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For me the quality of the tea would be more important than the kind of tea itself... as bad/sad mood can affect brewing, I go for something that is difficult to get wrong.

@Valentin1331 We met already, but welcome here as well!

Ethan Kurland wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:05 am

Bok wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:37 am

Branching out

Good pun. Once again your command of English (a second language for you) outshines many of us for which English is our first or only language.

Thanks Ethan! Getting red cheeks...

Branching out

A very nice Pear in Zhuni from the Changji workshop made it its way to me... Qing period. Pictures to follow after cleaning.
Sharpshooter in the bushes...

Updated inventory:
_Julunzhu, Zini, LQER period, 110ml
_Qing dynasty, Zhuni, 150ml

_Charcoal clay stove

Basically down to these two(xishi I decided to keep):

* Lazy Cat’s Gemstone Rougui 2021 – Zhengyan. Very good on par with price point as well. I could enjoy frequently. $1.24 gram * Lazy Cat’s Sanyangfeng Rougui 2021 – Zhengyan. An Excellent AAA yancha also on par with price point, $3 gram. Lazy Cat rocks. Listened to Thundercat’s Them Changes and Her...

i_viter wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:16 am

I love the workmanship quality and suppose it's from the mid-70s - would love to hear your thoughts.

Nice job. It still surprises me sometimes how spanking clean these come out after a bath like that.

I can imagine this being a soothing distraction from the madness around you...

Cups gone too. Only the roasting tool is left.

Maybe a different way to go at it: to those who buy a lot of Japanese tea - was it compared to other vendors better price for quality before the change? Maybe the original pricing was just too low to make it viable for them to sustain? Take for example Hojo, which is price quite highly (for decent q...

That was his usp: selling stuff that is hard to find on the Japan market as it’s not wha the majority there prefers to drink. I doubt he had many Japanese customers to begin with. If any mostly walk-in to the shop/teahouse.

tagheuer wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:08 pm

Hi there, I'm new to the forum so I can't send private message to you.

Is there by any chance you can give me your contact information?

Thx

You can send me messages over my IG account: bok_fl

I’ll send you my email via messenger here too.

Cheers!

Thank you. I will be travelling to Tokyo and Kyoto next week and planning to go to Ippodo in Kyoto to try some of their offerings. Prepare to be disappointed. While the shop in Kyoto is a nice old building, there is not much in it, trying is if I recall correctly also only possible in their attache...

Bok wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:46 am

Two small dishes from the Qing period. About 6-7cm diameter.

These are gone too now.

New pot, seal by 湯伯明製 [Tang Baiming zhi]. Medium-fired clay, volume 110 ml. Matte, smooth surface, made with the help of a mold, probably. Do you have any ideas about clay, what could it be? ./download/file.php?id=15024 ./download/file.php?id=15023 ./download/file.php?id=15022 ./download/file.php?i...