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Hello, I'm new on this forum and I apologize for posting here my question, I didn't find a more suitable thread. I've been in Japan and my wife bought on the street some "tea" in little bags. The tea tasted like soup and it was powder. I liked it a lot. I'd like to get more but I really don't know ...

awesome find! In the early 1980s, ceramist Richard Notkin, captivated by the Chinese pottery of the Yixing kilns, transformed images he had been sculpting forover a decade. In response to the rigorous formalism and subdued coloration of Yixing ceramics, particularly the teapots valued by Ming and Qi...

nice images. thank you, @Mark-S

i enjoyed that. thank you, @steanze.

i have not bought from them in years, but it was generally pretty decent stuff. their tea descriptions i think are overhyped. it's marketing, after all. just pay attention to the price to keep expectations in line. a lot of their yancha i tried was on the greener side. one of their higher priced dan...

Rose damascena from hojo ... Brewed 6 rose buds in 450 mL pot for 40s. Then this was followed by 30s brews. Infusion is quite green. The rose scent is quiet but calming. The soup is a bit oily with smooth mouthfeel. It has a caramel sweetness and floral aroma (as expected) with persistent aftertast...

nice stuff, Darbotek.

welcome!

Boicha wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:03 pm

Interested but having trouble with pm's

you can pm now

pedant Very sad to learn from your post that Ken Shimkizu passed away. When? He was such a good potter. I like his work and to watch him working on YT-Videos - I've bookmarked some of them and just rewatched. But Watanabe Tozo is fine - I hope? I've just bought a beautiful Kyūsu made by him. he was...

welcome!

JuliaJoJo wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:58 pm

Really like your teapot. May I know where you bought it?

also, AN used to have pots by Koshin. i'm not seeing any for sale now, but you can browse their past inventory for fun if you want:
https://artisticnippon.com/product/tokoname/koshin/

welcome! interesting technique.

jlivingstonsg wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:16 pm

Can I paste a video link here on how this work?

sure

welcome, GushuDino69 . please introduce yourself :mrgreen: it depends a bit on how long you want to age, but imo tea ages better (or at least faster) broken up anyways. maocha (non-compressed tea) also ages faster. a main downside is it takes up more storage space. there are no special precautions t...

the way it works is new users need to have their first few posts manually approved just as an anti-spam thing. although i don't know if it's common to spam via PM, sending (but not receiving) PMs is also disabled. new users' names are displayed in purple, and New user appears below. once you make a ...