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OCTO wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 29, 2020 6:53 pm

I recently had some handpicked RG from YingChui Yan (Eagle’s Beak) and it was very good.

Cheers!

Looks delicious!

OCTO wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:52 am

Bok Another nice offering!! Beautiful!!

Thanks!

Victoria wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:33 am

Interesting, curious which lower end LazyCat RG you are referencing? Space Cat is great! not lower end though. Who is TXS?

Tongxin She, the latest hot selling cake on IG...

As often in collectors circles, most nice pots never end up being offered publicly... although this pot is already spoken for, I’ll still post the results for those who were curious:

OCTO wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:58 am

friendship over a cup is much to be desired and deeply honoured.

That!

@Youzi seems indeed to be the same thing, thanks! Not sure how it would change for the dragon kiln as there is no bisque firing.

Regarding the magnetism, is this due to a higher iron content? I have heard black bones mentioned before, but I am not too familiar with the reference. Is this a desirable quality? Thanks! Mine is 125ml as well! I’ve seen a couple of these at a friends house, all roughly the same size. But beware t...

Not to forget that this forum and its members are hardly representative of the larger Western teaware audience... the vast majority will buy exactly these run of the mill teapots. We are a niche and a tiny one.

Money. Traditional methods are more labour and time intensive, more costs that the end-consumer might care little about and is not willing to pay for. Easy to forget that the Western Yixing market is but a little tiny niche of the overall market, so for the studios probably easy to ignore, especial...

Btw. it is just script, by definition "curly".

i've never heard of those magazines, but where can this kind of tea culture still be found? is it at all common? The UK. Parts of Europe also have similar things, which are still commonplace, mostly among the older generation though. Afternoon tea is widely practiced, geographically in places switc...

Citric acid in Chrystal form is absolutely no problem, I’ve used it many times.

I wouldn’t use lemon juice either.

TeaTotaling I got a Zhuni in the same shape as yours, but mine has seen some heavy battles. First in the kiln, high fire has rendered its original orange colour into a myriad of shades, brown metallic, purple metallic, spots of orange and everything in between. Wrinkles all over the place even the ...

TeaTotaling wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:21 pm

1. Gong Ju Zini LQ/ER
2. Chang Ji (昌記) Zhuni LQ/ER
3. 80's Duanni
4. 60's Hui Meng Chen Hongni

Nice selection, looks like you got the essentials covered – in the premium version