Honey I Shrunk the Gaiwan

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Honey I Shrunk the Gaiwan

by brandon » Feb 17th, '09, 07:00

My main gaiwan until last month was a 150ml white porcelain gaiwan from Red Blossom. I used this often without difficulty, then switched to a tiny 60ml gaiwan with thin walls and a tiny lid. I took out the large one today and it feels like a monster. I am in complete disbelief every time i pick up the lid. This is completely hilarious, it seems like a 100 pounds.
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by Sydney » Feb 17th, '09, 07:34

heh
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by Chip » Feb 17th, '09, 12:01

I heard drinking keemun causes shrinkage in men, but til now I did not believe it. :shock:
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by Wesli » Feb 18th, '09, 22:41

Shit... Didn't think anyone could get that used to a 60mL.
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by hop_goblin » Feb 18th, '09, 23:53

Wesli wrote:Shit... Didn't think anyone could get that used to a 60mL.
True dat!
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by Mary R » Feb 19th, '09, 12:01

Seriously. 60 ml is small.

Although, I do have several cups that are about that size, and it would be awfully handy to not have to faircup all the time...
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by fencerdenoctum » Feb 19th, '09, 12:41

I demand pictures with side by side comparison.

DEMAND!

...please?
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by brandon » Feb 19th, '09, 15:59

Alright, Fencerman...

Image

Here we have a 60ml gaiwan, a 30ml cup, a 90ml yixing and a 150ml gaiwan.
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by bi lew chun » Feb 19th, '09, 17:02

Once you go small, large seems muy mal.

Man, I had to mix languages to get a rhyme.
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by Victoria » Feb 19th, '09, 17:23

well said Lewis.
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by Mary R » Feb 19th, '09, 21:12

bi lew chun wrote:Once you go small, large seems muy mal.

Man, I had to mix languages to get a rhyme.
I've gone crazy large to crazy small and now I'm back to crazy large.

Guys...don't disown me...but I'm kinda brewin' like Mocha these days. I brew 16 oz with my ingenuiTEA in the morning, pop it in a thermos bottle, then run to class/work. When I come home on a break, I repeat the process.

I don't know if I've used a gaiwan more than twice since moving to Oregon.

Speaking of Oregon...oh my GOD a huge spider just crawled up the wall behind my computer!!! GAH!
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by scruffmcgruff » Feb 19th, '09, 21:23

Mary R wrote:Speaking of Oregon...oh my GOD a huge spider just crawled up the wall behind my computer!!! GAH!
This reminds me of "dorm on fire, brb." :D
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by Mary R » Feb 20th, '09, 21:24

Heh heh...did I say that? It sounds like something I'd say (and can recall my dorm actually being on fire several times)...but I think I started TeaChatting after I left college...

There was a connection between Oregon and the spider: this state has more freakin' bugs in it than the whole rest of the country combined. And the squirrels are incredibly brazen.

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by Salsero » Feb 20th, '09, 22:10

scruffmcgruff wrote: "dorm on fire, brb."
:lol:
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by scruffmcgruff » Feb 20th, '09, 23:12

You may have said it but I think it has been around for quite some time. Some of the internet meme experts around here could probably be more specific.
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