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Nailed it! A perfect steep with Ethan Kurland Jun Chiyabari Himalayan Orange. This tea can be steeped many ways -hotter cooler, more time less time, more leaf less leaf. Just now 4.6g/120ml/195f/45sec is stellar. I’m at the end of a pound-plus bag I received from Ethan years ago, no degradation, no ...

My most-used Hokujo kyusu (which I had kept at my family home in Annapolis for the last five years) developed a black film, mostly over the large sesame filter—probably because I didn’t rinse it after use with boiling water during those years. So I decided it was time for a Sodium Percarbonate reset...

Very generous and entertaining article as well as informative. A pleasure to read. Thank You Also, explains why tea curation and sourcing deserves a mark up -it’s a lot of work.

I do not think I have ever had a truly high-quality Biluochun. And, I probably have never infused them as well as someone who is experienced with the tea would have done. I remember mostly cooked green pea flavor with very little of the floral and fruity notes that you describe, and that I have enj...

Looks like Trump cut/exempt tea from tariffs. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-following-trade-deal-announcements-president-donald-j-trump-modifies-the-scope-of-the-reciprocal-tariffs-with-respect-to-certain-agricultural-products/ Hopefully that means that means we can star...

@GaoShan thanks for sharing your tasting notes. Your images of what looks like dry leaf stump me as I don’t think I’ve ever tried Taiwan oolong that isn’t wiry or rolled into a ball. Are these all from one vendor who rolls oolong straight?

GaoShan I will reach out to tea friends who visit Taipei and or have ordered from Chen Huan Tang directly and get back to you. Also, I can share my last (via Tillerman) order his Meishan High Mountain Oolong and Qilai High Mountain as well. You’ll enjoy both. In the past I’ve gotten Chen’s roasted ...

Akira Satake sale today; Special Online Pottery Sale — Resilience — One Year After the Flood September 26th, 8pm - 28th, 11:59pm, 2025 EDT (U.S.) Exactly one year ago on September 26, 2024 my studio, along with many others in Asheville's River Arts District, was destroyed by the unprecedented flood ...

From the Washington Post today. Now what do we do! Yikes; https://wapo.st/4mByS8y ‘ De minimis ’ loophole is ending; here’s what it means for online orders 
 Consumers may see higher costs and potential delays as the Trump administration halts an exemption that allowed goods below $800 to enter the ...

Excelente News @GaoShan. Congratulations on venturing forward. I’ll be interested in trying your selections. I think my favorites from Ethan were Himalayan Orange, Black Championship and Father’s Love.

@Balthazar nice site and site structure. Those compressed Heicha logs are so beautiful, I didn’t realize they’d be so large! Thanks for sharing your teas.

You can check out this thread regarding cup sizes, Does teacup size matter? For Sencha I tend to use porcelain small 40ml, and medium 60ml size cups, but have also used larger 150ml cup in winter to warm the hands. I prefer porcelain overall but also use Japanese clay cups that are part of teaware ...

You can check out this thread regarding cup sizes, Does teacup size matter? For Sencha I tend to use porcelain small 40ml, and medium 60ml size cups, but have also used larger 150ml cup in winter to warm the hands. I prefer porcelain overall but also use Japanese clay cups that are part of teaware s...

I've been getting a lot of bad gateway errors lately, especially during the day. Accessing the forum at night doesn't seem to be as much of a problem. Is anyone else having trouble or know what's going on? I’ve also been having the same issue for the last few weeks. The site has been working well t...

Great price! Beautiful light elegant pot.