Tuesday TeaDay 9/16/08 Craving Asian Teaware?

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I like Asian style teaware, but it is not something that I crave. There are definitely pieces that I would like to acquire at some point, but there are very few pieces that I have craved and absolutely needed to have.

Chamekke, that is an absolutely gorgeous cup!

My current tea for the day is some sort of greener oolong that I don't remember the name of and don't feel like going back to the tea cart to see what it is. I generally don't care for green oolongs, but I had been brewing them at lower temperatures so today I decided to try this sample with boiling water. It is actually drinkable, rather mild with a subtle green apple fruity flavor. It might be stale though.

[Victoria]

No tea this morning at home, I was up too late last night tea shopping!!!

Here at work now I'm enjoying some Sweet Flower Oolong
from TeaSource. Delicate and nice.

Have a nice day everyone!

[Chip]

Temomi-cha from Sugimoto, USA. Not actually available stateside, but Pentox pulled a coup! Thanks for making this available to me, Pentox.
Photos from Pentox's blog, "Me and my tea." Tea from Pentox, and can be viewed on his blog from this link.


This is probably the finest made sencha I have ever seen. My kyusu is almost full of these perfect and still very green WHOLE leaves, it is an amazing sight to behold. At roughly a buck a gram and using the recommended 10 grams per 2 ounce steep (a whopping 5 grams per 1 ounce of water on the TeaChat scale), this is also likely the most expensive tea I ever tried as well. $10 for this session (though it was compliments of the vendor and Pentox).

I am definitely buzzed right now.

[auggy]

Photos from Pentox's blog, "Me and my tea." Tea from Pentox, and can be viewed on his blog from this link.

Wow, that's the loveliest sencha leaf I've seen.

[Smari]

Wow, that looks incredible! Would love to get me hands on that

[Photiou]

Wow, that looks incredible! Would love to get me hands on that

Yep, looks very nice. Something to crave in addition to new teaware...

[Victoria]

Switched now to some Black Dragon Oolong from Tao of Tea sent to me by GeekGirl -
I had tucked this one away at work and forgotten about it. It is
actually very good for an oxidized oolong.

[leiche]

When I crave teaware, it's always Asian.

Chip, I wish those leaves were actually part of that cup, embedded in the glaze. I may have a thing for leaves... I so want Geek's leaf cup!

Assam Majulighur TGFOP this morning, Wuyi Amber via Red Blossom all afternoon.

[CynTEAa]

Before joining TeaChat, my teaware cravings were under control. Not so much anymore. I find myself viewing Japanese items with the most covetous eyes....

Yunnan Gold to start and then some Spring Darjeeling. It's been a light TeaDay which explain my tiredness.

[Geekgirl]

Chip, I wish those leaves were actually part of that cup, embedded in the glaze. I may have a thing for leaves... I so want Geek's leaf cup!

If you're talking about my little brown porcelain maple leaf cup, it was very reasonable, about $10-11 I think. The artist is really nice, I'm sure if you contacted her you could easily get one. Not to tempt you or anything. Ha!

So I had the Tao of Tea "limited edition" fire rings tea today. The jury is out on this one. It has a very strange tangy taste, it seems very astringent, but it's not quite astringency, more like the sour taste you get off a dish cooked with bamboo shoots. I'm not sure if I like it. I'll probably play with temperature/time/quantity a bit to see if I can get the "special tea" experience out of it. It's a beautiful tea, looks lovely at all stages, but the taste... I'm prepared to be disappointed. Tao of Tea can be so hit and miss, sometimes their regular teas are superior, and sometimes their "superior" teas are just crap.

It's the inconsistency that keeps them from being a top shop for me, which is a shame since they are local.

[Wosret]

Asian teaware = yes please!

I found some Taiwanese tea (I think it was) at the grocery store across from my office today. It's actually loose-leaf and was vacuum-packed! Made a little wooshing noise when I cut open the foil. Not bad, either. Jasmine.

[Victoria]

So I had the Tao of Tea "limited edition" fire rings tea today. The jury is out on this one. It has a very strange tangy taste, it seems very astringent, but it's not quite astringency, more like the sour taste you get off a dish cooked with bamboo shoots. I'm not sure if I like it. I'll probably play with temperature/time/quantity a bit to see if I can get the "special tea" experience out of it. It's a beautiful tea, looks lovely at all stages, but the taste... I'm prepared to be disappointed. Tao of Tea can be so hit and miss, sometimes their regular teas are superior, and sometimes their "superior" teas are just crap.

It's the inconsistency that keeps them from being a top shop for me, which is a shame since they are local.

Ack! I subccomb to this one in the wee hours of the morning.
<---- tells herself $8.00 isn't bad for a decorative tin.

[Geekgirl]

You never know, you might like it. It might be that I brewed it at work where I don't have as much control over parameters.

[Chip]

Great bike ride, rolling back home minutes before total darkness. I celebrated by enjoying Ancient Tea Flowers O/FTC from Rishi. I liked the old Upton version I had more, but now this has grown on me. This stuff just keeps on brewing too.