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With Shincha coming up it seems like its a good time to get a kyusu. Any suggestions on cheap or good quality kyusus.

Dens has one for 19 bucks, probably the cheapest you'll find. You can also get the kyusu with some of their shincha in a gift set. Tokoname would be another choise for quality.

this question has been asked a lot, do a quick search and see what you come up with. Like this thread..

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=4834

My recommend is to order direct from the tokoname catalog, I got this perfect daily kyuusu for under 40 bucks _after_ shipping that way...



Tokoname pots are Japan's #1 kyuusu and are about as close to a perfect one as you can get for the money.

As you can see from the catalog (notice that you can click on the pages to make them better) the only real disadvantage is indecision when presented with so many choices. lol.

Check out these links for kyusu.

http://www.artisticnippon.com/product/t ... eindex.htm

http://www.japanesehandcraft.com/handcr ... egory_id=2

http://store.zensuke.com/tokonameware.html

http://www.o-cha.com/green-teas/teapots/

http://www.tokonameteapots.com/

http://www.rishi-tea.com/store/home.php?cat=25

http://greentealovers.com/greenteaproductsteapots.htm

http://www.denstea.com/index.php?main_p ... &cPath=273

http://warakugallery.com/shop/index.php ... ex&cPath=3

http://maikoshop.com/kiyomizu/kyusu01.htm

https://shop.ippodo-tea.co.jp/shop/en/

http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/catalo ... =0&begin=0

https://www.utsuwa.com/Store/ProductCat ... ategory=11

http://murata.ca/onlineshop/index.php?m ... f5655ab708

http://www.chadoteahouse.com/1otherproducts.asp

http://www.kyoto-teramachi.or.jp/horaido/Teapot.htm

http://www.thejapanesegreenteashop.com/ ... 20effac680

http://www.japanesegreenteaonline.com/teapots.htm

http://www.hibiki-an.com/default.php/cP ... db9e68d3b7

http://store.valueweb.com/servlet/cha-n ... le+Teapots

http://gray-seddon-tea.com/tokoname.shtml

http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/yubiki/

http://www.sencha.com/tokonamelist.html

http://maikoshop.com/kiyomizu/kyusu01.htm

http://japanesegreenteashops.com/potteryshops.html

http://www.kaburagien.co.jp/english/index_go.php

http://www.sakurateahouse.com/m-teaware.html

http://www.zencha.net/green_tea_pots.php

http://www.holymtn.com/catalog/index.ph ... 4a8d4acd95

That should keep the kyusu seekers busy for a while.

JT wrote:Check out these links for kyusu.

That should keep the kyusu seekers busy for a while.

Couldn't come up with many options huh?

{falls over dead}

Pentox wrote:Couldn't come up with many options huh?

Sorry for the lack of options. Want some more eh?



http://www.tchingstore.com/index.php?ma ... 858e336f17

http://www.southsilkroad.com/catalog/in ... th=3_35_42

http://shopstashtea.com/800195.html

http://www.itoen.com/store/index.cfm?sp=category&ID=11

http://www.e-yakimono.net/index.html

http://www.taooftea.com/shop.php3?id=&scc=129

http://www.thefragrantleaf.com/tokoname.html

http://stores.ebay.com/The-JAPAN-STORE_ ... idZ2QQtZkm

http://stores.ebay.com/The-Old-Tokaido_ ... idZ2QQtZkm

http://stores.ebay.com/kofudo-JAPAN_Tea ... idZ2QQtZkm

http://www.surlatable.com/product/id/175309.do

http://www.goodsfromjapan.com/product/p ... oduct-list

http://pacificeastwest.com/teapots.html

http://www.cooksshophere.com/products/t ... %20Teapots

http://www.teasofgreen.com/Shop/Shop.asp?Catagory=Pots

http://asianideas.com/noname71.html

http://www.teatrekker.com/tea_equip/teq ... %20Teapots

http://www.agapetea.com/store/accessori ... -2_44.html

http://www.theteaavenue.com/kyusuteapots.html

http://www.inpursuitoftea.com/Grey_Kyus ... /xc104.htm

I think thats all the kyusu bookmarks I have. At least all of the ones in English and not wholesale or informational.

Didn't mean to hold out on you guys hehe.

I just ordered this kyusu a few days ago from artistic nippon.





I was surprised how fast Toru shipped it out. The pot was on it's way here only 2 hours after I ordered it.

Others that I've used and recommend are...


Kikumaru




and

Premium Sencha Teapot

as well!

I think I'm ordering the new Den's shincha teapot ($19) as my first kyuusu.

JT wrote:I just ordered this kyusu a few days ago from artistic nippon.

Nice choice JT! I have an Artistic Nippon order en route as well, I will post pictures once it arrives.

I like Hokujo's Mogake-seawead Kyusu as well, though it's not what I ordered.

I am thinking about this one. http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/ ... _314268057
http://shopstashtea.com/800195.html

Does it look ok.

I purchased a budget tokonome from Rishi on Space's recommendation.

http://www.rishi-tea.com/store/product. ... =11&page=1

It's a fine teapot on a budget, and I'm not too frightened of chipping it.

JT wrote:Premium Sencha Teapot

This is a little off-topic, but ... anyone want a matching chopstick rest (hashioki)?

It took me a while to work out that this chopstick rest is actually an adorably clumsy replica of a Den's kyusu, complete with image of "Den-chan", the company mascot:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-Chopsticks ... -Hashi-Oki