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Really well crafted kyusu. Thank you for sharing. How does weight and wall thickness contare with Hokujo stoneware?

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Hot take: I have terrible local tap water, so I remineralize RO water. There is a company called Tea Curious that sells packets of minerals meant for tea drinking, and so far I have had plesant experiences. I like that I can manually adjust the hardness/alkalinity of the water, so if the tea starts...

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Enjoying Ethan’s Black Championship from 2019. Still very good even though pack has been open and clipped for a while. It’s still silky and viscous with honey notes from the bug bitten Lishan leaves. Thank you

Is that text AI generated? About 30% I guess, I write the tasting notes as I am drinking the tea, plug in the data and have an AI dress it up so that it reads a little more lively than me trying to make something sound interesting. …….. Generally, I do about 3 or so sessions adding or subtracting f...

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Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:40 pm

Anxi Black Dragon Oolong

How was it on its own and compared to excellent Taiwan oolong

This trip back east I brought some ‘older’ teas to finish thinking I’d be very busy and distracted so didn’t want to bring my best primo stuff. Today I opened a vacuum sealed ‘Mountain Oolong Winter 2016’ from Mountaintea.com. Back then I gave their oolong a try because they’re based locally in Los ...

Likewise, some links for Japanese wares don’t work.

Sorry to hear you are moving on, but nice that you are sharing them with us here

Honestly I tend to just brew in whatever kyusu I am in the mood to use. I really don't think my taste buds are discerning enough to start distinguishing between clay types. With certain teas like Japanese Leaf gram/ Water ml/ Temp/ Time ratios are most important factors. Teaware is hugely important...

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