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Must Haves: Gu Jingzhou's book - 宜兴紫砂珍赏 Zhu Zewei‘s "The Book" about yixing clay - 宜兴紫砂矿料 May worth checking these out too: About Antique Zhuni pots, heard they are good, but haven't got the chance to check them: 朱泥壶的世界 -- Got recommended by a Master supposedly has nice shapes of Mengchen teapots 朱...

the Chinese books I'll try again: Any recommendations you have would be much appreciated. ... that goes for everyone, not just Youzi :) Must Haves: Gu Jingzhou's book - 宜兴紫砂珍赏 Zhu Zewei‘s "The Book" about yixing clay - 宜兴紫砂矿料 May worth checking these out too: About Antique Zhuni pots, heard they ar...

I remember reading that article when it was published with great interest, saving the clipping for future reference since I was interested in finding a tea group here. This article actually eventually lead me to TeaChat. phyllsheng I think was an early member, Linda Louie now runs Bana Tea Company f...

This is great Mark-S thank you for sharing with us, beautiful tonal and textural range. Would be nice to have identification for each sample. Love the pieces of iron and other minerals popping out of the surface. I’ve seen this also in my yixing pieces. In Japanese ceramics it is calle Stone Goby ( ...

Nice idea to start this thread LeoFox . I seem to remember reading something about Sri Lanka being the third largest tea exporter in the world, and suppling Lipton with its base material, is this what you remember mbanu ? The highest grade Ceylon tea I’ve had was shared by Pan at a tasting here a fe...

Thank You Victoria. I will try to follow Your instructions. Please see the photos. I think this is not enameled teapot therefore it should be ok for boiling water right? Also the marks on the bottom of the pot are in Japanese apparently so It was made in Japan right? Or can chinese fake japanese wr...

Hello, I bought used Tetsubin and its kinda sticky on outside, most probably because it was not used much and it was kept in the kitchen where steam from oil sticked to it after long time. I cant seem to wipe it off with a wet cloth? Any suggestions please? Inside is not sticky ./download/file.php?...

@Balthazar very nice kyusu. Any info on artisan who made it?

I’m finishing off a random sencha from Kaburagien that was refrigerated, and now having been open many months, tastes like sweet hay in a meadow. Looking forward to fresh shincha

L.S.G.artapprentice wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:21 am

is there a link to Jue Hua's works?

Here is Dr Li Fupeng’s ( Jue Hua ) web site https://www.incense.sg/gallery

L.S.G.artapprentice wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:08 pm

Tusen Uji soo sencha

1st infusion 40 degrees 20grams
Produced a VERY rich and thick brew almost like Gyokuro

Very nice Fugetsu kyusu. Watch out with birdie and breakage ...... 20 grams of sencha is a lot even for me

...p.s. where’s the cloth cushion

Looking through an assortment of open packs, I came across an unopened Dong Piang that has been vacu-packed since Feb 2018. It was sourced somewhere in Nantou county by a friend, a hand picked later winter harvest oolong that is lightly oxidized. I used slightly cooler than off-boiled filtered tap, ...

Really looking forward to this years shincha. If Sae Midori and Yutaka Midori aren’t stellar what then? Ahhh I see Thes du Japón has a couple already posted . O-Cha newsletter mentions; This year's harvest will occur about 7 days earlier than last year due to this year's warm weather. We should be s...

was wondering if anyone has any Tokusen on hand that they would like to sell or share? I am willing to trade some tea for it. Ah, things are still too sketchy here in LA for a tasting here. Wish that wasn’t the case. Miss our long winded get togethers. Hopefully we can enjoy upcoming shincha and it...

LeoFox Im not sure as the Hokujo uses Nanban clay which I presume is diffrent than the yakashimi clay he uses, I have not tried out either yet as I am more so admiring their beauty but I most likley may use the Nanban one for roasted ball rolled oolong teas. The Hokujo Shibordashi I have does use t...

Fantastic acronym reference @phyllsheng. This will be a great resource that you can update as members make additional recommendations. Thank you so much for taking the time to organize and share this very thorough list! Have pinned this thread for easy access.