Five-Elegant-Beauties-Purple-Clay-Cups

[geeber1]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Five-Elegant-Beauti ... m153.l1262

Okay, so I'm thinking it's time to progress on my teamaking equipment and I have bid on a clear glass Gaiwan. (cuz I love to see the leaves)

Do these look like satisfactory cups? I know that clay is desirable for pots, but is it also for cups?

Thanks for any suggestions or advice!

[olivierco]

I don't like too much clay for cups. I prefer porcelain: easier to clean and easier to see the color of your tea. Anyway these cups are very small but not too expensive.

I have such small teacups which I don't very often use. You can find some now and then on ebay (search for "sencha teaset" or "hohin")

[geeber1]

Thanks Olivier!

Those do look more "friendly." The thing I liked about these cups was the designs inside of them. I didn't think about the color of the cups being so much darker than the tea. I'll keep looking around!

[Maitre_Tea]

the thing about clay for tea cups is that the clay is porous...which means that your set of tea cups will pretty much taste like all the other teas you've used the teacups to drink with, which might mess up the tea's native taste. If I want a clay teacup the lining inside is usually ceramic.

[Victoria]

I prefer porcelain too, but those cups are going on my "next to buy" list!

[andy825]

After seeing these here, I had to order them! I won't have them for a couple of weeks. I have some glazed cups that I prefer for drinking, but these are too charming to pass up. I'm sure I will find a use for them.

[MarshalN]

Not to throw cold water on you guys.... but these look seriously cheap... mold pressed cups.

[Proinsias]

They're just not my cup of tea.

[Victoria]

It's a girl thing. They are cute.

[Pentox]

It's a girl thing. They are cute.

Ah yes, that indefinable quality which allows one to grant value to anything arbitrarily. Hey look, that's a cute manhole cover!

[geeber1]

It's a girl thing. They are cute.

Ah yes, that indefinable quality which allows one to grant value to anything arbitrarily. Hey look, that's a cute manhole cover!

Yeah, we're good at that, especially with men.

[chamekke]

It's a girl thing. They are cute.

Ah yes, that indefinable quality which allows one to grant value to anything arbitrarily. Hey look, that's a cute manhole cover!

Hey! Some manhole covers are cute. Check these out:
Flickr's Japanese Manhole Covers pool

This isn't cute?:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seasnowlet ... ole_covers

[Victoria]

Wow! Who knew?? Yes, cuteness in a manhole cover.

[hop_goblin]

They remind me of those little clay cups that people in India drink out of when they buy tea from street vendors.