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Read and look more, buy less, opportunities will present themselves. I agree! I mostly feel like reading without experience here is like reading about weight lifting while never going to the gym. If I could tap into this information without a purchase I would. I'm a library-over-bookstore kind of g...

If I were you I'd rather save up and go for green label or older. As many rightfully suggest, newer factory is best skipped to modern post-factory or earlier. Emmet seems to have more economic pots sometimes, you could directly contact him with your request. Is green label really twice to three tim...

karma Not sure which country you are in, here is another vendor for F1 pots that talked about quite a lot last year: http://2088taiwan.com/ Yeah, I like their pots a lot but they seem to not have any green labels in the 120 size I'm looking for and for the price im able to spend. I see people sayin...

http://zishaartgallery.com/product/4%e6%9d%af%e7%b4%ab%e7%a0%82%e6%b0%b4%e5%b9%b3%e5%a3%b6-za0142/ I can't tell -- is the a green label f1? and this seems to be hongni, but they don't say the clay anywhere? Navigating ZAG is rough. You can be sure that ZAG does selling nothing else than F1 factory ...

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I can't tell -- is the a green label f1? and this seems to be hongni, but they don't say the clay anywhere? Navigating ZAG is rough.

OCTO Would you mind elaborating on the slow boil method, or pointing me to a resource where I could learn more? A search around the form didn't give me much besides this thread. Slow boil is to boil it with only the help of a stove over a tea candle, or other low heat source. Sorry, I'd gathered th...

@OCTO Would you mind elaborating on the slow boil method, or pointing me to a resource where I could learn more? A search around the form didn't give me much besides this thread.

klepto will be interesting to hear your thoughts on all your RouGui orders. Thinking about it, so far my favorite (still available) ones are SpaceCat from LazyCat, and GoldMedal from Old Ways Tea. In the past I really enjoyed Half Hand Made from Essence of Tea, Cassia Extraordinaire from Tea Hong, ...

Back home with my parents due to the virus, so I had to leave some of my teas and teaware at my house. Drinking Nantou Dark from Song Tea today. https://songtea.com/collections/oolong-tea/products/nantou-dark Definitely a little over priced at .50/g (was a gift), but a really pleasant roasted ball o...

karma I don’t think there is one right way. Everyone is going to find their own. Anything explored with passion will lead to something. I haven’t seen any in person, but I’ve seen some popping up in social media of some tea houses and galleries. Problem is the truth is always in the cup, won’t know...

Bok I'd love to dig further into these young guns. I saw you said somewhere that their stuff is showing up in teashops around asia, and I believe you said you were in taiwan? Have you seen any of their ware in person? I'm more than willing to do legwork here, but would you mind if I kept in touch w...

Someone commented earlier in a thread somewhere about how the repetition of old designs feels lifeless and I agree to some extent. As a new design, and the more rustic shape speaks to me. So if it's a 99% vs 100% thing I'd rather go with this design because the aesthetics will bring me more joy, bu...

I hear a lot about zhuni, it seems like it's different from hongni but similar in their muting properties? Quite the opposite. Zhuni is more comparable to porcelain, not muting at all. So the effect on the effect on tea is neutral-zero. It brews tea well more due to heat retention properties. In yo...

karma, the modern zhuni pot looks nice. I’d suggest a more spherical teapot as your first teapot. This sounds strange, I know, but rounder pots seem to cradle aromas better than teapots with angular shapes. Ideally, you wouldn’t want a shape that is too tall or too short. This is why xishi, junde, ...

karma This pot is probably a a good choice for aged puerh. Clay looks decent and the price seems fair. You can also PM him about any of the other designs from IG. https://www.yinchenteapot.com/productdetials_2670669.html Also this might be a good choice for very clean good quality aged sheng. Likel...