Re: Hi everybody!
Hello amanita eater!Amanita Eater wrote:I've been lurking for some time now; time to jump in...
It's nice to find my people! I've been salivating over everyone's treasures...I need to take pictures of my tea-shrine area to share here, but in the meantime I wanted to share some of my creations. Since hubby-san has requested that I control myself and stop buying Japanese pottery, I started making it in miniature. Here, some of my mini faux-hagiyaki chawan, yunomi, and a vase, along with a mini faux-tokoname kyusu. One of my inspirations, a real hagi yunomi, is in the background to indicate scale. It is so much fun (albeit painstaking) to make these.
Dec 13th 08 1:29 am
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I am so happy about the pair of gaiwans I got from ebay recently 
First I just thought they look ok, price was good. It looks like the seller didn't need them at all. And I was short of gaiwans. They turned out pretty good. And they were made in 2004, the year of monkey, and have auspicious words on them about monkey's great fortune. My husband was born in a monkey year so the monkey words are very very pleasant to us
Then I found I could even put my favorite chawan in that saucer and under that lid. They don't 100% match, but close enough!
First I just thought they look ok, price was good. It looks like the seller didn't need them at all. And I was short of gaiwans. They turned out pretty good. And they were made in 2004, the year of monkey, and have auspicious words on them about monkey's great fortune. My husband was born in a monkey year so the monkey words are very very pleasant to us
Then I found I could even put my favorite chawan in that saucer and under that lid. They don't 100% match, but close enough!
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Dec 13th 08 1:44 am
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Hong-Ni-Clay-Shui-P ... m153.l1262
This is a fantastic, well-made little pot. I've always loved this style of yixing, and am glad to finally own one. The texture is incredible, and the clay makes a high-pitched ring when struck lightly with the lid. Lidfit is very tight, when the hole on top is plugged it stops pouring. One interesting thing though is that when I received this pot it smelled and felt like it was covered in some kind of oil. Tea didn't taste right coming out of it either, so I decided to boil it in some tea-seed powder and now it makes great tea.
These pictures make it look brighter than it is. It's a deep red in real life.
Overall I'm very satisfied for the price I paid.
Dec 17th 08 5:14 am
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Haha, after a few days, finally see some new tea ware in this thread! *thanks* the teapot is very pretty!
Kita B the new pictures are much clearer than the previous ones. The tea set has very smart design! The gaiwan, is very small in the picture. But from a distance away it looks very good. And $5, that's a very good deal!
Kita B the new pictures are much clearer than the previous ones. The tea set has very smart design! The gaiwan, is very small in the picture. But from a distance away it looks very good. And $5, that's a very good deal!
By sitting in peace and doing nothing,
You make your one day worth two days.
You make your one day worth two days.
Thanks guys.
Yeah at first when I ordered it I intended it's use for Dancongs. Scott's description states it's good for oolongs and sheng pu-erh. Since I refuse to use a yixing on young pu-erh, and I prefer gaiwan for older pu-erh as well I decided that a Dancong pot made sense. I'm just starting to get into them, and I like them very much (surprising as I'm a taste over aroma person). Now that I have the pot though, it seems the walls may be too thick for something as delicate as DC. I might have to think about this as my aged pu-erh pot after all.
Yeah at first when I ordered it I intended it's use for Dancongs. Scott's description states it's good for oolongs and sheng pu-erh. Since I refuse to use a yixing on young pu-erh, and I prefer gaiwan for older pu-erh as well I decided that a Dancong pot made sense. I'm just starting to get into them, and I like them very much (surprising as I'm a taste over aroma person). Now that I have the pot though, it seems the walls may be too thick for something as delicate as DC. I might have to think about this as my aged pu-erh pot after all.
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Those are great, Ginko; I love the simplicitygingko wrote:I am so happy about the pair of gaiwans I got from ebay recently
First I just thought they look ok, price was good. It looks like the seller didn't need them at all. And I was short of gaiwans. They turned out pretty good. And they were made in 2004, the year of monkey, and have auspicious words on them about monkey's great fortune. My husband was born in a monkey year so the monkey words are very very pleasant to us
I also just kind of have a think for Chinese calligraphy 
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Hey thanks, I also have this pot. I use it for aged pu-erh, it is doing a nice job of it so far.thanks wrote:Thanks guys.
Yeah at first when I ordered it I intended it's use for Dancongs. Scott's description states it's good for oolongs and sheng pu-erh. Since I refuse to use a yixing on young pu-erh, and I prefer gaiwan for older pu-erh as well I decided that a Dancong pot made sense. I'm just starting to get into them, and I like them very much (surprising as I'm a taste over aroma person). Now that I have the pot though, it seems the walls may be too thick for something as delicate as DC. I might have to think about this as my aged pu-erh pot after all.