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LeoFox wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:35 pm

I heard it's super easy to get clean good ice in japan. Not so easy in the us

The most we can ask for is decent water,

LeoFox wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:30 pm

@klepto looks like premium stuff from hojo! 🥷 looking strong.


If you added some pu, it would have been black out

I would have run them off if I didn't pick the right puerh . We had tea from a variety of vendors but of course I had to bring out the good stuff

https://i.imgur.com/BQF87aL.jpg I rarely do cold brewing, to say nothing of ice brewing, but this demonstration by Ma Weidu (starts at 25 minutes) had me curious to try. Didn't dare to put in as much ice as prescribed, didn't feel safe with the lids of my vessels of choice, although the shiboridsas...

A tea drinking social club I started back before covid finally had their first meeting, drank a lot of tea in the park and got tea drunk. I wanted to show the varying differences in tea processing and terroir. We started with green tea(sencha), went to lightly oxidized oolong, then to hong shui oolo...

Teapot appreciation and exploration series.. :mrgreen: : I picked up an Iga teapot from Hojo, only had a couple sessions with it yet I am drawn to its mysteries. The style of the lid is interesting to me, and there is a bit of wiggle room there not sure why. It is very porous and functions very wel...

LeoFox wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:45 pm

klepto wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:38 pm

Taiwan's Li Shan from Hojo. I'm getting spoiled when I get such good material and the leaves are in great condition.
Beautiful florals with a candy sweet aftertaste. I melted in my chair, such good tea to kick off the day.

Did you use 🥷?

Indeed, it came out butter smooth

Taiwan's Li Shan from Hojo. I'm getting spoiled when I get such good material and the leaves are in great condition.
Beautiful florals with a candy sweet aftertaste. I melted in my chair, such good tea to kick off the day.

Wow klepto!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 That iga red clay pot looks amazing! You got a nice ninja there!! To me, those iron spots look beautiful! ./download/file.php?id=9749 🥷🥷🥷🥷🥷🥷🥷🥷 Based on Hojo's descriptions, it was fired low on purpose to increase porosity - but then he was worried it was too low and too por...

Teapot appreciation and exploration series.. :mrgreen: : I picked up an Iga teapot from Hojo, only had a couple sessions with it yet I am drawn to its mysteries. The style of the lid is interesting to me, and there is a bit of wiggle room there not sure why. It is very porous and functions very well...

Updated this post with some more recent "wisdom" from Hojo https://www.teaforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=37771#p37771 This quote from Hojo is real kicker: In order to maintain the freshness of the brewed leaf, we can brew tea at higher temperature for a shorter time, such as 100 degree C for 10 seconds ...

Tea Adventures wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:17 pm

What is the reason you’re selling?

I have a lot of teaware and I don't want to store the pots that I'm not using much.

140ml Dou Qing Ni teapot $400 $380 shipping included
130ml Aged Di Cao Qing Zini $400 $380 shipping included..

Last bits of the bag of this Kagoshima competition Gyokuru. Lovely and velvety, no bitterness or stomach churning green-ness. :D :D :D :D... I like sencha but I pick those that are more floral/fruity than those that are engineered to be umami bombs. Sadly all the gyokuro I've had was too extreme fo...

Last bits of the bag of this Kagoshima competition Gyokuru. Lovely and velvety, no bitterness or stomach churning green-ness. :D :D :D :D... I like sencha but I pick those that are more floral/fruity than those that are engineered to be umami bombs. Sadly all the gyokuro I've had was too extreme fo...

Congrats!! I was looking for some yancha varieties to no avail but I have found them. tjkdubya I wish you the best success and will give you much money :D. It will be well invested... much better than what most others offer. :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: I've had a couple conversations wit...