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- Thu May 19, 2022 7:13 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Red Clay from the Gold Mines of Sado Island.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 35549
Re: Red Clay from the Gold Mines of Sado Island.
Update on Tea Pairing with Mumyoi by Tozo from Sado Island.. I’ve since tried the pot with a host of teas young and aged. The best pairing is still pointed towards fresh greens like LongJing and raw Puerh, both raw and aged. Also had an interesting round with a 20+ yearold ripe puerh. The clay elev...
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:13 am
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: 2006 Big Green Tea from Taiwan Tasted Flat and Bitter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2195
Re: 2006 Big Green Tea from Taiwan Tasted Flat and Bitter
Just a guess, we will need Dogen to confirm. That year, a few factories made cake using that name. I do not have a photo of the wrapper as this tea was a sample, but I took the seller's pictures. Here it is: ./download/file.php?id=11584 That’s 2006 Zhongcha Big Green Tea. Try to store your samples ...
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:32 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: 2006 Big Green Tea from Taiwan Tasted Flat and Bitter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2195
Re: 2006 Big Green Tea from Taiwan Tasted Flat and Bitter
Was it 2006 Big Green Tree Sheng Puerh? If it is, a photo of the wrapper would help. Ah that makes sense, it is Puerh, haha. Just a guess, we will need Dogen to confirm. That year, a few factories made cake using that name. I do not have a photo of the wrapper as this tea was a sample, but I took t...
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 5:42 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: 2006 Big Green Tea from Taiwan Tasted Flat and Bitter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2195
2006 Big Green Tea from Taiwan Tasted Flat and Bitter
Hello! I received a 2006 Big Green Tea Taiwan storage from a friend. When I hit the 1st infusion, the tea tasted flat, a little winged bean taste, and bitter and no astringency. By the time I got into the 5th and 6th infusions, the bitterness was gone, but the flat taste was still there. Was there a...
- Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:57 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Ode to the Kyusu
- Replies: 634
- Views: 325705
Re: Ode to the Kyusu
I bought this Junzo kyusu in Shihateapot. The description told that it was good in fermented teas. I haven't seen this kind of design in Sazen even in Artistic Nippon.
It is porous as it dries easily. It also has a good pour, better than other pours in my other kyusus. The handle is also nice!
It is porous as it dries easily. It also has a good pour, better than other pours in my other kyusus. The handle is also nice!
- Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:51 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Cloud in Tea Soup
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1712
Cloud in Tea Soup
Good day!
I posted in our local tea group in Facebook about my experience with a shu bought from Yunnan Craft. Someone commented that there is no cloud in the tea soup. What does that phrase mean? Is it a good, or a bad thing?
Thank you so much!
PS. That is the shu in question.
I posted in our local tea group in Facebook about my experience with a shu bought from Yunnan Craft. Someone commented that there is no cloud in the tea soup. What does that phrase mean? Is it a good, or a bad thing?
Thank you so much!
PS. That is the shu in question.
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:43 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5888
- Views: 1868992
Re: Yixing
I do not own this pot. Well, I am planning to buy it, but I would rather have the opinion of other so that I minimally avoid tuition pots. That's a good goal, but we do have a rule on not commenting on pots that members do not own, because we worry that the thread would become flooded with this typ...
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:44 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5888
- Views: 1868992
Re: Yixing
I do not own this pot. Well, I am planning to buy it, but I would rather have the opinion of other so that I minimally avoid tuition pots.
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:25 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5888
- Views: 1868992
Re: Yixing
Hello! I was scouring in the internet for some Yixing until I found this. Could you tell me whether this is a real Yixing? My gut feeling is that it is too good to be true. But I want to know your opinions before buying it. I think the clay is smooth? But I don't know, since some pots I saw in Marsh...
- Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:19 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5888
- Views: 1868992
Re: Yixing
What do you guys think of this channel? Looks like the videos is informative with regard to zhuni, and hongni clays.
- Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:43 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Western facing F1 vendors list
- Replies: 52
- Views: 30796
Re: Western facing F1 vendors list
He sells f1 teapots too, but in HKD:
https://f1pot.com/en/teaware/teapots
- Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:41 pm
- Forum: Groups, Clubs, & Events
- Topic: Filipino tea culture?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11293
Re: Filipino tea culture?
Kind of slow to be checking in on this. One of my earliest online tea contacts was a woman in the Philippines who was into better tea. It was too early; others just weren't on that page. Later I talked regularly with one of the main vendors promoting specialty tea there (the Teavolution founder, if...
- Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:06 am
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Hokujo Teaware
- Replies: 85
- Views: 50107
Re: Hokujo Teaware
I have one of his Shibordashi's which makes BEAUTIFUL Gyokuro. Sencha is ok but Shibordashi is made for Gyokuro usually so thus its better. I have heard that gyokuro goes well in a flat shape shibo, or kyusu. That's why I bought one in Sazentea.com, my go to for Japanese teas. kyusu.jpg kyusu 1.jpg
- Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:46 am
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Tetsubin cleaning tutorial
- Replies: 43
- Views: 47616
Re: Tetsubin cleaning tutorial
I have a question: Is Lipton good for coating the insides of tetsubin?
- Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:44 am
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Tetsubin cleaning tutorial
- Replies: 43
- Views: 47616
Re: Tetsubin cleaning tutorial
I would be concerned about placing the entire Tetsubin in water as the outside is treated differently than the inside. After a Tetsubin is cast and cleaned up, it is placed inside a +-1000℃ oven and reheated until glowing red with little oxygen inside the oven. This process heat seals the inside of...