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I do wish some of what they had they would offer in a sample size- might be worth asking if they have something open if they could toss you a few grams to try next time. Looks can be very deceiving, especially with those kang bricks. they look like a square cow pie. Its the same year and factory so ...

polezaivsani are those 200g full baskets? Maybe I should pick up a couple. I haven't tried any of their teas before because I remember looking at them a couple times and thinking their prices were very high, but looking again now things don't look so unreasonable. Don't know if that is a shift in m...

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Wed Oct 28, 2020 10:23 am

Another peculiar pair... beauty in the eye of the beholder... hahahaha....

Cheers!!

neat combo. I like the lids a lot- they look like stupas to me, especially the one on the right

Bumping this back up with some questions for those who may have been trying out these combos longer than me... I've been experimenting a bit with a cheap banko pot I had on hand. I re-set it, pulled the cheap filter out, and started trying it out with different teas and have found it works pretty we...

shipping from HK/China these days is already slow, now you have to add up all the extra tons of paperwork & inspections. Additionally, from what i've been told... from now on plenty teas are effectively banned from entering EU territory. Teas with golden flowers are no longer allowed ( although it ...

also I'm intrigued by this if you know any details- https://yeeonteaco.com/collections/black-tea/products/1979-raw-guang-yuen-tribute-tea-cake since this is using material from both Yunnan and Guangxi but is listed under black tea and since it says its raw, is it 'raw' as liu bao can be and the mate...

interesting perspective Maerskian , especially how you relate it to the animation scene. I ordered from goodtea once so far but will be again soon. I just needed a replacement for a cheap broken glass pot and didn't want to wait for slow boat shipping, but was pleased to see someone selling some HK ...

... but more importantly, Balthazar how's that Farmer Leaf cake? I really liked that sun dried red tea they had released. I don't order from them much since I'm not a big sheng drinker, but if they keep getting these interesting shu micro-fermentation batches and making more black tea I'll have to k...

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I'm on the lookout for something similar- euro power, compact size for use with a steel kettle as well as possibly clay later. I have a simple cookplate like that already, and while it being a little big doesn't bother me too much, and maybe they aren't all the same but mine clicks off when it gets ...

I'd say get it. As I was looking into enameled tetsubins recently and as it was mentioned here Iwachu is the main company that made/makes the GOOD quality enameled tetsubins and they also make other very nice cast iron cookware. the cheapest normal (meaning non-mini and non-enameled) tetsubins I've ...

really interesting. I know of Japonisme more through the art history/painting side but not really in terms of craft. the top two are really neat looking and I would believe it was a Bauhaus pot if someone told me, but I guess this predates that by a couple decades.

Given they took their tea from their colonies and consequent bastardised them it only stands to reason that their pots are the same... :lol: asking what makes something 'British' or not in the age of Brexit is an either very touchy or extremely funny game. the example of some no doubt very well-inf...

I'm with StoneLadle here. I wouldn't overthink this. I also don't know if there is a translation/language thing here too - to say failure in this way in English sort of implies some sort of grievous error or something unforgivable rather than just a mistake, and maybe that is what you intend, but th...

good ol' Golden Sail, tends to run about $1/100g and can probably be found in your local asian market. I actually quite like the stuff for making a large strong morning mug when I can't really taste anything subtle yet anyway.