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by DailyTX
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your day in tea
Replies: 477
Views: 194297

Re: Your day in tea

Working on Spring cleaning and organization today. I found a left over bag of Hojicha from 2018 in a ziplock bag along with other tea samples. Surprisingly, it's still pretty good. Anyone tried to age Hojicha? :)
by DailyTX
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Henan purple clay and other non-yixing zisha
Replies: 7
Views: 319

Re: Henan purple clay and other non-yixing zisha

I think zisha from other areas other than yixing maybe more common in the market because it cost less. Often we see a term Benshan, which means zisha from Yixing. Anything that’s not Benshan can be assume from other areas outside. Yixing did import zisha from other areas to make Yixing pots. Bensha...
by DailyTX
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Henan purple clay and other non-yixing zisha
Replies: 7
Views: 319

Re: Henan purple clay and other non-yixing zisha

Oh wow, nice pot! Great to see one. Might be a bit of a rarity. The chop aside, I would think it was yixing. They must have brought in some craftsmen from yixing. I think zisha from other areas other than yixing maybe more common in the market because it cost less. Often we see a term Benshan, whic...
by DailyTX
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Henan purple clay and other non-yixing zisha
Replies: 7
Views: 319

Re: Henan purple clay and other non-yixing zisha

Interesting article and thank you for sharing photos of the catalogue. While I know zisha exist outside of Yixing, this is the first time I saw pictures of published catalogue. Here is a pot which I suspect it was produced in Hunan as it has a Hunan TongGuan chop and Hunan also has zisha. The clay t...
by DailyTX
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:16 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5884
Views: 1828279

Re: Yixing

OCTO wrote:
Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:01 pm
Just like how I would continue using my cracked early ROC pot as a flower pot for my miniature plants. :D :D
That’s a very creative idea. I remember you showed us a terrarium long time ago. What do you do with the lids 🤔
by DailyTX
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: liu an/ luk on/ lok on
Replies: 10
Views: 6587

Re: liu an/ luk on/ lok on

Drinking an early 2000 Liu An tea today. It's quite an interesting tea. It has the taste of an aged/old green tea. The tea broth scent reminded me of dried seaweed. It's a very forgiving tea to brew like most hei cha. It's a matter of time, this tea will stain my duanni pot :lol:
by DailyTX
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:03 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5884
Views: 1828279

Re: Yixing

Bok wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:27 pm
OCTO wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:10 pm
Tri wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:33 am
New Pot! Sold as Unused green label F1 Xishi pot.

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Interesting… 🤔
It is, isn’t it? :lol:
Any chance this can be a blend of hongni + qingshuini? 🤔
by DailyTX
Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Lunar New Year 2024!!
Replies: 3
Views: 518

Re: Happy Lunar New Year 2024!!

Happy Lunar New Year! A silly looking dragon to start the year :lol:
by DailyTX
Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: What's this midline on certain vintage factory Yixing teapots?
Replies: 1
Views: 319

Re: What's this midline on certain vintage factory Yixing teapots?

WhisperingFrog192 I believe it depends on shapes and the evolution of mold made pot. If you get your hands on a modern mold made UFO super flat pot, it’s still made with top and down joint together. Craftsmanship expectation is much higher now in comparison to a few decades ago, so you won’t find t...
by DailyTX
Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Porcelain Thread
Replies: 311
Views: 218238

Re: The Porcelain Thread

@sheep.payday2
Lovely gaiwan 👍
by DailyTX
Thu Jan 25, 2024 9:06 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2051
Views: 923746

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

@DMI
The puerh cake was produced by 昆明易坤茗茶庄 using materials/tea leaves from Bulang mountain.

The red tea seems to be a Yunnan sun dried red tea made from wild ancient tree from 大雪山/big snow mountain.
by DailyTX
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your day in tea
Replies: 477
Views: 194297

Re: Your day in tea

A new toy has arrived, a tiny porcelain kyusu, about 100 ml. Brewing a sencha from 2023.
by DailyTX
Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:50 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: The Porcelain Thread
Replies: 311
Views: 218238

Re: The Porcelain Thread

I'm guessing B is the factory gaiwan due to it looking higher quality on the print, but I could see how the lighter one could be older too. I just feel modern rice grain stuff I see is so janky, but I also don't see that flower pattern used much then either. now I am curious sheep.payday2 I am also...
by DailyTX
Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boiled tea flavour
Replies: 10
Views: 1214

Re: Boiled tea flavour

aet wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:35 pm
This kettle you can also buy on Aliexpress ( normaly used for hei cha ).
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1tY2nRI ... BiNWFlZA==
@aet the product looks like a percolator. Do the tea leaves touch the boiling water when boiling tea?
by DailyTX
Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5884
Views: 1828279

Re: Yixing

OCTO wrote:
Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:53 am


The Rabbit Hole deepens yet again..... this time with a Double Celebration!! Well done DailyTX Bok !!
@OCTO show us some of your monsters/beauties from your Rabbit Hole Dungeon :lol: