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Bok It is prob a lot easier for a US based shop to resell stuff from western facing vendors in China than it would be to form new connections there. That might be the case yes. Still a bit odd though, don’t think the price difference is large enough to prioritise a US based buy vs shipping from Asi...

Actually, financial impact for general agriculture is a much more important issue. Vegetables, fruit and crops are essential (by extension animals), tea is a luxury. The high mountains should fare better though they get some moisture from the mist. Lower elevation it’s a different story... aka Orien...

Don’t think Yixing ware needs a plausible reason to be found in Singapore, lots of tea enthusiasts with deep pockets there...

Isn't purple cloud just a reseller of Western vendors' stuff, who don't have a us warehouse? I saw m&l teapots there too and i think from other shops as well. Can be, but in this case they have custom engraving on the bottom. Would that makes sense to resell stuff? M&L is in Canada right? Just next...

On funnier Yixing news, just saw this from Purple Cloud teahouse "custom made pots" https://www.instagram.com/p/CNoig89gWYv/ , which do look exactly the same as the wildly popular custom made ones from Essence of tea: https://essenceoftea.com/collections/yixing-teapots/products/120ml-fang-xia-hongni...

I will be selling two more of these large 100ml Qing cups shortly: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1634

Same condition as these above, but I haven't taken any pictures yet. Will be offered as a pair not singles cups. Early bird catches the worm...

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/ ... 2003755581

local news

Oh wow. It says the drought is one of the worst in the last 50 years. Water is always an interesting topic. Who gets to use it, how we protect it and what happens when there is none. Its S something that a lot of us probably take for granted. Typhoons?? Cant we pray for something a little less inte...

It’s true, usually less rain means more flavour in the tea, but not so sure how it will affect the yield. High mountain also still has moisture from mist in the morning and night time, but not sure how far that goes if it keeps being so dry...

Awaiting a typhoon to bring some rain.

Anything with Shiso must taste amazing. That’s a personal rule I have. I’d try it!

ditto!

Also to @pedant for making it more accessible.

There has been no rain... to a point that almost all parts of Taiwan, except the North have imposed water rationing measures. Not sure how that panned out in the high mountains, but no water is probably not good.

Haven’t looked into buying any either, I’ll report back if I hear something.

That’s a fun little project! Nice

The colour change is characteristic of Zhuni but also of high quality Yixing clays in general (at least in my experience). As I’ve been misquoted elsewhere, I want to emphasise this again: some high quality clays turn very dark fast when filled with hot water, most often Zhuni, old AND modern ... I...

@Balthazar Dr Lus book on early factory is a good start, at least there are no confirmed fakes in it

Wushing has been mentioned.

But I’m not sure where to get these in the West...