Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

[Drax]

I just fainted.... that's the best teacup I've ever seen!

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Indeed, that's a beautiful cup!

[auhckw]

Should i buy this?


http://www.lelong.com.my/kitty-tea-pot- ... Sale-I.htm

[Takarabune]

Bizen ware ho-bin depicting a kame (turtle). More specifically, the lid depicts a minogame; a sea turtle blessed by Kompira, the Shintō deity of seafaring people. With its algae "skirt", it represents longevity and felicity.

[Takarabune]

Should i buy this?

You know you wanna... Go for it! It's most 'kawaii!'

[JRS22]

Should i buy this?

You know you wanna... Go for it! It's most 'kawaii!'

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add more fun to your kitchen life

...I had to stop myself from cruising Ebay for a Hello Kitty kyusu.

[karmaplace]

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This was the set up I enjoyed last night. The pot is part of my boyfriend's Korean six person set (I found and bought the matching warmer for him from the tea shop I frequent).

The yuzumashi is a random piece I found in a basket of pieces at the same tea shop.

The table too is from the same tea shop. The stone surface can be lifted (carefully) so that I can clean inside.

The cup/chawan is a shino I found in a random pottery shop I stumbled across. I had a pretty long conversation with the woman there, so she actually gave me a twin shino for my boyfriend as a gift (not pictured, obviously).

[karmaplace]

I took a few extra pictures of the cup, because I like the crackling that's happening.

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[JeiKun4114]

Beautiful wares karmaplace

[Takarabune]

Beautiful wares karmaplace

Ditto. Love the warmer!

[karmaplace]

Beautiful wares karmaplace

Ditto. Love the warmer!

Thanks to you both. If things go sour with the boyfriend, I'll be heartbroken to see some wares go.

[entropyembrace]

Here´s a few pictures of the teapot my gf gave me for Christmas

It´s about 250ml and I´ve been using it for black teas...mostly dian hong with good results















btw....does anyone know what the stamp on the bottom says?

[MarshalN]

What does the interior of the pot look like? The exterior of the pot makes me rather.... uneasy, if I were to brew tea in it.

The stamp at the base is just the name of the maker.

[entropyembrace]

What does the interior of the pot look like? The exterior of the pot makes me rather.... uneasy, if I were to brew tea in it.

The stamp at the base is just the name of the maker.

The interior is just dark purplish clay....it doesn´t have any of the white inside. I didn´t take interior pictures because the pot was full of leaves and I wasn´t done with them yet.

I´m not sure what the white stuff on the outside is...it appeared while I was cleaning the pot....it had a lot of what seemed to be ash on it.

There´s no bad aromas in the pot wet or dry or any off tastes or aromas in the tea.

The pot just smelled like wood ash when I recieved it.

[MarshalN]

What does the interior of the pot look like? The exterior of the pot makes me rather.... uneasy, if I were to brew tea in it.

The stamp at the base is just the name of the maker.

The interior is just dark purplish clay....it doesn´t have any of the white inside. I didn´t take interior pictures because the pot was full of leaves and I wasn´t done with them yet.

I´m not sure what the white stuff on the outside is...it appeared while I was cleaning the pot....it had a lot of what seemed to be ash on it.

There´s no bad aromas in the pot wet or dry or any off tastes or aromas in the tea.

The pot just smelled like wood ash when I recieved it.

So the pot was uniformly black when you got it? How were you cleaning it?

[entropyembrace]

What does the interior of the pot look like? The exterior of the pot makes me rather.... uneasy, if I were to brew tea in it.

The stamp at the base is just the name of the maker.

The interior is just dark purplish clay....it doesn´t have any of the white inside. I didn´t take interior pictures because the pot was full of leaves and I wasn´t done with them yet.

I´m not sure what the white stuff on the outside is...it appeared while I was cleaning the pot....it had a lot of what seemed to be ash on it.

There´s no bad aromas in the pot wet or dry or any off tastes or aromas in the tea.

The pot just smelled like wood ash when I recieved it.

So the pot was uniformly black when you got it? How were you cleaning it?

I cleaned it by soaking several times in hot water until the water cooled...then scrubbing it with a washcloth in warm water between each soak.

it was covered with dark grey powder (I think it was ash) that rubbed off easily in the first cleaning cycle...but I kept at it for a while to make sure it was really clean. There was ash inside the pot too..but it wiped out easily.