Friday TeaDay 7/24/09 New fave cup 2009?

[depravitea]

Here is my new favorite. It really fits to the lips perfectly and shows the color of the tea nicely!

That is a really cool cup!
So the color of the tea becomes the color of the grapes? Very nice!

[xuancheng]

This is my new favorite. I am a sucker for Chinese landscape paintings.





I hope you can see these, they are not showing up in China, but ought to be fine otherwise.

[Salsero]

I hope you can see these, they are not showing up in China, but ought to be fine otherwise.

They look spectacular!

[depravitea]

My second fave (possibly moving to first) is the smaller cup. I found it in a shop last week close to where I work. It consumed my thoughts all day at work ( I stopped in before my shift started) and I walked in a zombie-like state back to the shop to get it when my shift was over. It even matches the gaiwan I've had for a few years. I felt pretty lucky finding it.



I've been using my new, smaller, teacup more often since I've been brewing less at a time, and using higher quality leaf (quality vs quantity and all that.) It's pretty handy for doing several short steeps as well, almost forces you to.

[kymidwife]

Just like with tea... I am an equal-opportunity cup lover. My favorite changes pretty often, usually related to a new purchase. My overall favorite right now is the Hagi Sea Cucumber yunomi. I use it nearly every day.

White peach/ oolong peach iced tea this morning, really good!

Sarah

[olivierco]

Not really a favorite cup, but this is the cup I have been using the most this year



Keemun Mao Feng Imperial and Keemun Mao Feng Xiang Luo this evening.

[gingkoseto]

I stick to my old favorite cup most of the time. But a new favorite is the jing's teashop little fisherman gaiwan. It's out of stock now. I am so glad I grabbed it at almost the last moment!

[Mrs. Chip]

My fave cup as others have attested to, changes almost daily. This week it appears that it is my Hagi loquat guinomi.
However currently my all time fave is a gorgeous guinomi by our own corylum/bonjiri!!! However, I just realized that picking a favorite is really not that easy after all.


Kukicha with Matcha from Maeda-en. Easy to drink, could drink this all day long!!!! Waiting for DH to decide what Tea is next. He has had another very busy day w/admin and modding duties ...yeah, he needs MOAR Tea.

Hope everyone is have a TEArrific TeaDay and still discovering new things with our forum setup.
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[Chip]

I hope you can see these, they are not showing up in China, but ought to be fine otherwise.

They look spectacular!

WOW, really quite spectacular for Chinese blue and white porcelain. Not like any I have seen before.

[geeber1]

However, I just realized that picking a favorite is really not that easy after all.

Mrs. Chip, it's also hard to choose when you own "one of everything!"

I still use my paint-your-own-pottery mug for my morning tea, but as far as new stuff goes, I'd have to say my yunomi from chicagopotter. It's the only "art" teaware I own!

Yunnan black this morning, and Jack in the Box iced tea this afternoon. I have yet to re-stock my work tea drawer and REALLY needed some tea!

[Mrs. Chip]

However, I just realized that picking a favorite is really not that easy after all.

Mrs. Chip, it's also hard to choose when you own "one of everything!"

Well, not one of everything ...yet!

[sriracha]

@depravitea: I really liked that brown cup you posted =)
Also, olivierco's white ones are gorgeous, I'd have bought them if I'd come across them in a shop. =)

I don't have ONE favourite cup, I love all my newly(in 2009 that is) bought cups with the possible exception of two glass tasting cups that are a bit boring.

And now I realize I haven't had any tea since 6 pm

[Victoria]

Checking in late here today, busy day at work, much going on.

Started my morning with Tao of Tea Neela.
Next was Li Shan from Floating Leaves Tea.
Finally the last of my Ali Shan from Camellia Sinensis. I want to
reorder, but wow, it's expensive especially when I can't seem to
just order just one thing.

[DoctorD]

Checking in even later than Victoria... Except for a couple gaiwans I haven't gotten any new stuff for several years, and I tend to use the gaiwans more for brewing than for drinking, don't ask why. At the office I generally stick to a standard porcelain mug with a well-known vendor's logo on the side (to advertise my superior taste in beverages to all the coffee quaffers roundabout). At home it's one or the other of two cups that came back with me from my only visit to Asia a few years back; for 6 oz. steepings it's a standard white Western-style porcelain teacup with a nice floral pattern, for smaller quantities a lovely little 3 oz. celadon cup.

Longjing this morning, Gyokuro this afternoon, tonight a quite scrumptious Snow Water Green Cloud just arrived from enjoyingtea.com.

[Salsero]

Patiently waiting for my first order from Camellia Sinensis, I am totally chilled out with the Fania All Stars and a slightly roasty Dong Ding from Gingko -- thanks, Gingko! I'm drinking it out of a cup that is new, though not a favorite, just a nice cup, seen here eating my teapot whole, Dong Ding and all.