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by Baisao
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looping usps packages
Replies: 5
Views: 344

Re: Looping usps packages

How do you reach the station master? My local branch literally does not pick up the phone for their posted (harhar) number.
by Baisao
Sun Feb 04, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boiled tea flavour
Replies: 10
Views: 1172

Re: Boiled tea flavour

by Baisao
Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boiled tea flavour
Replies: 10
Views: 1172

Re: Boiled tea flavour

I remember that when I was boiling tea in my stainless steel pan, it would always turn out different than when brewing in a gaiwan or in a thermos. The taste was strong, all right, but it was always kind of equalized, minty, not very interesting. Good when you want to extract the leaves quickly and...
by Baisao
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Your favorite Dan Cong vendor?
Replies: 106
Views: 197231

Re: Your favorite Dan Cong vendor?

Tyler wrote:
Sat Oct 14, 2023 1:31 pm
Kyarazen sometimes sells her teas on his webshop, I feel like he has pretty decent taste in tea so I take that as a positive endorsement
I'd take anything tea related that KZ says/recommends with a grain of salt. Too much ego in that one. Some teas he has recommended in the past were junky.
by Baisao
Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Porcelain Thread
Replies: 311
Views: 217392

Re: The Porcelain Thread

filipes wrote:
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:43 am
Thank you for the link, I will look into it. It’s actually signed, if you are familiar with it.
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The foot and texture suggest it is modern. JMHO.
by Baisao
Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5877
Views: 1819426

Re: Yixing

For stubborn pot smells I have tried vinegar, baking soda, citric acid soaks and boiling all with pretty limited success - nothing has worked as well for me as sodium percarbonate for any kind of cleaning. Agreed! Sodium percarbonate has worked the best at cleaning for me too. I did receive a piece...
by Baisao
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:04 pm
Forum: Black Tea
Topic: What Black Are You Drinking
Replies: 678
Views: 340741

Re: What Black Are You Drinking

ferg wrote:
Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:39 pm
House Recipe Premium Hot Tea.
Black, one Domino premium pure sugar cane.
Tastes like tea from childhood.
Really tasty.


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Hospital tea. I hope everything is alright with you and your family.
by Baisao
Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: Tea Quiz
Replies: 4
Views: 1667

Re: Tea Quiz

Hmmmmm "1 teaspoon of tea per 1 cup of water" I don't know of anyone who prepares tea by measured teaspoons. With so many varieties of tea, 1 tsp per cup of water would hardly be universal enough to be called a "Golden Ratio". I weigh in grams or gauge by sight. Also, rooibos is no more tea than Red...
by Baisao
Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:18 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Help ID one of my fav teapots?
Replies: 5
Views: 1497

Re: Help ID one of my fav teapots?

Bok wrote:
Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:01 pm
Not sure, somewhere north of 1999-2000s. Somehow the clay reminds me of Taiwanese red clays. Could be it’s from there and not Yixing.
I had the exact same reaction. The sheen reminds me of an Yingge teapot I have.
by Baisao
Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:28 am
Forum: Repair & Cleaning
Topic: Testsubin Black Residue
Replies: 2
Views: 882

Re: Testsubin Black Residue

If you are heating it over gas, I suppose there is the possibility that incomplete combustion could leave soot. I cant quite tell from what part of the tetsubin you are finding this soot-like substance but I have seen actual soot from gas stoves find its way quite far up the outside of kettles.
by Baisao
Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: Repair & Cleaning
Topic: Cleaning: Awakening & Resetting Unglazed Ceramics / Yixing
Replies: 224
Views: 140953

Re: Cleaning: Awakening & Resetting Unglazed Ceramics / Yixing

I haven't tried percarb yet, mostly because I tend to have bicarb on hand for porcelain. I usually do a warm bicarb soak, followed by light scrubbing with a chunk of loofah, warm white vinegar soak to neutralise, finishing with boiling water rinses. Never had to contend with any tough staining thou...
by Baisao
Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:45 am
Forum: Repair & Cleaning
Topic: Cleaning: Awakening & Resetting Unglazed Ceramics / Yixing
Replies: 224
Views: 140953

Re: Cleaning: Awakening & Resetting Unglazed Ceramics / Yixing

I reset them when they start to feel a bit dirty, like when the interior is to a substantial degree covered with residues, or when putting a nice tea in them doesn't feel right anymore. The first one or two sessions after it might be a bit awkward, but afterwards the pot starts to feel right again....
by Baisao
Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:54 pm
Forum: Repair & Cleaning
Topic: Interior crack inside yixing lid
Replies: 8
Views: 1900

Re: Interior crack inside yixing lid

Damn that really sucks to hear. I mean if anyone knows the shop's contact details on 171 Queens Road Central in HK that would be great but I'm not hopeful. I paid around £200 for it 😞 You may try to stabilize it with Permabond, a FDA & EU approved food safe adhesive but it does contain BPA as appar...
by Baisao
Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:07 am
Forum: Repair & Cleaning
Topic: Interior crack inside yixing lid
Replies: 8
Views: 1900

Re: Interior crack inside yixing lid

I wouldn't worry too much. One of my pots has a similar crack - late 1970s/early 80s green label zini. Been using boiling water without too much care ./download/file.php?id=14243 The crack in his pot is more severe and extensive. I think it is likely to separate whereas yours is likely to remain th...
by Baisao
Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:01 am
Forum: Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs
Topic: Takashi Ichikawa article
Replies: 4
Views: 1286

Re: Takashi Ichikawa article

I have one of his older kettles and after seasoning it makes the softest textured water. I love it so much I've bought a backup and a third as a gift to a dear friend. She says it makes "cloud water". I also have some of his plates and a teapot. The teapot is really beautiful with an iridescent, met...