Show Off Your Pots and Cups VI

[lastcoyote]

what are peoples thoughts on this Duanni pot?:

http://jingtea.com/teaware/traditional- ... urd-teapot

[RussianSoul]

what are peoples thoughts on this Duanni pot?:

http://jingtea.com/teaware/traditional- ... urd-teapot

Expensive!

[bishopmaple]

I made a new one for work. I made the lid so I can flip it over and lay my mesh ball in it. The spout and handle works like a tripod.

[olivierco]

what are peoples thoughts on this Duanni pot?:

http://jingtea.com/teaware/traditional- ... urd-teapot

I prefer smaller teapots (ca 100ml).

[Bubba_tea]

Here are my new cups... but they're small so I need some tea buddies in my area to drink with! I ordered these from Bird Pick with the 20% off - and bought some tea, phoenix dan cong... uh.. rough bitter is all I can say.

[Beidao]

bought some tea, phoenix dan cong... uh.. rough bitter is all I can say.

Could be bad quality, but are you sure you prepared it right? Rough bitternes is not something I've ever found in a properly brewed dan cong.

[Salsero]

bought some tea, phoenix dan cong... uh.. rough bitter is all I can say.

Super short steeps and don't expect a strong flavor. It is a tea of aroma and subtlety. If it is a good one, you will get ten or more steeps.

[Bubba_tea]

I filled my gaiwan about 1/2 full the first time around, and did 15 sec steeps. 2nd time I did 3gms / 5 oz and it's much better. It's labled Phoenix Oolong, but I assume it's Dan Cong based on the leaves.

[Bubba_tea]

We had some family visit from Finland and they brought us these Arabia cups & matching bowls. Fun & goofy:

[Salsero]

I filled my gaiwan about 1/2 full the first time around, and did 15 sec steeps. 2nd time I did 3gms / 5 oz and it's much better. It's labled Phoenix Oolong, but I assume it's Dan Cong based on the leaves.

Yes, the smaller amount is right: it's not like yan cha where more is almost always better. Other teas do come from the Phoenix (Feng Huang) Mountain area, but Dan Cong is the most well known. Actually, I think Shui Xian originated in the Feng Huang area before hitting the big time in Wuyi. There is still a fair amount of Shui Xian produced there today.

"Dan Cong" means single bush, so it is possible that your sample is tea mixed from several bushes (as is most tea!) so the producers may have been making an effort to be scrupulously honest by not using the term "Dan Cong." Only the very most expensive DC is actually from just one bush. Who's the vendor?

Did you see a recent post on DC names?
http://amateursdethechinois.blogspot.co ... names.html

Course, Imen has gotten a reputation as Queen Dan Cong in the US.
http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -cong.html

[Bubba_tea]

It came with my order for the cute little cups from birdpick. It's not dan cong then, it's oolong, and sounds like real phoenix oolong is rather expensive, so I'll reserve judgement on this one for now.

[Geekgirl]

We had some family visit from Finland and they brought us these Arabia cups & matching bowls. Fun & goofy:

Those are totally awesome! I love it. *giggling*

[geeber1]

Bubba, those cups are SO adorable.
I used to TRY to collect Hippos, they're very hard to find.

[wyardley]

Did you see Wyardley's recent post on DC names?
http://amateursdethechinois.blogspot.co ... names.html

Course, Imen has gotten a reputation as Queen Dan Cong in the US.
http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -cong.html

Just FYI, that's not my post.

Even Imen used to say that one of the Wing Hop Fung (& by extension, Bird Pick) Dan Congs is pretty damn good @ $40/lb or so. I forget which one, though. I've had it and it's not bad, especially at that price. The rest I've had from there are not so good.

[Salsero]

Just FYI, that's not my post.

Thanks. I have edited my post. So who the devil is that?