Is that Silver Tips Tea Room I see?
Very nice, you are on a glorious and noble, if not "nerdy," path.
Jan 15th, '08, 23:15
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Yes, Silver Tips is in Tarrytown, two towns north on the Hudson River from where I am at the moment (I've lived in CT, IN, OR, but staying with the parents in NY for another week, then moving into a college dorm, bec. at 24 I am going back to school!)
Have you been, or ordered from them (Silver Tips, not my parents)? Decent selection of Indian Tea. The physical tearoom clientele is kind of yuppie-soccer-mom, as opposed to tea connoisseur, not that they are mutually exclusive. Come to think of it, I haven't actually found a tearoom where the majority of the clientele knows the first thing about tea...
Anyway! I was very impressed to discover that the woman who runs Silver Tips is part of the family that owns the Makabairi-Estate! Pretty cool...
Have you been, or ordered from them (Silver Tips, not my parents)? Decent selection of Indian Tea. The physical tearoom clientele is kind of yuppie-soccer-mom, as opposed to tea connoisseur, not that they are mutually exclusive. Come to think of it, I haven't actually found a tearoom where the majority of the clientele knows the first thing about tea...
Anyway! I was very impressed to discover that the woman who runs Silver Tips is part of the family that owns the Makabairi-Estate! Pretty cool...
Jan 15th, '08, 23:33
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I ordered from them a lot a year or so ago, but have since moved on as my taste for Inidan declined. You are quite right, they have a good selection. Did you get to meet Anupa?
Its kind of eeire actually, looking at your pictures. Its like you're me a year ago. If that's the case, and you and I are on the same path, a bit of advice: get the second job now, cos this (oops, almost said it) #$@% is going to get expenisve.
Good luck on going back to school.
Its kind of eeire actually, looking at your pictures. Its like you're me a year ago. If that's the case, and you and I are on the same path, a bit of advice: get the second job now, cos this (oops, almost said it) #$@% is going to get expenisve.
Good luck on going back to school.
Jan 16th, '08, 10:52
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You got that right Sal, Tea Porn rocks!Salsero wrote:Our thirst for tea pics is never slaked around here, each one just increases the desire for more!
Thanks for post Joelbct.
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Jan 16th, '08, 15:03
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Jan 17th, '08, 17:01
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Thank you. 
I got them here and there. The tasting cups and shui pin came from Imperial Tea Court. The blue-ish xi shi came from Silk Road Trade, and the brown xi shi came from Yunnan Sourcin; both are eBay stores. The fair cup is just Taiwanese, and it came from Rishi, but it meshes well with the Yixing stuff.
I got them here and there. The tasting cups and shui pin came from Imperial Tea Court. The blue-ish xi shi came from Silk Road Trade, and the brown xi shi came from Yunnan Sourcin; both are eBay stores. The fair cup is just Taiwanese, and it came from Rishi, but it meshes well with the Yixing stuff.
I would be mostly interested in that brown set you posted on the first page of this topic( http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/sp ... Yixing.jpg ). That's the kind of yixing i was looking for so i'd really appreciate if you could help me out with this one!
Jan 17th, '08, 17:49
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Ah, I see.
The pitcher and table came from Rishi, everything else was Imperial Tea Court.
Tea pot: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... egory_ID=8
Tea cups: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... egory_ID=7
Presentation vessel: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... gory_ID=19
The pitcher and table came from Rishi, everything else was Imperial Tea Court.
Tea pot: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... egory_ID=8
Tea cups: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... egory_ID=7
Presentation vessel: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... gory_ID=19
Picked these up at a local Asian Grocery, they were labeled as from Japan.
Nifty box from the Container Store (the Tribeca Box, from the closets section), perfect for keeping tea....
And yet I am, interestingly enough, a heterosexual!
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Jan 17th, '08, 21:45
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Yes, sometimes it just seems wrong to be straight and still have these urges! Well, I guess there's room for all of us in this big ole world, whatever our sexual disorientation.joelbct wrote:And yet I am, interestingly enough, a heterosexual!
{BTW, joelbct, thanks for confirming that the dream Assam has existed at least at some time in the past, even less than 8 years ago.}
thanks a lot, they're all really cheap! might as well buy some of those.Space Samurai wrote:Ah, I see.
The pitcher and table came from Rishi, everything else was Imperial Tea Court.
Tea pot: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... egory_ID=8
Tea cups: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... egory_ID=7
Presentation vessel: http://www.imperialtea.com/AB1002000Sto ... gory_ID=19