TeaForum.org

Back to your quest. You can talk on the phone with some vendors to help you decide whether you should try some of their products that they "are trying to sell". I believe one good man has listed his phone # once. I know much less than he does but do offer a few of the best teas & could put together...

On the topic of names: right now the only people employing a correct (and most of all, consistent) translitteration system are linguists; everyone else does at they please. Changes in voiced/voiceless consonants (d/t, b/p) and open/closed vowels (o/u) shouldn't bother you: Bi Luo Chan and Pi Lo Chan...

I always get a tad anxious when I see a cat so close to teaware. He must be really well behaved.
He's cute, though. I'm sure he gets plenty of cuddles!

I started with Japanese greens, Hojicha and Sencha in particular, and I drank nothing else for a year. I then moved to Chinese greens and from there to wulongs and then BAM! the whole tea world exploded in front of me! Greener wulongs for a while, then shu pu'erh, then sheng, and then everything in ...

pantry wrote: ↑

Thu May 30, 2019 12:14 pm

.m. why stop at gold?

http://www.thejewelleryeditor.com/jewel ... pot-world/

Looks like those weapons European nobles used to gift to each other: gold axes, silver shields, gold-plated guns. Completely useless but hey! it's expensive!

I usually bring a gaiwan and a cup - more than one cup and a fairness pitcher if I'm travelling with people who enjoy tea.
If I know I won't have time to boil water, I bring a chawan and a nice Japanese green I can cold brew. Admittedly, it works better during summer.

Or you can look on French kintsugi artisan Miryam Greff, she has a black kintsugied chawan at the moment: https://kintsugi.fr/ Ooh, some lovely pieces there! Good thing I have a limited budget, otherwise I would buy one for myself as well. Also, thank you pedant and bok. I realised late in the nigh...

This may be an odd request, but does anyone know artisans who sell chawans or yunomi repaired with the kintsugi technique?
I wanted to gift one to a friend for a special occasion, but I don't have enough time (not to mention the stomach) to find a nice chawan, break it, and have it repaired.

Victoria wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:43 pm

Oh, nice to see your hygrometer and beautiful Shiboridashi. Pu’erh sound good too Looks like summer is around the corner in northern Italy.

Summer lasts longer for me - say from april to mid-october - but yeah, most people would say it's coming. A good time to stock up on pu'erh.

photo_2019-06-07_17-37-50.jpg Welcome to Northern Italy. 26°C, 67% humidity. Time for pu'erh! photo_2019-06-07_17-37-44.jpg 2018 Jing Mai Mountain from Yunnan Sourcing. A nice shu, smooth and full-bodied. Also featuring the last of Stefan Andersson's shibos from puer.sk. I was lucky enough to catch...

I had a nice Da Fo Longjing from Seven Cups, although it was nearly six years ago. Never ordered from Tea Trekker.

Might as well post this one too:
https://youtu.be/eELH0ivexKA

A friend of mine once told me that to her certain rolled wulongs looked kind of like weed. And I remember someone on Teachat who went through customs at the airport and then remarked: "long jing and long hair, not a good combo".
So there you have it. Tout se tient.

Protip: Japan is considered a trustworthy country by Italian customs, so half the time they won't even bother to inspect the package if there's enough info on it.

That's interesting. I'd heard of tea-drunkeness before but for some reason thought it was associated with oolong. It's definitely a noticeable rush, different to coffee. What are the undesirable effects? The dizziness may worsen, or develop into a headache. Stomachache is a possibility, especially ...