Show Off Your Pots and Cups, Part IV

[MarshalN]

Hey Orguz:

I don't see any dark pits in your pictures?

[orguz]

Hey Orguz:

I don't see any dark pits in your pictures?

The reason is my camera perhaps or my picture taking skills. They are there, similar to any zhuni pot sold at 5000friend, just click on their enlarged pic of a zhuni http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imagese ... 607028.jpg

[orguz]

hey marshal n are you one of the contibutors at THE LEAF magazine. That's an awesome website very good information and attitude

[Salsero]

hey marshal n are you one of the contibutors at THE LEAF magazine. That's an awesome website very good information and attitude

To save him from having to embarrass himself, yes he is a contributor and a bigshot in the English language puerh internet community. His blog is http://www.xanga.com/MarshalN, which is well worth reading a year or two back.

[Space Samurai]

It's been a while since I posted anything here...

Today I got one of those Bodum thermo glasses. I'm very pleased with it so far. I wanted something that would make photographing tea easier--I'm tired of focusing on little tasting cups, trying to keep light from reflecting off the surface and ruining shot after shot. This is much better.

[Victoria]

Very nice! As you know I love those Bodums!
But where did you get that white gaiwan and the oz, please?
I just ordered one and when it got to me it was not really white, more gray & white.
I am bummed.

[Space Samurai]

Victoria, it's the "Silver Needle" gaiwan from Red Blossom Tea, and it's 5 oz. It's the counterpart to the "Jade Mist" gaiwan. Unfortunately this one hasn't been available for some time now. I love it and think it's the best gaiwan I've seen.

[tenuki]

$1.50 glass pitcher from Daiso - some high quality shu - first infusion. I agree Space, glass makes the tea the focus. There are two of these in the oolong box pass btw..



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PS: I liked the abstract photo (middle one of the small pics) so much I ordered a large print off the original higher res image, planning on framing it and putting it over my piano. It's actually very similar to my painting style. I was so delighted about that, makes me feel I've finally discarded all the stupid fiddly gear stuff associated with photography and am beginning to express my inner vision instead.

[tenuki]

Yunnan Gold - Bodum Pavina, Bodum de Chine 32 oz brewing pitcher, teavana cast iron tea warmer.






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[Victoria]

Very Nice!

[Geekgirl]

Incredible color!

[betta]

would these unremovable stains bother you?
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Have you tried to use hot bleach solution? I think it is removable. The black dots are iron ore, they won't disappear unless you skin the pot
Can't really see inside the pot, but all old pots have unremovable stains.

[sam_ute]

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My Jade Mist Gaiwan (5oz) that I ordered from Red Blossom Tea Company upon Alex's recommendation. It is much nicer in person; I'm really bad with taking photos. Depending on the light, sometimes the color looks radiant white. I'm new to the whole tea thing, but I know I made a great choice with this one.

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A picture of my gongfu teaware setup. The tiny glasses and tea strainer (the conical shaped ones like this fit into anything) are also from Red Blossom. I'm a cheapskate so believe it or not, the white porcelain fair cup (really a creamer container) and the presentation vessel (god knows, maybe a soapdish) I got from ROSS for $1 a piece. Also from ROSS is my temporary tea table which is really a "Simply Bamboo" cutting board for $6. The mat underneath is a table mat I got at a decorating store for a buck as well. I just use a white Corelle bowl for waste water and leaves. I want a tea table, but it's hard to find a decent one for a fair price. I'm almost wanting to just build my own, and try my hand at some inlay!

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This is a Zojirushi Thermal Carafe. I was thinking about getting one of their electric airpots that can maintain temperatures and all that cool jazz, but again I was too cheap. However, now I'm glad I didn't because having this pot really frees me to take my tea business wherever I see fit. This one holds 34oz, but I'm pretty sure they have larger models as well. I still need a thermometer for scientific evidence, but in experience so far this thing keeps water piping hot.

So for the next little while I'm set to be tasting the epic amount of samplers I've bought to start developing my tastes. PS: thanks to Alex for the blog and vendor list, and thanks to wesli for helping me activate my account!

[Space Samurai]

Sam, I like those cups, are they Red Blossom as well? They look like ones I bought from them, but yours are a better color.

[sam_ute]

Yeah they are from Red Blossom. It could just be the lighting, do you have a pic of yours? They might actually be different cups though, because the strainer they pictured on the site and the one I got are slightly different, so it might just be an alternate run of the product.