OCTO wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 9:55 pm
Bok wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 8:53 pm
Neiziwaihong, Hongni coated outside only over a Zini core. Looks like green label period.
+1
@Bok and
@OCTO
ok 1st off, thank you both so much for responding and sharing your knowledge which to me, is absolutely amazing and Wizard like
in how you id'd it from my terrible pictures!
2nd off apologies for not signing on and thanking you both sooner, been working a lot of very longs days.
3rd Super newbie so apologies if this is common knowledge (I've been reading a bunch of the older posts and googling like mad!) and anything pointing me in the right direction is super appreciated! FYI I'm Canadian, we say thanks and sorry a lot LOL!
re Neiziwaihong: that nice simple explanation is awesome! I know it's probably not great, but it's exciting for me to learn new things like this technique that was used even if for cutting costs lol
My goal is to learn if I've got a good 'starter' pot to drink oolongs from
and learn enough to move up a level to enjoy tea even more (so not a collector...at this point).
The city I picked it up from has a lot of older generation folks who were overseas in the late 70's and 80's so that's what I was guessing the time period might be.
When you say 'green label period', what does that generally mean in terms of year range and is that referring to Factory 1 and or 2 or...?
The carving on the inside of the lid led me to think it (thanks google!
) was not Factory so was that one of the things along with the clay, mica etc. that helped you identify that it is likely 'green label period'?
Can I just insert a straw into both of your brains and get the knowledge and expertise quickly? hahaha! JK, I know this is years of experience you are sharing so baby steps for me. Since I picked it up at a local online auction with a bunch of trinkets for less than $4.00 CAD, I'm happy with it as long as it's not just tourist junk that makes sketchy tea lol
Been enjoying reading yours and
@steanze posts in these threads very much so again, thank you all for this community and sharing