The Traveling Tea Set
Posted: 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.
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.
