Monday 7/21/08 Number of teaware pieces increased?

[Beidao]

After four cups of Den's Fukamushi Shincha Maki, I'm so full I can't get a single sip down. Which means no more tea 'til tomorrow. Earlier today I've had lots of shu from 1992. Love it.

Regarding teaware, yeah there's been *some* added. But my kitchen is not big so I give away or throw everything I don't have room for. The last year I've bought my first gaiwan and my two first tea pots. Next purchase will be a gaiwan. Or two. And then I love getting new tea cups though I really buy them if I really can't resist, and that doesn't happen very often. If I can walk out of the store empty-handed without greiving for the rest of my life, I do.

[Salsero]

Just finished up my 7th infusion of 3g of Adagio Dante Pu. It's definitely spent now, but was fun while it lasted.

That's pretty impressive performance for a cooked puerh!

This afternoon I'm back to some nice oolong -

Teahome Golden Lily ...

Hey, that's just what I am drinking right now! It is a good, moderately-priced Taiwan, ain't it! I am drinking it only because R_S mentioned she was drinking it yesterday so I put it out for today. It's taking the country by storm!

[Tadpole]

What would you consider a significant increase?

Pre-2008 teaware collection:
1 tetsubin
1 2-cup Chatsford teapot & 4 white porcelain teacup/saucer sets
1 Numi glass teapot & 2 glass teacups with saucers
1 glass gongfu pitcher
2 4-oz gaiwans
1 6-oz gaiwan
1 porcelain chabei with 4 2-oz cups
1 bamboo gongfu tea tray
6 1-oz tasting cups

Things acquired in 2008:
1 bamboo serving tray (non draining)
1 bamboo tea scoop
1 matcha whisk
1 new 4 oz white gaiwan
6 more 1-oz tasting cups
1 glass gongfu teapot
1 more glass gongfu pitcher
1 white porcelain gongfu pitcher
4 2-oz tasting cups (couldn't resist, they had peaches on them!)
6 1-lb capacity tea canisters
and.......1 set of this from Hou De:


Did I get too many teawares this year?

[Victoria]

What would you consider a significant increase?

Pre-2008 teaware collection:
1 tetsubin
1 2-cup Chatsford teapot & 4 white porcelain teacup/saucer sets
1 Numi glass teapot & 2 glass teacups with saucers
1 glass gongfu pitcher
2 4-oz gaiwans
1 6-oz gaiwan
1 porcelain chabei with 4 2-oz cups
1 bamboo gongfu tea tray
6 1-oz tasting cups

Things acquired in 2008:
1 bamboo serving tray (non draining)
1 bamboo tea scoop
1 matcha whisk
1 new 4 oz white gaiwan
6 more 1-oz tasting cups
1 glass gongfu teapot
1 more glass gongfu pitcher
1 white porcelain gongfu pitcher
4 2-oz tasting cups (couldn't resist, they had peaches on them!)
6 1-lb capacity tea canisters
and.......1 set of this from Hou De:


Did I get too many teawares this year?

Too many??? Nah, too many is my list - when you can't even remember how many to list. Embarrassing. Still waiting to see some additional pics of that nice looking Hou De set.


Switching this afternoon to a nice oolong from a friend bought at a local tea shop in Pasadena called Bird Pick.

[Geekgirl]

YES...I went TeaWare crazy this past year

Most definitely.
Crazy.

Late to the show today, it's already nearly 2 pm, and I just got here. Did have some tea though, getting ready to have a little more. LOL. This cracked me up. I would have to reserve a seat on the crazy wagon too.

[Geekgirl]

I initially see a bunch of teaware I want, but if I procrastinate long enough, it passes.

I wish I could claim the same, but it seems that when I see what I want and procrastinate, I just wake up in the middle of the night thinking "I really should just get up right now and order that."

[RussianSoul]

I bought too many teapots that I won't be using, it seems - the woes of uneducated newbie . I own 7 teapots now, of which I am using 2. That's the price of knowledge, I suppose. And I got a gaiwan that I am using almost daily.

I am drinking Shincha Kirameki and loving it to pieces. It is also giving me a buzz

[Geekgirl]

Finally got settled in with a cup of yukata midori shincha, in my favorite new(ish) deishi yunomi. Such a beautiful and unique piece of teaware. I believe hagi is lowfire, so it sweats, and can drip when new, although mine does not.

Click the image to see the droplets. I only get them on the first pour, and only for 1-2 minutes. After that, they are gone.

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I acquired a few pieces of teaware, but I did not go as overboard as I could have. I purchased a kyusu, a glass gaiwan, a yixing pot, a teacup, and a Zoji. The pieces that I ended up with are all currently in use except for the yixing pot since it is bigger that I would have liked it to be and I am enjoying my oolongs in my gaiwan way too much at the moment.

I started today with Oolong #8 and am now switching to some 2005 Shui Xian Wuyi. Mmmm...

[Victoria]

My new oolong from my friend tastes even nicer in my
new cups. Looks better too, I love glass!

[Geekgirl]

My new oolong from my friend tastes even nicer in my
new cups. Looks better too, I love glass!

Very nice glass, is the other one a pitcher?

[Victoria]

Actually, it's a glass pot.

[Dr. Eel]

i have obtained a nice gaiwan, which i havent used lately because i've been busy making some delicious japanese greens in my kyusu which i also acquired this past year. Finished up the last of my shincha reserves yesterday, and have moved to some of den's sencha superior today. The smell, taste, and color...so delicious...

[geeber1]

Victoria,
I love that glass/cup! Where can someone needing more teaware find one?

All of my teaware, if you want to call it that, is new in the last year. I haven't got anything fancy and even use a Pyrex measuring cup on occasion.

This morning I had iced assam/ceylon mix, tonight I'm planning on Darjeeling #22 or Masala Chai.

[Victoria]

I had never seen ribbed ones before! Mine are 6oz.

http://www.northwestglass.com/double-wa ... p-343.html


P: These are only for oolongs.
hehehe