tea ) . The jasmine implemented for scenting ( or blending ) was fresh. So the tea absorbed the aroma of jasmine but in taste it is not something ...

My previous white porcelain covered bowl broke, and I am not used to using covered bowls. I am planning to buy a purple clay teapot or a cast iron teapot. As long as it is safe to use, any recommendations? You might consider a teapot by Inge Nielsen instead. This is definitely preferable to a cheap...

I cannot overstate how good the pour is on her teapots. They are second only to a gaiwan in how fast they empty. I think her pots are one of the few exceptions where they can work equally well for Taiwanese/Chinese and Japanese teas. If you are only making Japanese teas then I’d recommend Taisuke Sh...

I think that importing tea to EU is like 20-30% import TAX. I don't know shipping fee from TW but it is not cheap either , from what I've heard. Other costs could be pest test , which local customs ( or rather health $ safety dpt. ) might require. That's around 600$ per tea. That might seriously ra...

I find Hokuren Hokkaido Taisetsuzan (Japan) and Jeju Samdasoo (Korea) to give me the best water for making the teas I enjoy. That said, I'm fortunate to be in a country where tap water is good enough to use, and similar to the clean & crisp Samdasoo. If I want a rounder, fuller body then the Hokkai...

@GaoShan - I didn’t notice you were in Canada. That automatically limits options and is surely the reason you don’t have much interaction with TSR. But since you asked to discuss the Goldilocks Zone of tea vendors, I asked about one that meets or exceeds it. Hi-ho.

Hi everyone! To boost the topic a bit - sharing my latest acquisition from an online thrift store, and really happy to revitalize this one. To my joy, the exterior is in excellent condition - just a bit dusty, but rust occupied it all from the inside, so a solid piece of work is to be done to cure ...

Hahaha! Can't even imagine!