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by Bok
Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:41 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Warming up teapots
Replies: 24
Views: 11551

Re: Warming up teapots

. Another interesting recommendation I read about preventing thermal shock is a well used pot with good patina. Maybe the tea oil has benefit to prevent cracks like sunscreen or oil treating cast iron cookware? That sounds like a dangerous recommendation to follow... I highly doubt a thin layer of ...
by Bok
Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:54 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Teaware B&W Appreciation
Replies: 305
Views: 362001

Re: Teaware B&W Appreciation

OCTO wrote:
Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:10 am
It continues!


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Perspective upside down hahaa
by Bok
Thu Dec 31, 2020 11:29 pm
Forum: Groups, Clubs, & Events
Topic: It's 2021!!! Happy New Year!!!
Replies: 8
Views: 4360

Re: It's 2021!!! Happy New Year!!!

Same to you! Health, happiness and lots of good tea and friendships over cups shared!
by Bok
Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2778
Views: 1513783

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Maybe Bok can recommend a magic clay to increase this winter’s lack luster oolong‘s body and aroma :) . Increasing leaf to water ratio and time only goes so far 🍃. Edit: referring to this winters roasted Taiwan oolong Haha, I wish there were... but I guess we have to make do and hope for better har...
by Bok
Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:20 am
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: What Oolong Are You Drinking
Replies: 2778
Views: 1513783

Re: What Oolong Are You Drinking

Been sampling high mountain Oolongs the whole morning - the rumours are true (at least for what I tried, confirmed by the vendor) that this years winter harvest is low in yield and not as good as last year... Teas lack the typical winter body and aftertaste I’ve come to appreciate over the spring ar...
by Bok
Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:41 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5884
Views: 1829649

Re: Yixing

That must be from some cha dao canon, isn't it, .m.? Tea pot, a focal point, lower third right in the middle. Dear guests all around it, center proper. Well mannered folly, shoes off when atop a desk, illegal booze stowed in the wicker basket, calling in for some boiling water or something :D. Happ...
by Bok
Thu Dec 31, 2020 1:21 am
Forum: Japan
Topic: Hokujo Teaware
Replies: 85
Views: 44458

Re: Hokujo Teaware

Artistic Nippon or Isobe should have some, no? AN only really has one or two large pots up right now and only one is made out of his signature clay. From what I‘ve been told(not by AN) Hokujo is moving away from his standard yakishime pots and now is focusing solely on making more expensive ‘one-of...
by Bok
Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:22 am
Forum: Japan
Topic: Hokujo Teaware
Replies: 85
Views: 44458

Re: Hokujo Teaware

Artistic Nippon or Isobe should have some, no?
by Bok
Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:04 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5884
Views: 1829649

Re: Yixing

Go pure. Maotai.
by Bok
Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:41 pm
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: Yixing
Replies: 5884
Views: 1829649

Re: Yixing

karma wrote:
Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:20 pm
New pot! Thanks Bok
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Yeah! :mrgreen:
by Bok
Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Exchange our "secret" teas
Replies: 27
Views: 8825

Re: Exchange our "secret" teas

Teas run out every season and next season won't be the same. If a good tea is always available, it probably wasn't in the first place. All the best teas are usually low in yield. More worthy finding are usually the "secret" sources :mrgreen: They will manage to find the good tea each season and beyo...
by Bok
Sun Dec 27, 2020 10:53 pm
Forum: Oolong Tea
Topic: Yancha lovers?
Replies: 97
Views: 33640

Re: Yancha lovers?

@OCTO nooooice! :P
by Bok
Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:40 am
Forum: White Tea
Topic: Aged White Tea
Replies: 43
Views: 29242

Re: Aged White Tea

Balthazar wrote:
Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:46 am

And then there's the crazy "young sheng" sect, who holds that puer nirvana is to be found in the here and now through the strange mental states and intense stomach cramps this stuff can produce :D
:lol: :lol: :lol:
by Bok
Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:03 am
Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
Topic: Black Tea Vendor Topic
Replies: 38
Views: 37365

Re: Black Tea Vendor Topic

The issue here, as with any “real” vs fake version is - how do you know? One needs a bullet proof benchmark to compare all candidates against. Not sure how that could be done without being close to the source and that for years... I’d rather suggest to enjoy what is available and can be afforded by ...
by Bok
Sat Dec 26, 2020 10:58 am
Forum: China & Taiwan
Topic: What are some indicators of a good teapot?
Replies: 20
Views: 6975

Re: What are some indicators of a good teapot?

@hopeofdawn one thing I’d like to add: antique glazes can have toxic substances issues, antique clay does not. That would be more of an issue for vintage teapots and their clay.