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I have three Novak pieces. They're all among my favorites. I can't say that I've noticed a difference from the clay that he uses but the aesthetics are wonderful :) Those are gorgeous! I love the tree bark pot. How did you get it? Here's what I got from the most recent buy. The pot on the right is ...

The reason it seems mystical for me as opposed to a sort of commonplace drug-like high is the feeling of oneness with nature that certain teas can bring. This puts it inline with psychedelics more than something like alcohol because of how it can be quite fulfilling and deep. I'll cite the title of ...

Do you decide in advance or more spontaneously? A bit of both. Oolong and black tea are my staple teas, and I always have at least four of each for variety. After that, I usually have at least one of each other varietyof tea. So I always decide in advance that I have at least a certain amount of ea...

I'm very curious how you all choose what tea to drink. Do you decide in advance or more spontaneously? Especially wondering how you approach setting up a progression of teas to have with friends. I wrote a post on my approach ( https://teasecrets.home.blog/2018/12/29/deciding-what-to-drink/ ), but w...

Just wanted to create a thread to discuss the teaware of Petr Novak and Mirka Randova. Some of their work can be found at Petr's old blog http://potsandtea.blogspot.cz/ . If you have any of their teaware, please post a picture and your experience of it. I am wondering how the european clay compares ...

I wrote a post about my year-long exploration of water. https://teasecrets.home.blog/2018/12/28 ... -in-water/
TL;DR I mineralize my filtered tap water in a specific way.

I have not tonged anything, but I have gotten multiple cakes of the 2003 YS Mengsong Qiao Mu Iron Cake. It's great and great value. That one comes in a paper tong though! I have also considered CLT Daydream because it's good price/quality ratio, and the energy/taste was spot on for me. Edit: JK, I'v...

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looks good! I'm in.

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Hey all, Just wanted to show you guys my new tea blog and hopefully start some discussions. I decided to start the blog due to some other bloggers running out of ideas :lol: . I still think there's plenty to write about in terms of tea! So here it is: https://teasecrets.home.blog Hope you enjoy the ...