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Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:11 am

OCTO wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:28 am
My little sponge bob ... a brutally honest pot which I use often with aged oolong.

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looks like cake with tea haha niceee. Cup loooks big next to this baby :D
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Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:55 pm

teamakers.art wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 10:11 am
OCTO wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:28 am
My little sponge bob ... a brutally honest pot which I use often with aged oolong.

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looks like cake with tea haha niceee. Cup loooks big next to this baby :D
That's a very good idea for a dessert design indeed!
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Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:37 pm

OCTO wrote:
Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:28 am
My little sponge bob ... a brutally honest pot which I use often with aged oolong.

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nice pot! Very wavy :)
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Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:05 pm

I've been enjoying all of these photos; here's a slightly closer-up picture of mine, in case it helps (I really need a macro lens for this...).

I am curious about when people use duanni (old or new) to brew teas that require 'muting'. The pot is currently finishing a brew of a light-style Dong Ding, and doing a good job of it. It seems to like high mountain and other kinds of fresh, light tea. I use a zini pot for more roasted kinds of Dong Ding and similar tea.

Neither of my two duanni pots have really 'muted' the tea, but I am conscious that that is a tiny sample size, of course, and perhaps modern duanni is different as well.

Andrew
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Andrew S wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:05 pm
I've been enjoying all of these photos; here's a slightly closer-up picture of mine, in case it helps (I really need a macro lens for this...).
Nice clay!
Andrew S wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:05 pm

I am curious about when people use duanni (old or new) to brew teas that require 'muting'. The pot is currently finishing a brew of a light-style Dong Ding, and doing a good job of it. It seems to like high mountain and other kinds of fresh, light tea. I use a zini pot for more roasted kinds of Dong Ding and similar tea.

Neither of my two duanni pots have really 'muted' the tea, but I am conscious that that is a tiny sample size, of course, and perhaps modern duanni is different as well.

Andrew
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That's a difficult conversation to have without having tea together from the same teapot... otherwise there's always the risk that different people interpret the term "muting" in different ways.
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Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:44 am

Such beautiful pots, thanks all for sharing.
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Agree fully with @steanze
steanze wrote:
Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:37 am
Andrew S wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:05 pm
I've been enjoying all of these photos; here's a slightly closer-up picture of mine, in case it helps (I really need a macro lens for this...).
Nice clay!
Nice clay indeed.
steanze wrote:
Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:37 am
Andrew S wrote:
Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:05 pm
I am curious about when people use duanni (old or new) to brew teas that require 'muting'. The pot is currently finishing a brew of a light-style Dong Ding, and doing a good job of it. It seems to like high mountain and other kinds of fresh, light tea. I use a zini pot for more roasted kinds of Dong Ding and similar tea.

Neither of my two duanni pots have really 'muted' the tea, but I am conscious that that is a tiny sample size, of course, and perhaps modern duanni is different as well.

Andrew
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That's a difficult conversation to have without having tea together from the same teapot... otherwise there's always the risk that different people interpret the term "muting" in different ways.
Especially when it comes to DuanNi... it's not only muting that is interpreted differently by different mouths... but you may have 2 identical pots and both can behave very differently. So far, I've wound my pots to bring out the sweetness in green TieGuanYin, GaoShan and DongDing. Same goes for DanCong (both roasted and green). There are some DuanNi which have also found to be a very good match with very specific Aged Puerh. I've also experimented with ZhangPing ShuiXian and it also brew up a nice cup. It's difficult to put the finger on one general rule of thumb with the exception to just try and experiment by matching your tea with the pot.

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Feeling a little bananas.... happy FriYAY folks!! Small pot for aged 70s DanCong

Cheers!!

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Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:10 am

Throwback from a post of mine back in 2019..... Brewing up some DanCong.

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Love the variety of clay and designs in this thread. Here's my humble contribution.

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Chris wrote:
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Love the variety of clay and designs in this thread. Here's my humble contribution.


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Nice pot 👍🏻
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Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:31 am

OCTO wrote:
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Throwback from a post of mine back in 2019..... Brewing up some DanCong.


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Cheers!
beautiful shape, simple and elegant
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Chris wrote:
Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:08 pm
Love the variety of clay and designs in this thread. Here's my humble contribution.


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Thanks for sharing! An interesting lid design.
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