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Sep 25th, '08, 09:12
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Also, shuweeet, in a more humble way.chamekke wrote:From the sublime to the humble!
Last year I bought this little kyusu. It's glazed inside as well as out, so I use it mainly for jasmine pearls and other flavoured teas. Chip, who is a fellow fan of momiji (autumn maple leaves), may appreciate the design:
Thanx, Chamekke for sharing.
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Sep 25th, '08, 11:07
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Heh, it'd be even more shuweet if I took the trouble to photograph it nicelyChip wrote:Also, shuweeet, in a more humble way.
Thanx, Chamekke for sharing.
One of these days I may re-shoot the pot - perhaps alongside the Shino cups that I usually use with it - and see if anyone recognizes it!______________________
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chamekke,chamekke wrote: Buzz, did the eBay listing identify the design at the bottom of the cup? It looks very much to me like kicho - a kind of cloth room-curtain, often highly decorated, that originated in the Heian period. Kicho curtains often appear as motifs on kimono and obi as well. See here and here for more on kicho.
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Sep 25th, '08, 11:48
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Not seeing anything... but then again, my inbox was at 100% so perhaps your PM wasn't able to squeeze in. Try again now if you likeBuzz Fledderjohn wrote:chamekke,chamekke wrote: Buzz, did the eBay listing identify the design at the bottom of the cup? It looks very much to me like kicho - a kind of cloth room-curtain, often highly decorated, that originated in the Heian period. Kicho curtains often appear as motifs on kimono and obi as well. See here and here for more on kicho.
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- Billy Connolly
Iced Sake is actually quite common. It is one of the preferred methods for enjoying some of the higher end stuff. People are just accustomed to hot sake because of sushi bars and the such in the states. One of the primary reasons for heating sake though is to mask part of the flavor. When you drink it hot it dulls some of your taste buds and you don't notice the difference in the flavor. There are other occasions though where it is warranted to be warm, i.e. onsen or just if it's really cold outside. Most higher end sake is enjoyed at either room temp or chilled. There are even some quite interesting sake coolers for that, which are essentially glass carafe's with indentation for putting ice in. This cools the sake and doesn't dilute it with the melting ice.Victoria wrote:Wow - great translation Chamekke! Interesting! Never heard of iced sake.
Sep 26th, '08, 20:38
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What Pentox saidPentox wrote:Iced Sake is actually quite common. It is one of the preferred methods for enjoying some of the higher end stuff. People are just accustomed to hot sake because of sushi bars and the such in the states. One of the primary reasons for heating sake though is to mask part of the flavor. When you drink it hot it dulls some of your taste buds and you don't notice the difference in the flavor. There are other occasions though where it is warranted to be warm, i.e. onsen or just if it's really cold outside. Most higher end sake is enjoyed at either room temp or chilled. There are even some quite interesting sake coolers for that, which are essentially glass carafe's with indentation for putting ice in. This cools the sake and doesn't dilute it with the melting ice.Victoria wrote:Wow - great translation Chamekke! Interesting! Never heard of iced sake.
If you'd like to learn more about enjoying sake, John Gauntner's website Sake World and his free monthly newsletter are very much worth a read.
Check out also this interesting article - Sake: The Taste is in the Cup, which has to do with how the shape of the sake cup affects your perception of the sake's flavour. (FWIW, I've found Kawabata's argument to be 100% true.)
And this Sake Cups Shape Guide. Some of those cups look a lot like chawan, don't they? Hmm...
