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Unable to find the exact location of your Mr Nakamura but he does also do business with Marumatsu Teahouse http://www.marumatsu-tea.co.jp/en/growers/#nakamura , although oddly enough their online shop goes all in on deep steamed tea and I haven't even found gyokuro or anything from him so all there ...

Not sure if this one counts, as basketball is equally popular in China and the United States, but maybe a puzzler elsewhere. :D (Using the slightly squashed shape because you're letting all the tea out is a nice touch.) ./download/file.php?id=8821 Something certainly got lost with the logo, either ...

Mango pots would probably be another lost-in-translation teapot design, as to understand them I imagine someone would have to understand how mangoes became a meme in late 1960s China, and a sort of shorthand for Mao. I'm really not sure what would be an American equivalent- maybe a teapot shaped li...

Hello, I'm new on this forum and I apologize for posting here my question, I didn't find a more suitable thread. I've been in Japan and my wife bought on the street some "tea" in little bags. The tea tasted like soup and it was powder. I liked it a lot. I'd like to get more but I really don't know ...

Just in under the wire

this is not referring to the particular artist , but just feel like to add personal opinion to this kind of pottery. I'm going to be honest, I do not understand it. I mean this sort of art. But even if I skip that factor, I don't see it practical in matter of drinking tea and that's because the lip...

Slurp Thank you for the last several posts on the links. I will return later to visit the links. I'm very interested in this subject. No doubt there is a lot of controversy over the subject, but I still feel pretty strongly about erring on the side of caution and choosing organics, unless I know fo...

Finally got a chance to try the sinensis, went with the initially recommended 6g/4oz - 108F - 2min,2min etc. Out of the bag it smelled heavenly and brewed it was well balanced and mellow, a bit too mellow for my tastes honestly. After the first steep turned out light I figured the 2nd would have mo...

Side note: Was in Kyoto last week, also paid a visit to the Ippodo shop, very nice looking premises. The large tea urns and canisters are beautiful - but that is about it what is to see in it, the offer on sale is the same no more, no less than the website. The Tokusen still seemed to be available,...

Continuing from my previous post as it only allows three image uploads per post. The underside of the lids for a clay comparison, although something better than my cellphone would be ideal for that purpose. Anyways as you probably already knew it appears essentially the same. Left to right - new pot...

Was lucky enough to travel to Japan recently and included a stop in Tokoname. While there I visited the Isobe gallery who were absolutely nice and wonderful people. Asako was out that day so when I first went in no one there really spoke English and my Japanese might as well be non-existent("that on...

Thes-du-japon also nitro flushes. They switched over about a year ago? Maybe longer, time slips by these days.

I'm in for 50g.

That one actually has an English blog page too, https://japaneseteasommelier.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/yabukita-cultivar-sencha-from-yabe-village-in-yame/ , but yes it's certainly frustrating. Sometimes I'm able to find the shop page in google cache or the way back machine but no such luck this time....

Funny enough Nov 1 I have flights Tokyo -> O'Hare -> New York State. It seems like a gloriously bad idea to abandon that last flight but it's tempting... The timing seems like a sign really.