do porcelain canisters count?
I've still got a super glued (pretty and antique ) old porcelain canister that I keep loose tea in bags in.
I don't know if that counts - I haven't broken any tea cups yet - so casting caution to the wind, I marked zero -
I've been drinking gunpowder tea with dried peppermint leaves that I added - I do like it - I did not have enough freah mint from outside to start picking .
I don't know if that counts - I haven't broken any tea cups yet - so casting caution to the wind, I marked zero -
I've been drinking gunpowder tea with dried peppermint leaves that I added - I do like it - I did not have enough freah mint from outside to start picking .
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This only proves that I TeaChat too much. 
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Eh. that's half a teaspoon of sugar per cup of tea. XDChip wrote:use about half a teaspoon per cup of sugar= "sweet tea"?neowolf wrote:Honey compliments it quite nicely, though when making iced tea I normally use about half a teaspoon per cup of sugar.fodder0 wrote:Started with Nepal First Flush early this morning, then sipping on some warm Green Anji at the moment.
I've yet to sweeten my chamomile, might need to give it a try soon, love the flavor itself. Are you adding honey, or something else to sweeten it?
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I worked all day today (boooooo hiiiiisssssss!) and am home now. Revived the Golden Buddha I started on this morning, but it gave out after only 5 steeps. (boooooooo hiiiiisssssss!)
Now I am drinking ALL of the Jasmine Pearl iced tea that my hubby asked me to make. He is playing WoW. You snooze you lose. phhhbt!
Now I am drinking ALL of the Jasmine Pearl iced tea that my hubby asked me to make. He is playing WoW. You snooze you lose. phhhbt!
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Zero for me... so far. But I will admit that the question made my heart race a little. If I break something this weekend, I'm blaming TD!
Had many teas today.... a mate, two flavored blacks, some dragonwell and some kukicha. Gonna get another brew of the kukicha, I think.
Dell-man was here for about 15 minutes today. He took my computer apart, then realized he had brought the wrong motherboard. Such fun.
Had many teas today.... a mate, two flavored blacks, some dragonwell and some kukicha. Gonna get another brew of the kukicha, I think.
Dell-man was here for about 15 minutes today. He took my computer apart, then realized he had brought the wrong motherboard.
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OK...Mary Mod did some modding and I am back at 2999 again...sooo, this is 3000, again. 
Sakura sencha from Victoria. One more session of this left. It is such a friendly Japanese tea...no brainer to brew, and comforting in the cup.
Also still brewing the tou cha from last night, when I want a pot of pu-erh...just brew one up and then set it aside again.
Sakura sencha from Victoria. One more session of this left. It is such a friendly Japanese tea...no brainer to brew, and comforting in the cup.
Also still brewing the tou cha from last night, when I want a pot of pu-erh...just brew one up and then set it aside again.
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I have one session left....HA! 
Den's sells it as a tradtional Springtime only offering and it is indeed gone. But it will be offered in 8 months about. It is a very good example of Sakura sencha. decent quality leaf too. Most other ones I have seen are made with bancha.
Den's sells it as a tradtional Springtime only offering and it is indeed gone. But it will be offered in 8 months about. It is a very good example of Sakura sencha. decent quality leaf too. Most other ones I have seen are made with bancha.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
there's no need to worry about jinxes, everybody: i've broken enough teaware for all of you - 8 pieces by my current count, though i voted only 7 and will probably remember more as times goes by.
two bodum glasses have broken under poorly organized dishes that fell
two simple french mugs, a don't mess with texas mug, a mammut mug, and the lid of a small teapot - all of which i had used as my tea-travel vessels and loved accordingly - were broken in moments of simple mindlessness, slipping through my fingers because i was paying more attention to the tea i had finished or was about to brew than to actually picking up the handle.
and now i actually realize that i also broke (again the dishes tragedy) a ceramic cup that a friend of mine made in a variation on japanese style tea bowls, which definitely trumps all the other disappointments, as it was both a piece of art and a cup i used while sitting down to really enjoy my tea.
wow, this has been kind of depressing, i hope this means i won't break any more teaware
two bodum glasses have broken under poorly organized dishes that fell
two simple french mugs, a don't mess with texas mug, a mammut mug, and the lid of a small teapot - all of which i had used as my tea-travel vessels and loved accordingly - were broken in moments of simple mindlessness, slipping through my fingers because i was paying more attention to the tea i had finished or was about to brew than to actually picking up the handle.
and now i actually realize that i also broke (again the dishes tragedy) a ceramic cup that a friend of mine made in a variation on japanese style tea bowls, which definitely trumps all the other disappointments, as it was both a piece of art and a cup i used while sitting down to really enjoy my tea.
wow, this has been kind of depressing, i hope this means i won't break any more teaware
