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a question for those who have kintsugi repaired pots - I understand that doing real lacquer kintsugi is very difficult and time consuming since you are dealing with a very slow drying and difficult to handle material. but once the job is done if done properly are you ever reluctant to expose repaire...

Hi Bok, To be honest I'm not totally sure and this is maybe part of what I am trying to figure out haha. The fact that they aren't exactly what the Japanese are known for but the fact that there are producers who go through the effort to make them despite there probably being very limited interest/m...

Saying hello here as it seems to be the thing to do... How long have you been drinking tea? For a long time, but just to get going in the morning. Really starting to learn about tea and getting deeper into it started about 4 years ago. What kind of tea do you drink? These days mostly red tea, shu, s...

interesting idea regarding the pouring technique- perhaps regardless of the strainer I need to change my technique with Japanese teas. I drink them less often these days so maybe I need to remind myself I'm not doing gong fu nor am I pouring out some super strong shu that will taste like fish juice ...

I only have one kyusu at the moment- purple banko with a mesh strainer. Most lower price point pots I see don't have fine holed clay strainers in them, understandably so given that they seem quite laborious to do well, but I feel like I have also seen some quite nicer looking pots that still have me...

Thanks for all the advice so far. I should look closer at used options, although often times even used (good) pot prices are more than I would probably have to spend- I think for now I'm looking around the 50 euros maximum which is a bit of a shame as I get the feeling 100 gets you a lifetime worthy...

First post, and looking for a bit of advice here that borders on the more general and budget conscious... My main daily brewing tool is an inexpensive and ugly but totally effective porcelain gaiwan for most teas, but I'm looking to dip into clay... I started years ago mostly drinking green tea but ...