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I recently had COVID. It was a mild case, felt like a benign cold. But as it was fading away, it took away my smell entirely. It took several days for any hint of an aroma to come back, and the progress since has been very gradual, but constant. It is worse in the morning, and improves throughout th...

I had read this, but forgotten about it afterwards. For the work it is, Mumyoi should be quite a bit more expensive than other potteries from Japan, assuming this is only done for Mumyoi? To the best of my knowledge, works from Watanabe Tozo are sold the same price (by Hojo) whether they go through...

LeoFox , this is not finely chopped sencha. Also, not single hole. And it may be Yixing, but it is a hohin. No video, just pictures. My research tells me this is just a deepfake that you planted on the forum a few days ago just in case were would be having this debate later on. You will not fool me...

Aforementioned member of that group of people drinks also finely chopped Sencha with single hole pots, no spills, no clogs. It is all possible with a little practice. :lol: Yeah, those urban legends about people using antique Yixing pots to infuse Japanese teas keep popping up here and there. I don...

What's the point again of drinking deep steamed sencha particles while at the same time casting curses at teabags? That is not me doing that, because I do not use or think teabags nowadays, and I rarely drink deep steamed sencha. However, it might make sense doing as you describe for those who like...

(let us call that poor technique on my part). I was gonna say, most filter-no filter issues are actually pouring technique issues :mrgreen: You can say that difficulty cutting a steak with a spoon reveals poor technique. But then again, you could also say people mainly known to drink oolong might n...

I'm hesitant in getting a kyusu that has a ball filter rather than the larger flat filter... In my experience, ball filters have fewer issues than direct hole filters. Within the same side wall area, you can fit a ball filter that has more total hole area than with direct holes, and in addition to ...

Teafortea wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:21 am

( plutôt agréable - I meant)

So maybe "rather pleasant" would convey the intended meaning?

Haha I can totally understand this. I have one wild 2 year old and one 4 month old. But for me, even more important now is to drink something clean and makes me feel good. I agree that for very high level teas that demand concentration - I am finding less and less time. But annoying teas seem to an...

pedant wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 16, 2022 4:19 pm

i guess there are three options...
tozo: akitsu mumyoi, joaka mumyoi
yoshiki: iga

Nosaka rough clay also.

Not a huge number of gaiwan lovers here Is it really so? Maybe gaiwans are not getting a lot of posts written about them, but I would hazard a guess that they are among the types of teapots owned by the highest percentage of members (if not even at the the top of the list), and it is common for new...

No sensible person would dissolve sodium percarbonate in a glass of water, especially with citric or another form of acid like vinegar, or add trace amounts of iron, and drink it for health, in any amount! Percarbonate is a cleaning agent, not a powdered drink. I do not think it would be great to m...

Hey all. Is anyone privy on how to make a purchase from Hojo these days? I've emailed multiple times with questions, asking for an invoice for some tea and a pot, etc. I've received one response in the early going in the now long email chain, which started about 3 weeks ago. I have made a few purch...

This is a good angle with health. Many do seem to approach clean from a "safety" perspective. But many others, including my close tea friends, consider "clean" from a more gustatory/ sensory perspective and as a matter of having a better experience overall. Obviously, it is a word loaded with sever...

I think part of the quest to taste or see contaminants is a way to convince ourselves that we can detect what is bad for our health. The reality is, not everything that "feels" off is bad, not everything that is bad feels off, and not everything that is bad can be tasted, seen, or otherwise felt. Th...