I have dropped my Den's kyusu so many times and it hasn't broken yet. I've been lucky with that one. On the flip side, I cracked a bamboo tea cup when I was trying to cure it. My favorite mug has developed a crack after years of use so I am afraid to put hot liquids in it. One of my other mugs lost a handle a few years ago and is currently being used as a junk holder on my dresser. I was given a cheap tea cup by a friend that got broken in half when jostled around on a car trip. Those are the ones that I remember either damaging or breaking so far.El Padre wrote:I hesitated to click 'zero' and jinx myself, but the simple fact is that my main tea prep objects are the seemingly indestructible kyusu from Den's.
They take a ridiculous amount of abuse!
This morning, I have a blend of Oolong #8 with Peach Oolong. It smells really good, but it is still too hot to taste yet.