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I use rattan saucers like these from Seven Cups.

Most attractive, Janice. Do you hold the hobins with bare fingers? (I often burn myself with gaiwans; so, I ask.) Really look lovely. Cheers I just noticed this question today. I can’t hold these hohins with my bare hands unless I’m brewing with low temperature water. I’m adept with a gaiwan, espec...

Janice Good to know, thank you for the helpful information! I love comparing and contrasting our own tastes with each other. I guess I’m so used to young Sheng, this particular Nannuo I found to be hardly bitter. Even on long infusions! Much more floral and creamy for me. I’m also finding aged Shen...

I haven’t received any packages from them since March 🙁 (stuck in shipping) I received the March and June packages this week. April is in Shanghai. That’s the airport the chartered flights are departing from. Have you checked the progress of your packages on 17track.net? We have signs of life, than...

pantry, or anyone else try this months EOT Club offering? I haven’t received any packages from them since March 🙁 (stuck in shipping) I received the March and June packages this week. April is in Shanghai. That’s the airport the chartered flights are departing from. Have you checked the progress of...

If you want a second Kyushu consider a Kobiwako pot from Hojo. If you search the forum there are several threads where the clay is discussed. There’s a big size range so if you decide to buy one you could add variety of size as well as clay.

I don’t drink sencha or shincha because I’m too sensitive to bitterness. So while the shincha thread is busy I enjoy some fresh Chinese greens to celebrate the new harvest. My favorite tea is Tai Ping Hou Kui, ordered from Seven Cups. I have the perfect pot for steeping it, a gaiwan from Seong-Il. I...

I see TeaHabitat , based in Los Angeles, CA, has two 2020 Longjing available. A few other friends have ordered Chinese greens from Tea Trekker , in Northampton, MA. I haven’t tried their teas yet though, but their web site is full of interesting information, and I’ve heard good things about them. T...

I’m waiting on the March and April EOT tea club packages and I still get the ‘origin post is preparing shipment’ message from the post office. I tried the 17track site that S_B mentioned and received so e progress information. Still no tea though. Still no packages in hand and 17track showed the Ma...

The boveda packs arrive on Monday. I’m planning to move a chunk to a small tin and I’ll do a comparison in a few months.

I ordered a package of 72% RH “cigar” boveda packs. A few months ago I broke the cake into chunks and put them into an airtight container. Do I just put a boveda pack into the storage tin?

The boveda packs are on order. My kitchen isn’t air conditioned so when I move other teas to a cooler spot I could leave this one in its place.

This video from Thes-du-Japon was very helpful to me as a matcha beginner, originally posted by @Baisao. I already owned a sifter, but since watching this video I’ve only used it for a tin of very “clumpy” matcha.

On amazon I see boveda packs for ‘herbal’ storage with 62% RH. Would that work?

The tea is a 2001 cake. I should have been more careful with it.

Some time In 2012 I purchased a puerh cake from Essence of Tea. I labeled it 2001 Jin Chang Hao Yiwu but I suspect I mislabeled the canister and it’s actually 2011. I was very careless about storage - I put the cake in its wrapper in a brown paper lunch bag. After that it spent several years in a ki...