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- Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:19 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Buying tea in Japan, via a friend.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1866
Re: Buying tea in Japan, via a friend.
You have your list and I don't want to deviate from your question, but I would suggest that if you trust your friend's taste and knowledge of quality, why not give your list as a guide and let him surprise you? You'd be getting teas that aren't exported and that numerous Japanese drink. Some might s...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:07 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Bottled tea
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1706
Re: Bottled tea
I may be confusing things here but I thought I once read that imported "sencha" is used, Chinese? possibly their South American gardens. I'm not sure bold is referring roasted as that is a distinctly labeled bottle.
Re: Hagi
s-l1200~2.jpg Takaharu Ono my first chawan by this artist and as much as I admired this bowl in the online images, (credit the vendor, these are the listing images) I was actually stunned by it once in my hands. The flare of the ido shape is perfectly balanced and the biwa glaze is very pure. All o...
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you tell your novice self about tea
- Replies: 60
- Views: 16680
Re: What would you tell your novice self about tea
"Now and then its good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy" - Guillaume Apollinaire drinking tea does not make me happy, being happy makes me drink tea. Happiness is the host, tea is a guest and as host I would never embarrass my guest, no matter the grade or quality of tea. Drink...
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:28 pm
- Forum: Japan
- Topic: Can anyone help with identifying who made these teapots?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2950
Re: Can anyone help with identifying who made these teapots?
It looks like on sold on ebay. Maybe you can contact the seller grey1005 and ask if s/he has more information.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265925623152?c ... 1&mkcid=28
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265925623152?c ... 1&mkcid=28
- Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Your day in matcha
- Replies: 293
- Views: 171480
Re: Your day in matcha
Saito Issei is not a member of the Hagi Ceramic Association but is well known. I don't know much about him. You have a quality teabowl in your hands, and very good taste.
- Tue Feb 14, 2023 10:15 am
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Your day in matcha
- Replies: 293
- Views: 171480
Re: Your day in matcha
person,
That's a beautiful hagiyaki bowl. Did you purchase it through RIKYU?
It's one of those chawan that fulfill almost the five senses.
That's a beautiful hagiyaki bowl. Did you purchase it through RIKYU?
It's one of those chawan that fulfill almost the five senses.
- Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:43 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: Req. assistance from tea experts (B/Tea: Darjeeling)!!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6214
Re: Req. assistance from tea experts (B/Tea: Darjeeling)!!
I certainly hope you rediscover the flavor, comfort and warmth and I apologize I don't have a suggestion for you But as a quest, yours has so many variables, so often the search uncovers new meaning, rather than fulfill old desires, I think of two setbacks to your search: As Thomas Wolfe wrote "You ...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 5:02 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Identifying labels (wrappers)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2981
Re: Identifying labels
Tyler, No offense taken, I don't drink puer seriously but do follow the conversations here about how much is faked and how difficult it is to verify. These were given to me as gifts, years ago and so as long as the tea leaves are real, whether or not the label is, is fine. What I am interested in an...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 4:45 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Identifying labels (wrappers)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2981
Re: Identifying labels
Thank you for the replies. Sorry for the double identical image, not sure why that happened. The Red Dayi has 2007-9-6 on the box, and I've had it maybe 10 years, untouched. I can only trust the gift giver, and won't investigate too thoroughly. The first wrapper, also a gift from years ago, is finis...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 4:11 pm
- Forum: Fermented Tea
- Topic: Identifying labels (wrappers)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2981
Identifying labels (wrappers)
20220904_204327~2.jpg 20220905_152321.jpg I am just an enjoyer of pu'er and in my understanding ripe pu'er has a recipe numeric code on the label. These two labels don't have that, which leads me to ask how to determine what exactly it is. I searched puer labels in the forum but didn't find an answ...
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 7:24 pm
- Forum: Green Tea
- Topic: Your day in matcha
- Replies: 293
- Views: 171480
Re: Your day in matcha
./download/file.php?id=11055 ./download/file.php?id=11056 Made koicha for the first time today. Uji-hikari cultivar form Shirakawa, Uji (via TdJ). Tasty stuff, though some sweets came in handy. Still getting a feel for it. Judging from the granules in the pics, I need to knead it much better. What ...
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 9:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Chinese New Year 2022!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1796
Re: Happy Chinese New Year 2022!!
I guess we call them (usually) French fries so CNY is fine, however I prefer to wish all those who celebrate a Happy Lunar New Year!
- Fri Jan 14, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: Black Tea
- Topic: Simple iced tea
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5124
Re: Simple iced tea
I think you cannot go wrong with the choice of a Ceylon tea, the better the tea the better iced tea, but I don't use anything very expensive. Kenilworth is nice. I did want to give you two possibilities for the future. Jasmine iced tea is really delicious, as long as it isn't the cheap stuff, and Th...
- Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:52 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: What's the meaning of life?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7564
Re: What's the meaning of life?
KapnoPhilia88KapnoPhilia88 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:26 pmWell we know what Bok thinks.
Ethan Kurland are you satisfied by these answers? Octo?
These aren't answers. There is no answer. This was just a parlor game.