Lins ceramics studio, they accept pay pal

[Oni]

I just recieved an e-mail from Lin`s ceramic studio, they sent 27 pictures with their new products, and explanation about how purion teaware improves aged and fermented and oxidized teas, and the good news is that they accept PAY PAL .

[zencha]

... the bad news is the shipping charge .

[Oni]

I observed the first yixing kettle for sale at teamasters blog, and nadacha, now essence of tea also sells purion kettle, to my surprise it is lower priced than from auralia, I am still undecided about the water heating, I was obsessed last year with the water heating in my tea preparation, but I couldn`t afford the very expencieve kettles, but I wish to buy a tetsubin this year (silver is out of the question).
I am undecided about the ceramic kettle, I could buy a purion kettle, I could buy a yixing caly kettle, and I could buy a chao zhou stove and kettle... Someone who has experience with these water heating devices, please write, I am curious about the diffrence when one heats with induction, classic electronic hot plate, and ultimately charcoal stoves, I own indiction and hot plate, charcoal is a mysterie to me, I never had experience with water heated that way.

[betta]

I am curious about the diffrence when one heats with induction, classic electronic hot plate, and ultimately charcoal stoves, I own indiction and hot plate, charcoal is a mysterie to me, I never had experience with water heated that way.

Cao zhou people in Guangdong area love to use clay stove fueled with charcoal made of olive seed. They intentionally also use clay kettle for this. Some say without the complete setup, it's not worth it to boil water using this system.
As the olive seed charcoal is burned, the olive oil and aromatics also penetrate through the porous clay kettle into the water. Thus the water is said to be fragrant even before using it to brew tea. Now.. most people who do this, used the water to brew phoenix dancong tea; I guess the "olive water" matches best with dancong. I have not tried the water by myself but I have heard of people who spent a lot of money buying the olive seed charcoal for this purpose. So it is most likely true.
One other reason for using olive seed charcoal is that it releases fragrant aroma as it is burned. Should you use normal charcoal for this, I expect unpleasant odor will fill the entire room.

BTW should you have the price list from aurlia, could you share me?

[Chip]

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[sake7]

On our last trip to Taiwan my wife and I picked up a few items from Lins Ceramics to sell at her new tearoom. I must say their teaware is a work of art!

You can check it out at http://handolcha.com

[blairswhitaker]

Charcoal heats using an infrared spectrum which many, myself included, believe to be a superior heating method. I have a fair bit of experience with japanese sumi, a type of charcoal that is made from a specific oak tree. I use it everyday for at least three to four hours inside an enclosed tea room and it is safe and effective. It does not release any unpleasant odor nor is it hazardous to use indoors, it does not set off co2 or smoke detectors. Though it is very difficult to obtain outside of japan. If you have a charcoal that releases odors it has some kind of impurities in it. It is not something that would be good for heating you tea ware. I am personally highly skeptical that olive pit charcoal has any oil in it. It would be very impractical for something that is nearly entirely carbonized to contain oil of any sort. I would like to see some composition results that are perhaps slightly more "scientific" than chouzu folk lore. I don't know where you live but in America we have access to a wonderful clean burning charcoal made of coconut hulls. It goes by the brand name coconara and is sold for smoking middle eastern hookahs this product is great for heating small kettles. It does not release detectable co2 nor smoke.