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by depravitea » Jun 22nd, '09, 11:26
My teacup is about 6oz if you fill it to the brim, I typicaly don't as it gets pretty hot. I usually have about 5 oz in my cup at a shot, give or take half an ounce or so.
Below is my trusty cup, which I use for everything.
Today I'm drinking my new & first pu erh, a 2008 shu from Menghai Tea Factory.
I love it. (That's not what's in the teacup though... I think that's golden monkey.) I'll throw a pic of the pu erh on too
The Pu
Herb_Master, love the photos!
I took this one of my Borage this morning, it looks pretty close to blooming!
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Jun 22nd, '09, 11:37
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by Salsero » Jun 22nd, '09, 11:37
That shu pu sure is pretty stuff!
Jun 22nd, '09, 11:42
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by depravitea » Jun 22nd, '09, 11:42
Salsero wrote:That shu pu sure is pretty stuff!
I know I don't have much experience with it, but I
can tell you I like it!
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Jun 22nd, '09, 11:51
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by MASALACHAAAAIIIIII » Jun 22nd, '09, 11:51
I like my two 3ish oz. cups at the moment from.....walmart!!!.... Cheap and they work so mehhhhhh. I use whatever I can though as long as its not plastic
Have some mugs too though. I'm so cheap haha
I would like some hagi or nicer porcelain cups...but I already stare at the cups you guys have enough...if I have my own I may go insane in da membraneeeeee
Having a cup of nepal llam fikkal again before my exam, can almost see the bottom of the bag. Have a good day everyone!
Jun 22nd, '09, 11:53
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by Chip » Jun 22nd, '09, 11:53
Began the TD with Yutaka Midori from O-Cha brewed pretty strong. Although different from last year's incredibly good harvest, this is still quite good. SweeTea was slurping her share while TEAh, Pyrit, and Wulong were just there ...
Enjoy your tea, enjoy your day.
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by Mrs. Chip » Jun 22nd, '09, 11:59
Chip wrote:Began the TD with Yutaka Midori from O-Cha brewed pretty strong.
... ditto ...
We enjoyed our tea in of the first set of cups posted in Chip's first post!
Have a TEArrific TeaDay Everyone!
Jun 22nd, '09, 12:16
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by chamekke » Jun 22nd, '09, 12:16
My "main" cups for drinking (hot) tea are typically below 5 oz in size... usually closer to 4 oz.
I do have some larger cups, but I don't use them very often for drinking tea - unless the tea in question is iced, in which case I need the extra room for the ice cubes!
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Jun 22nd, '09, 12:27
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by brad4419 » Jun 22nd, '09, 12:27
I use coffee mugs
so 10oz is what I use for everyday drinking. I do have a 3.5oz and 5 40ml cups for puerh.
I think I would really like drinking between 6-8oz best though in the future when I get a nice teacup thats what I will look for.
bai mu dan again this morning because I couldn't sqeeze anymore than 1 cup of it yesterday.
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by shogun89 » Jun 22nd, '09, 12:36
about 4 oz. for me, anything bigger is just. . . ugh. .
Jun 22nd, '09, 13:49
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by leiche » Jun 22nd, '09, 13:49
~8oz here, but I'm flexible about it. Generally, anything under 3 oz is too small for my purposes, and over 12 is too big. Shape-wise, I don't really like flared or fluted cups, but everything else is fair game.
The rainy weather is certainly amping up my tea consumption. ToT's Black Dragon is next on the agenda.
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by geeber1 » Jun 22nd, '09, 15:27
I use different sizes depending on the tea.
For my daily morning black tea caffeine hit I have a 16 oz. mug, and another 16 oz. mug for work.
When I have Genmaicha or other green teas, I use my chicagopotter (Chris Chaney) yunomi, which holds about 6 oz.
If I'm sharing tea with someone, usually we drink out of 6 oz. teacups. For iced tea, a large, tall glass.
This morning I had some Golden Spring in my travel mug, and at work, Nilgiri Glendale.
Jun 22nd, '09, 17:26
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by Mrs. Chip » Jun 22nd, '09, 17:26
In my cup, Gapaldhara FTGFOP1, Clonal Classic Darj from TEI, another wonderful sample given to DH.
Very aromatic, predominantly floral with subtle fruity undertones. Very easy on the palate.
Have a wonderfully TEArrific evening!
Oh, I prefer slightly flared cups as well, and of course 3-4 ounces.
Jun 22nd, '09, 17:40
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by silvermage2000 » Jun 22nd, '09, 17:40
I dont have a favorite really. I am drinking two cups worth of the chocolate tea I have been drinking.
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Jun 22nd, '09, 17:45
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by entropyembrace » Jun 22nd, '09, 17:45
I'm starting today off with a heavily roasted Pouchong...it's delicious ^^ kind of like Houjicha but a bit more complex and not quite as toasty.
Jun 22nd, '09, 18:11
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by Herb_Master » Jun 22nd, '09, 18:11
depravitea wrote:
I took this one of my Borage this morning, it looks pretty close to blooming!
I have some Borage looking very similar, instead of adding the flowers (and leaf)to Pimms or Other coolers have you thought of any Teas that might complement them?
Best wishes from Cheshire
