Search found 1123 matches

by OCTO
Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2052
Views: 947921

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Another night of OCTO's quirky Puerh Blends... hahahaha..... this time round late 1990s shou puerh and 2006 sheng.... very energetic and smooth blend...

Cheers!!

IMG_3314.jpg
IMG_3314.jpg (373.38 KiB) Viewed 3691 times
by OCTO
Tue Mar 30, 2021 5:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: tea and music
Replies: 51
Views: 17411

Re: tea and music

Youzi wrote:
Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:23 am
Guqin music will make you transcend from your room into the mountains of China, in any time of the day. :D
I’m more afraid it might transcend me to Slumberland... 😅😅😅
by OCTO
Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:41 pm
Forum: Archived Swaps
Topic: For Sale: Chanting Pines Silver Grade Zisha
Replies: 6
Views: 2827

Re: For Sale: Chanting Pines Silver Grade Zisha

🥳🥳🥳🥳

Get yourself a Silver Grade Pot for the coming Easter Weekend!!.... No better way to enjoy Easter Week with your family.... Great Tea, Great Pot!!...
by OCTO
Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:29 pm
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Purple Cane Tea (Malaysia)
Replies: 4
Views: 2495

Re: Purple Cane Tea (Malaysia)

Purple Cane is a decent teashop. They have a chain of stores in departmental stores across Malaysia. They carry some pretty decent teaware and teas. I usually get my tea accessories, namely cloths and utensils from their store near my home.

Cheers!!
by OCTO
Sun Mar 28, 2021 11:57 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5888
Views: 1868151

Re: Yixing

Not a relatively old pot, but the clay has been decently aged before making it's final journey into the fiery kiln.... hahahahaha...

Cheers!!
IMG_0989.jpg
IMG_0989.jpg (280.57 KiB) Viewed 3817 times
by OCTO
Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:35 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5888
Views: 1868151

Re: Yixing

DailyTX wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:35 pm
Who else is drooling after seeing all those eye candies lol. 😍
🙋🏻🙋🏻🙋🏻
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:18 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5888
Views: 1868151

Re: Yixing

This is getting fun..... might as well.... here's my tiny baby.....


IMG_5446.jpg
IMG_5446.jpg (220.09 KiB) Viewed 3512 times
IMG_5447.jpg
IMG_5447.jpg (216.98 KiB) Viewed 3512 times
IMG_5448.jpg
IMG_5448.jpg (214.6 KiB) Viewed 3512 times
IMG_5449.jpg
IMG_5449.jpg (198.21 KiB) Viewed 3512 times
IMG_40706AE5872C-1.jpeg
IMG_40706AE5872C-1.jpeg (495.78 KiB) Viewed 3512 times
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:27 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2785
Views: 1543603

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

@LeoFox is having a blast!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:14 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5888
Views: 1868151

Re: Yixing

A decade of reading about other people's hong ni pots felt like long enough... Something tells me that this 60s pot will probably bring more joy than five 80s or 90s pots, but that's just me. Be careful, that’s exactly how I started out... observing from the side lines for a long, long time and the...
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:53 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2052
Views: 947921

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Andrew S wrote:
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:33 am
OCTO, I think the mere fact that Bok is drinking pu er is reason enough to celebrate!
Amen to that!!... hahahaha... finally!! :D :D :D
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5888
Views: 1868151

Re: Yixing

A decade of reading about other people's hong ni pots felt like long enough... Something tells me that this 60s pot will probably bring more joy than five 80s or 90s pots, but that's just me. The real risk is that I'll take up the challenge of trying to collect LQER hong ni pots as mentioned previo...
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:20 am
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2785
Views: 1543603

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

klepto wrote:
Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:49 pm
I'm looking forward to trying everything in my order.
Image
@klepto .... Looks like someone is very happy with Kobi... hahahahaha....
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:11 am
Forum: Fermented Tea
Topic: What Pu'er Are You Drinking
Replies: 2052
Views: 947921

Re: What Pu'er Are You Drinking

Bok wrote:
Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:46 am
Some mid aged sheng after dinner is a nice affair...
Image
@Bok you need a larger pot.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D :D
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:10 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5888
Views: 1868151

Re: Yixing

Andrew S 1st hongni pot is 60’s? 😳 Straight to the good stuff. No time wasted with tuition pots, haha But not for the faint of heart... it’s a risky jump from nothing to something, but with ZAG a pretty safe one at least. It's now or never!!!!..... before Bok buys everything... hahahahaha....
by OCTO
Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:09 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Pairing yixing pots with teas
Replies: 48
Views: 36107

Re: Pairing yixing pots with teas

There often seems to be a desire to seek out the best possible pot in terms of clay, pour speed, or some other factor, whereas it seems to me that each pot reveals a different story with any given tea, and all we have to do is do our best to let that pot work well for us. If we focus on trying to f...