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by greenisgood » Sep 3rd, '08, 23:46

Chip, I ordered one of the "travel sets" from Hankook about 10 days ago and it still hasn't come...I'm still not convinced that their website in all of its questionable glitchy-ness didn't lose my order.
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by greenisgood » Sep 3rd, '08, 23:47

Mary R wrote:Or you could brew in the susurichaway and sub in a gaiwan...
Yeah has anyone just tried using a normal Chinese gaiwan?
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by Chip » Sep 4th, '08, 00:04

greenisgood wrote:
Mary R wrote:Or you could brew in the susurichaway and sub in a gaiwan...
Yeah has anyone just tried using a normal Chinese gaiwan?
Yes. Pretty messy deal actually. But since I eat it anyway ... :D

GIG, they have a CS #. I called it and the Korean lady helped me out. It was shipped exactly as I was told at the show, to the day. Let me know if you need the number.
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by Salsero » Sep 4th, '08, 01:17

Chip wrote: Which did you get, Sal?
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The closest to plain white, of course! :D
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by Chip » Sep 4th, '08, 01:24

Salsero wrote:
Chip wrote: Which did you get, Sal?
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The closest to plain white, of course! :D
That is possibly the smallest one, Sal. I used it to brew tencha today. :D
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by Salsero » Sep 4th, '08, 01:33

Chip wrote: That is possibly the smallest one, Sal. I used it to brew tencha today.
w00t.

All three of them on the site are listed as "about 3.5 oz" which sounds perfect after you allow for the room the leaves occupy. Mysteriously, the price now appears on the site, so I suppose one could order now without phoning.
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by Chip » Sep 4th, '08, 01:56

The sizes do differ, this one holds maybe 2.5 ounces. It works for my 2 ounce gyo steeps for premo stuff. You missed the ones on the previous page at the bottom. The white one is the largest.
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by Geekgirl » Sep 4th, '08, 02:34

Abracadaver! wrote:Try emailing the folks at http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot. They have quite a few lovely shiboridashi for gyokuro that aren't posted online. I got a beautiful mogake-style shiboridashi by Unzen for roughly $22.

If you can afford it, though, the Setsudo pieces at Artistic Nippon are frickin' amazing.

Thanks for the heads up! I might have to do that!
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by chamekke » Sep 4th, '08, 03:09

GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:
Abracadaver! wrote:Try emailing the folks at http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot. They have quite a few lovely shiboridashi for gyokuro that aren't posted online. I got a beautiful mogake-style shiboridashi by Unzen for roughly $22.
Thanks for the heads up! I might have to do that!
Hey Geekgirl - check out the three pages of chakouro:
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/yubiki/yubiki61.jpg
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/yubiki/yubiki62.jpg
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/yubiki/yubiki63.jpg

(Still puzzled as to why owls are so popular as a design for chakouro. Hmm....)
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by Geekgirl » Sep 4th, '08, 03:47

Hehe, I've looked at the catalog pages of the kyusu so many times, and never even checked out what else they have. Nice catalog! I like the owls, especially #1353. LOL!
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by Victoria » Sep 4th, '08, 23:48

I have really been wanting a chakouro.
So tempting ....
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by britt » Sep 6th, '08, 09:28

Tea Shop Horaido has these listed at 3200 yen, or about 30 USD. They range from 60 to 80ml, or 2 to 2.75 ounces.

http://www.kyoto-teramachi.or.jp/horaido/greentea.htm

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by Pentox » Sep 7th, '08, 04:00

Jonie wrote:
Pentox wrote:I wish I knew. I have only seen one that was moderately priced and didn't like it.
Have you seen the other one on there. I was considering buying it.....Looks real nice.....
whoah that's new. I swear it wasn't on there when I posted the link.
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by thanks » Sep 7th, '08, 04:14

I know it's expensive but I can't help myself as it's so pretty to look at. http://www.rishi-tea.com/store/product. ... =25&page=1
Anyone own this care to comment on it's performance?
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