NEW! Official Teaware of the Day!

[debunix]

An Ji Bai Cha from Norbu in a Cory Lum cup: love the way the bildoro catches the light.

[Midwinter_Sun]

I have a cold today, so I am drinking lazy flash brews while relaxing on the sofa with TeaChat.


I have some hot water in the iron teapot, I cover the cup with the tea strainer with the white cup for flash brewing, then pour the brewed tea into the white cup and drink.

Any water / tea to spill out goes out into the big cup.

All cups made by me, stoneware with wood ash glaze and white feldspar glaze.

[Frisbeehead]

I have a cold today, so I am drinking lazy flash brews while relaxing on the sofa with TeaChat.


I have some hot water in the iron teapot, I cover the cup with the tea strainer with the white cup for flash brewing, then pour the brewed tea into the white cup and drink.

Any water / tea to spill out goes out into the big cup.

All cups made by me, stoneware with wood ash glaze and white feldspar glaze.

I absolutely love the rough white cup, that is a really cool piece.

[Midwinter_Sun]

I absolutely love the rough white cup, that is a really cool piece.

Thank You for Your kind words!

They are all carved without any wheel. Usually teabowls are made at least with a small forming / modelling wheel ( the tiny one you turn by hand ) but it is even more fun to work without any wheels at all, because that way the clay goes where it wants and takes the shape that is fitting for it.

On the other hand, the potter has to be prepared to let the clay take form without expectations. It takes a long time, a hand carved bowl made without wheels usually takes about one hour.

I use two knives and my hands, that's it...

[Midwinter_Sun]

Sipping some Alishan Oolong from the latest cup out of the kiln.

Stoneware, ash and iron glaze, hand carved.

[jayinhk]

Sipping gongfu brewed Sanxia green tea from this cup, which I bought in the pottery district in Naha, Okinawa.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BChdy8kSCn1/

[Noonie]

Reading a couple of the posts above reignites my desire to make my own cup. I've never made my own pottery, just painted pottery with my daughter , but I think it would be a great experience. I've looked around, and there are local pottery guilds...but you have to join and go often, and they're not close to home.

[Midwinter_Sun]

Reading a couple of the posts above reignites my desire to make my own cup. I've never made my own pottery, just painted pottery with my daughter , but I think it would be a great experience. I've looked around, and there are local pottery guilds...but you have to join and go often, and they're not close to home.

Absolutely go for it!
there should be a class available close to you. Where are you at?

[Midwinter_Sun]

Sipping gongfu brewed Sanxia green tea from this cup, which I bought in the pottery district in Naha, Okinawa.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BChdy8kSCn1/

Okinawa has a very distinctive style. Love the glaze and form!

Did you try any local brews there?

[jayinhk]

I visited the Orion brewery and sampled widely! Also tried the local jasmine tea. I had some at an upscale Okinawan restaurant that was by far the best jasmine I've ever had. I brought some tea home too, but it wasn't as good as what I was served at the restaurant!

[Midwinter_Sun]

I visited the Orion brewery and sampled widely! Also tried the local jasmine tea. I had some at an upscale Okinawan restaurant that was by far the best jasmine I've ever had. I brought some tea home too, but it wasn't as good as what I was served at the restaurant!

I wonder if they source the jasmine locally... Sadly completely uneducated as far as Okinawan tea.

Naturally, the first thing coming up on a web search for "Okinawa Tea" is some bullcrap from a tea manufacturer about how their jasmine tea is the reason people live so long on Okinawa.

So tired of this miracle cure exploitation so many manufacturers are peddling.

[Midwinter_Sun]

Went antiquing today and found 4 similar bowls. This one, crooked and with asymmetrical glaze, had gotten less use than the other 3. Yet I found it very appealing with the honest functionality and unpretentious execution. No signature or mark, one of many, nameless yet made by hand and with a commitment to usable form.

I like how the glaze appears as I drink the tea.

Enjoying the cup with some Argentinian mate.

[tenuki]

Went antiquing today and found 4 similar bowls. .

how big are they?

[Midwinter_Sun]

Went antiquing today and found 4 similar bowls. .

how big are they?

Well I only bought the one, I can fit my fist in with about a cm around, I have size S hands

Don't have a ruler near me. Comfortable for tea and whisking matcha, I like my bowls on the bigger side for personal use, if I am not doing fast brewing.

[debunix]

Some new Teawares by Inge Nielsen, still awaiting a proper photo session



Very nice feel in the hand, and lovely glazes to hold your gaze while drinking.