Ha, that'd be nice. But I hope the ticket should be a round-trip one, urgeing you to visit Beijing's Maliandao where you can find over 10 different silver needle!silverneedles wrote:Chrl42, dear, i have a spare room,
if you bring some good tea and teach me about stuff
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To add onto this I believe that it's better to have a yixing teapot dedicated to a general category of teas, i.e. one for wuyis, one for High Mountain oolongs, etc.taitea wrote:I'm wondering the same thing. Can I dedicate one yixing to all dark oolongs? I'm guessing "no". Wuyis just seem so much stronger and different from say, an oriental beauty. On the other hand, I think it might be ok to dedicate one yixing to wuyis in general.
I read on someone's blog that it's a choice between having a few really well-seasoned teapots or dozens upon dozens of poorly-seasoned teapots...
so for me, until I have enough money to buy that large amounts of teapots...I'll stick to having core teapots dedicated to categories, rather than specific teas
Thats a good suggestion. What about roasted versus green oolongs? Would you want one dedicated specifically to green oolongs and than another one for say lighter and medium roasts?Maitre_Tea wrote:To add onto this I believe that it's better to have a yixing teapot dedicated to a general category of teas, i.e. one for wuyis, one for High Mountain oolongs, etc.taitea wrote:I'm wondering the same thing. Can I dedicate one yixing to all dark oolongs? I'm guessing "no". Wuyis just seem so much stronger and different from say, an oriental beauty. On the other hand, I think it might be ok to dedicate one yixing to wuyis in general.
I read on someone's blog that it's a choice between having a few really well-seasoned teapots or dozens upon dozens of poorly-seasoned teapots...
so for me, until I have enough money to buy that large amounts of teapots...I'll stick to having core teapots dedicated to categories, rather than specific teas
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Yes, that's what I would suggest, and I'm no expert on how to put what teas in what categories. I mean, within Taiwanese oolongs there are certainly many differences. And what about aged teas? The categories go on and on, but i think you need to work on a level that you're comfortable with, and don't do anything crazy like brewing TGY in the same yixing as say, a WuyiPolyhymnianMuse wrote:Thats a good suggestion. What about roasted versus green oolongs? Would you want one dedicated specifically to green oolongs and than another one for say lighter and medium roasts?Maitre_Tea wrote:To add onto this I believe that it's better to have a yixing teapot dedicated to a general category of teas, i.e. one for wuyis, one for High Mountain oolongs, etc.taitea wrote:I'm wondering the same thing. Can I dedicate one yixing to all dark oolongs? I'm guessing "no". Wuyis just seem so much stronger and different from say, an oriental beauty. On the other hand, I think it might be ok to dedicate one yixing to wuyis in general.
I read on someone's blog that it's a choice between having a few really well-seasoned teapots or dozens upon dozens of poorly-seasoned teapots...
so for me, until I have enough money to buy that large amounts of teapots...I'll stick to having core teapots dedicated to categories, rather than specific teas