Show Off Your Pots and Cups XI

[bonjiri]

wonderful chawan

wow

mr fornell . can you pls post a photograph of the koudai ?

[Chip]

Welcome to TeaChat "Hot Tea." Thanks for sharing your very different gaiwan with us.

Wow, Robert, that thing looks like it is really on fire.

[bonjiri]

today's osanji tea

new fishscale glaze test chawan

found out why these test pieces need to be super thin. the piece ends up getting heavier due to the amount of glaze.

i threw more test pieces for another upcoming firing.

[chamekke]

Hot Tea, that is a very appealing gaiwan! I haven't seen one like that before... what a sweetie

Lately I've been trying hard not to buy more tea things. Truth be told, I've accumulated far too many, and storage is now a problem! So I've been resisting temptation - pretty much.

However, I did snarfle a momiji chayunomi at a local thrift store this weekend.

When I saw it, my first thought was: Ooh... momiji. Yoink!

Second thought was: This looks so familiar- the shape, the style of painting. Where have I seen cups like this? Oh yeah... the Kyoyaki page on http://www.artisticnippon.com.

So I bought the piece, took it home, checked the cup and its mark against the photos on Toru-san's site; and sure enough, it's one of the "seasonal" Kyoyaki chayunomi made by the Touan kiln of Kyoto.

Actually, I've always found those yunomi a bit too elaborate for my tastes ... but, I love love LOVE momiji. So if I could have magically preselected any single Touan yunomi to be waiting for me that shop, that's the one I would have chosen. Plus, it's perfect for autumn

So here are some pics. My apologies for the glare: the cup has a very shiny glaze, which made it tricky to photograph even in diffused light conditions.





Detail of leaf:

[Chip]

I have your addie!!! That is just cruel and unusual punishment, Chammers!

My fondness of Momiji is pretty well documented, and I have been admiring this Kyoto piece for well over a year, glad to see someone I know has one now.

How much would you say it holds?

[Victoria]

Great find Chamekke, congrats!!
And nice sleuthing!

[chamekke]

My fondness of Momiji is pretty well documented, and I have been admiring this Kyoto piece for well over a year, glad to see someone I know has one now.

How much would you say it holds?

Between 1/2 and 3/4 of a cup, depending on whether you like to fill it two-thirds of the way vs. right to the top.

This must be an old version of the "momiji cup", since Touan doesn't seem to be selling this one any more. All the current listings I could find are for this one, which is similar but not identical. For one thing, the colours are more muted, much less saturated:



Touan definitely does tweak the seasonal designs every year. Very interesting!

P.S. Come to think of it, I'd also be really thrilled with one of their persimmon or hydrangea cups

[sriracha]

@chamekke: it seems the inside of the cup is just as interesting as the outside =)

@bonjiri: what's in the little dish beside the chawan? Olives??

Oh god I have so many little things I want to show you all...and no camera.

[bonjiri]

@chamekke: it seems the inside of the cup is just as interesting as the outside =)

@bonjiri: what's in the little dish beside the chawan? Olives??

Oh god I have so many little things I want to show you all...and no camera.

sriracha

hehe.

its special mame or sweet black beans from japan
from k-chan

its on a small shoyu plate i made . soda fired

so delicious

succulent.

[olivierco]

Second thought was: This looks so familiar- the shape, the style of painting. Where have I seen cups like this? Oh yeah... the Kyoyaki page on http://www.artisticnippon.com.

So I bought the piece, took it home, checked the cup and its mark against the photos on Toru-san's site; and sure enough, it's one of the "seasonal" Kyoyaki chayunomi made by the Touan kiln of Kyoto.

Congratulations for this nice yunomi.
I own this non seasonal yunomi from Touan and it has been one of my favourite since I received it more than two years ago. Currently sold by Hibiki-an for about 60$ shipping cost included.

[chamekke]

Olivier: nice yunomi! I like the bold and cheerful design.

sriracha: I hope you get the chance to borrow a digital camera some time. I'd love to see your teawares!

[lecorbusier]

My first post here! Here is a kyusu pot for gyukuro and gyukuro tea by Fukujuen (golden court selection). The tea set is by master Seiji Itou. Very wide and very flat--an excellent geometry so that the water does not contact the leaves on first pour!

[Victoria]

Ohhhhhhhhhh that's a beauty! Love the design and the smooth look.
Lovely! Thanks for posting and Welcome!

[chicagopotter]

My new Tokoname kyusu:








Picked it up from yuuki-cha http://www.yuuki-cha.com/Japanese+Teapo ... ame+Teapot. It's a real potter's pot -- beautiful in person. Having a bit of trouble dialing in brewing with it tho. Seems very sensitive about brewing time, and if you let any liquid sit in it, the subsequent steep will be super strong and bitter. Any suggestions on how to refine my brewing technique?

[Chip]

Practice make perfect.

You do need to drain as fully as possible, even allowing the drops to trickle out.

What teas are you brewing in it, what kind of screen? A fukamushi requires a little more practice in order to prevent clogging and thus inablity to drain it fully.

I also pour the water for the next steep over the screen in order to dislodge particles that may be blocking the screen which will make the next pour much easier. Also swirling or rocking it a bit (with a finger firmly over the spout hole) will help to dislodge particles.