The Traveling Tea Set

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theredbaron
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Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:10 am

Something i have alwas been fidgeting about and constantly improving and working on is the traveling tea set, since as a backpacker/traveler on the overland trails i learned about Chinese tea first.

It's gotta be a set that i can pack small, and still can enjoy the same basic set up from home - a Yixing pot, nice old cups, tea boat, etc
This now is my latest incarnation: a lowly and inexpensive 90's factory 5 Shui Ping 50ml pot made from Hong Pi Long clay that i have for a while, and lately has been really growing on me, antique cups i bought on the street in China in '93 (large one for alone, and two small ones for possible guests), for a dollar a piece back then, the little Yixing saucers i got recently from ebay (and which i have been looking for since a long time in that size), the bowl i use as a tea boat i got on a flea maket in German (perfect size, all packed in a finely woven basket i got made in Thailand a long time ago, and as added protection one of the utterly practical cotton bags from bitterleaves.

The whole philosophy behind that is that i can have nice tea sessions when away, and use aestetically pleasing and good tea ware as i do at home. But of course i would not take my best pots and cups on the road.
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Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:46 am

Really nice set @theredbaron. Thanks for sharing 🍃
theredbaron
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Sat Jul 17, 2021 6:15 am

Victoria wrote:
Fri Jul 16, 2021 11:46 am
Really nice set theredbaron. Thanks for sharing 🍃

Thank you :)
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