Monday TeaDay 11/16/09 Lions, tigers, and bears ... ?

[Mrs. Chip]

Currently in my 'rice' cup, karigane w/ matcha with a few home roasted grains thrown in for good measure by the Mod.

Nice tea after indulging in some homemade mushroom soup.

[olivierco]

All my teaware animals are here. Only two yunomi, two chawan, one cannister a shifuku (for chaire) and a kashi kiri (pick for sweets) case.







The horns are not visible on the picture but it is definitively a cow.








Otsuusan sencha after dinner.

[gingkoseto]

Some fishes on my Chinese tea bowls, cranes on my Korean tea bowls, birds on Japanese teacups. Humans everywhere.

And I have this ugly little teapot that I've never figured out what it is. It has toads and lizard on it.

[tasogare seibei]

Ha!　

[Victoria]

In my cup currently: Rishi Purple Bamboo Oolong.

Here is my bat gaiwan:

[Proinsias]

tasogare seibei, what's 風に三枚特別濁り Kaze ni Sanmai Tokubetsu Nigori it looks dangerous but intriguing.

Some Ceylon Uva Highlands today. It's not very good. Think I need something I know is good next.

I've got dragon and phoenix sniffer cup sets. A little clay pot with some clay fish stuck to it and a few birds on some cups.

[tasogare seibei]

Ha!

[CutieAgouti]

One of my pots is shaped like a ram if that counts at all...otherwise none!

Assam all day yay!

[Chip]

I hope everyone is having a great TD. Been busy on a special project.

I would say pretty many animals/creatures adorn teaware here. Dragons are a fave, and they are well represented. Cats, cranes, fish, lizards, frogs, moths, butterfiles, humans, etc. This is mostly on Chinese teaware, interesting?!?

Great TeaDay began with Hatsumi from O-Cha. SweeTea joined in and enjoyed while Wulong, Pyrit, and Ceylon were just cluttering the TeaTable.

Next was a double tasting of Yame Fukamushi and Zuiko Asamushi from Den's.

[Chip]

Todays chawan is this wonderful piece by potter 冗談 土等衛門 Joudan Doraemon which I acquired somewhere in my travels across the universe.

Doraemon Chawan 1.jpg

Welcome to TeaChat!

Am I brain dead from looking at a LOT of photos today, this looks so much like one of Robert Fornell (Ronin Ceramurai), minus the kitty, who is one of our TeawareArtisans.

[Drax]

Todays chawan is this wonderful piece by potter 冗談 土等衛門 Joudan Doraemon which I acquired somewhere in my travels across the universe.

Wow, that's a very well known potter! I'm fond of his sibling's work, 冗談 四月一日, Joudan Watanuki. Very famous, those Joudans.

The animals I have are almost all on gaiwans that I own -- dragon, phoenix, horse, fish, birds. I have a couple of old ship-wreck pottery pieces that I use as chataku and one of them has a snail on it. Or something.

The last bit of meizhan this evening. Of all the rock teas I tried, this had such a light roast that it really reminded me of a greener oolong after the first couple cups. Interesting.

[Riene]

No animals on my teaware. One general mug has a spray of flowers, and another has the Red Dragon of Wales, but those aren't teaware. In general I like my ware plain.

[depravitea]

On all of my teaware, there are but two living creatures depicted. Two fish on my trusty thermos.



CORRECTION!
My Yixing teapot has a few bats, and a couple dragons.