those EoT ones look cool. i think @BioHorn may have recently bought one btwtheredbaron wrote: ↑Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:02 pmEssence of Tea carries now a selection of very traditional pewter tea trays/boats. I have been looking for one for at least a decade, but the old ones are super rare and nobody sells one.
These ones here are new, but made in the old way
https://essenceoftea.com/collections/te ... and-plates
Tea boats
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I like them a lot. I do not like the bamboo ones, or even worse, the ones with cheap plastic. I have one from clay, which is nice, but this traditional pewter tray is perfect, i hope the parcel comes soon
I use cork coasters, they dry very fast. Got these recently Cork Coaster, Natural Cork. Also, have nice Knoll fabric swatches and a few woven runners to reduce clicking and clacking noises and absorb drops.
My Mirka Randova tea trays are ceramic, as hard as the pots and cups that I place on them; and their surfaces are not smooth or uniformly colored. So no worries there. I use a variety of coasters, not very smooth or glossy, for drinking tea away from the tea trays, and have a few linens from Studio Edgart as part of my travel tea set.
@VictoriaVictoria wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:13 pmI use cork coasters, they dry very fast. Got these recently Cork Coaster, Natural Cork. Also, have nice Knoll fabric swatches and a few woven runners to reduce clicking and clacking noises and absorb drops.
Thank you for the inspiration, I think I’ll try to find a bamboo mat to match the tea tray
I have a yixing zisha tea tray, so I was a little concern of scratching the pot and the tray lol. I think a bamboo mat, or if I am lucky, I’ll find a slab of timber for the mediumdebunix wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:06 pmMy Mirka Randova tea trays are ceramic, as hard as the pots and cups that I place on them; and their surfaces are not smooth or uniformly colored. So no worries there. I use a variety of coasters, not very smooth or glossy, for drinking tea away from the tea trays, and have a few linens from Studio Edgart as part of my travel tea set.
What many here in Taiwan use are slices cut of dried loofa insides(the kind some also use to wash dishes or similar) or felt/fabric discs used in polishing machines.DailyTX wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:59 pmI have a yixing zisha tea tray, so I was a little concern of scratching the pot and the tray lol. I think a bamboo mat, or if I am lucky, I’ll find a slab of timber for the mediumdebunix wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:06 pmMy Mirka Randova tea trays are ceramic, as hard as the pots and cups that I place on them; and their surfaces are not smooth or uniformly colored. So no worries there. I use a variety of coasters, not very smooth or glossy, for drinking tea away from the tea trays, and have a few linens from Studio Edgart as part of my travel tea set.