Today's MatchaWan :D (new name, but tea's the same)

[Seeker]

The one w/ photos before that one

[sriracha]

New bowl, new tea.


kyomukashi1 by supasparris, on Flickr

An inexpensive blue-and-white affair off of eBay, and Kyo Mukashi from Maikoteas.

Shot seconds before one of the cats stuck his head in the bowl, climbed into my lap and generally made a mess.

I liked this matcha even though I couldn't pick up a lot of nuances because of my cold. Think I caught a whiff of chocolate when I was whisking it, though.

[hopeofdawn]

An inexpensive blue-and-white affair off of eBay, and Kyo Mukashi from Maikoteas.

I like the bowl--it's very elegant!

[Seeker]

Beautiful.

[blairswhitaker]

todays MatchaWan Irabo bowl by Nishijima Hideki. matcha tenkei tori

[blairswhitaker]

This bowl is by togei, it is a woodfire bowl, as some of you may know I highly value woodfire yaki. nice Ido style

"face" has a nice iron underglaze,


lots of crazing to fill with tea


koudi


and tenkei tori


This bowl is very light and makes a dull sound like rakuyaki

[debunix]

Beautiful bowl--love the subtle glaze.

[Saladin]

A very pretty bowl.

[sriracha]

From this morning.


shigaraki3 by supasparris, on Flickr

The unusual colour combination interested me.

As usual I was the sole bidder-either I have bad taste or there's something else I'm unaware of. Maybe I'm the patron saint of unloved teabowls on eBay ^^

[David R.]

Beautiful photo.

[sriracha]

Thanks David!

[debunix]

I was just thinking that was a bowl I might not have considered picking at first glance, but how lovely it is when contrasted with the matcha, and considered in a leisurely way.

[sriracha]

a bowl I might not have considered

Yeah, my first thought was "now that's just...ugly" but it kinda grew on me.

[Seeker]

Beautiful Blair! Love the play on circular forms in the chadogu shot (is it appropriate to call it that - ).
Sri - beautiful chawan!
Love all the matcha play!

[blairswhitaker]

Beautiful Blair! Love the play on circular forms in the chadogu shot (is it appropriate to call it that - ).
Sri - beautiful chawan!
Love all the matcha play!

that set up is called Ryakubon, it is an informal temae that can be done with a tetsubin. The tea ware and utensils = Chadogu. The act of serving tea in this manor = bonryakudemae, or serving tea on a round tray.