Sweet Alex!
Was looking at my Yamada Sou I purchased around 6 months ago and has been used almost non stop ... almost never quite dries out. It is showing a lot of ... change.
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wow...Alex wrote:
beaut!.. dont forget that i'm queueing outside your door now
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Here is my first kyusu that i received from hojo... its a Sado red clay reduction fire 210 ml... I will mainly use this for sencha for myself and the wife. What do you guys think? Looking forward to this new journey.
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Enjoying it! May it bring you much happiness.Swordfish823 wrote:Here is my first kyusu that i received from hojo... its a Sado red clay reduction fire 210 ml... I will mainly use this for sencha for myself and the wife. What do you guys think? Looking forward to this new journey.
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Wow, great first kyusu, absolutely lovely. This is just the beginning, wait til TeaChat induced TAD sets in. 
It is a quickly spreading, viral illness ... and there is no stopping it!
It is a quickly spreading, viral illness ... and there is no stopping it!
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Beautiful kyusu, great shape and clay. Congratulations my friend!Swordfish823 wrote:Here is my first kyusu that i received from hojo... its a Sado red clay reduction fire 210 ml... I will mainly use this for sencha for myself and the wife. What do you guys think? Looking forward to this new journey.
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Thanks everyone... I'm actually anxious to get started. Still waiting for my green tea from o-cha... now spending time to research brewing techniques and increasing my overall knowledge with teas in general. Now i have to look for cups and other stuff too. I think the TAD is setting in lightning fast lol.
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+1000000...on behalf of the tea chatters here.Swordfish823 wrote:I think the TAD is setting in lightning fast lol.
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From another topic, but I thought I would post it here. (Artisticnippon photo for reference)
Chip wrote:OK, I asked Toru regarding the clay used by Yamada Sou ... actually extended the question a bit. Here is his reply.PEARL wrote:Gorgeous, well that pot certainly wasn't available long, wonder what teachatter got that beautyChip wrote:OK, I'll play ... Yamada Sou mayake (wood fired). Might be the best mayake kyusu I have seen by Yamada. What do you think?
Also, total newb, are the mayake style pots made of the same shudei red clay just fired differently, and what effect does that have on the brew?
Iron oxide is a common ingredient used in Tokoname, it darkens the fired clay. TBH, I figured it was added the his Kyusu clay but it is good to know. But, now I am curious if he ever does not add iron oxide and what the finished product would look like!Toru wrote:The clay used for shudei and mayake are the same. Sou blends his own based on the traditional clay
used by his family. The shudei clay has iron oxide added.
The white clay for Aoyu comes from Shigaraki.
A case of not quite sure ... is iron oxide added also to the Mayake clay???
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Seems to be a common practice of adding iron oxide in Tokoname. I'm sure there must be some potters who don't.
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Yes there are, of course. It is not too difficult to see which one add and which one doesn't by looking closely at the clay. Personally for me, the clay is the most important. When, I test the clay against water and tea, I am shocked. Some famous pots don't do well and some mid range pots did very well.Tead Off wrote:Seems to be a common practice of adding iron oxide in Tokoname. I'm sure there must be some potters who don't.
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I've had a couple of Tokoname that weren't that great for tea.
Yamada Sou and Hokujo and Shimzu Ken have been the best for me.
I know both Yamada and Hokujo add iron to the clay for tea flavor.
Hojo has a couple of Yamada kyusu in his collection and confirms they make great tea....just not as good as what he sells of course
Yamada Sou and Hokujo and Shimzu Ken have been the best for me.
I know both Yamada and Hokujo add iron to the clay for tea flavor.
Hojo has a couple of Yamada kyusu in his collection and confirms they make great tea....just not as good as what he sells of course
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I think that potters like Mawkawa Junzo and Shimizu Ken do not add any oxide to their clay, but there must be others.Tead Off wrote:Seems to be a common practice of adding iron oxide in Tokoname. I'm sure there must be some potters who don't.