Show Off Your Pots and Cups VII

[gingkoseto]

I got my bodum double layer glass too! The 2 oz. kind. It's somewhat cute. But I wish it were heavier with thicker glass mass.

The light /delicate nature of those glasses are one of the good points about them. More/heavier glass would reduce the thermal insulation qualities of it.

That's true. It' very easy to grab when holding hot water.

[gingkoseto]

My new teapot



Anybody knows what this is about? It isn't a toy, is it? Anyway I got this odd thing and occasionally use it for puerh It's somewhat cute in a funny way and structured well. The maker's seal looks like a Chinese name and the style looks somewhat Japanese.


And this kind of jar, I see them from time to time on ebay and consignment shop. What is it originally for? It can hold about 8 oz., so I guess larger than ginger jar (don't really know what "ginger jar" is exactly for either).


It's unglazed inside. And I temporarily use it to store broken xiaguan tuo

[thanks]

Gingko your second pot reminds me of a Chao Zhou pot- like this one from Imen's Tea Obsession; http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/12/hot-pot.html

[Victoria]

What do those little nubbies on the lid do??

[Geekgirl]

What do those little nubbies on the lid do??

Sing "old macdonald."

[xuancheng]

My new teapot

Anybody knows what this is about? It isn't a toy, is it? Anyway I got this odd thing and occasionally use it for puerh It's somewhat cute in a funny way and structured well. The maker's seal looks like a Chinese name and the style looks somewhat Japanese.

I think the lid of this pot is supposed to represent a lotus root cut in a cross section.

[gingkoseto]

Gingko your second pot reminds me of a Chao Zhou pot- like this one from Imen's Tea Obsession; http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/12/hot-pot.html

Oh Imen's pot is so much more elegant. Now mine even more looks like a toy My pot does have line circles on the wall, and the outer surface is smoother than yixing clay. So maybe mine is made with the Chao Zhou technique.

Victoria
PostPosted: Dec 21st 08 3:28 pm Post subject:
What do those little nubbies on the lid do??

I remember seeing similar kind of little-pieces-in-wholes kind of thing on a few other teapots, but don't remember where I saw it. I usually just shake and play with it But just today I've found they actually also function as steam holes. I held the lid upside down, put some water on the lid, and block the steam hole in the center. Then water dripped off from those little things. The teapot does pour very fast, I guess, because of these additional steam holes.

[odarwin]

here is something i got from hojotea.com

it seems like a lot of people here got tetsubins from hojo...
mine arrived on dec 24, just in time! here's one photo to share
ill try to post better pics soon!


capacity: 1.6L

-darwin

[olivierco]

Nice, how much did you pay for it?

[Salsero]

Beautiful tetsubin!

[odarwin]

thanks guys!

olivierco... its very expensive i must say. i think mr akira of hojo tea give the same rate or price list to all the people who ask... if you really want to know the price, perhaps you can pm me instead

-darwin

[Chip]

Very nice tetsubin, is that a kettle or a lined teapot?

[odarwin]

here are some more pictures to share...

the 2 pots are not new, i got both from china about 2 years back, i just never got the chance to take pictures of them.
they are low quality zhu ni pots, i think they are tiao sha zhu ni, as i really cant remember already...
the flat one (120ml) is i think 200 or so RMB, while the one with the small lion (150ml) is about 250 RMB if i remembered correctly, right now, i use them to brew my shou pu erh cha, and they both do the job nicely. i use them at the same time, one to brew and one to use as a pitcher.

chip... its a kettle





-darwin

[andy825]

Santy Clause sure left a lot of tea loot under my tree this year. I both gave and recieved tea gifts this year, but I gave them to my husband, and he to me, so it all stays in the house.

The tea table is from Tea Needs; tasting/aroma cups, gaiwan, and fishy cups are from Wing Hop Fung, Yixing pots and cups are from Yunnan Sourcing.





This one is mine, for oolongs:


My sweety's, for raw pu:


For cooked pu:


Sweet little cups:


Fishys swimmin in the tea:


Gorgeous crane cups and saucers from Utsuwa-No-Yakata. I bought these for myself, becasue they took my breath away. There are five in the set. Does anyone know why Japanese wares come in sets of five?


Front and back of the cups:


A better look at the saucer:


We used the aroma cup set this morning for some Dan Cong oolong that showed up from Seven Cups. Neither of us had ever used aroma cups before, so we had fun flipping them over and sniffing them. Did anyone else get great tea ware?
Share!

[Pentox]

Does anyone know why Japanese wares come in sets of five?

Sets normally come in 5 in Japan instead of 4. 4 in Japanese is shi, which is also death. So instead of associating something with death, it's upped to 5. I think 3 is not enough to really be useable.