Show Off Your Pots and Cups, Part I

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by Salsero » Mar 2nd, '08, 18:47

Proinsias wrote:Salsero, is the one on the top right from Yunnan Sourcing?
They all are. The one on the top right is called Dragon's Egg at YS. I love the black clay: it is extemely fine, smooth, and shiny.
Proinsias wrote:Have you decided on roles for the pots as yet?
Reminders of my consumer excesses.
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by Victoria » Mar 2nd, '08, 21:24

andy825 wrote:Here's most of my tea ware:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e265/ ... MG2417.jpg
Not pictured is my cool Dutch tea cozy, all stuffed with down, and the fancy cups and saucers I collect, but don't ever use.
Nice Andy! Love the horse! Let's see your fancy cups too, post please!
Space Samurai wrote: I got one, too. They are very nice.
Nice Space, I need a couple of those for my regulars. Enabler!!
Salsero wrote:Four new visitors from China. :D
Wow, very impressed! I like the bottom left one especially. Enjoy!
witches brew wrote: ...I must admit that since becoming a TeaChatter I have been tempted by all the teaware I see in your collections. Just today, I was thinking that...

A lacquerware tray, two Japanese teacups and a different tea towel would give me a completely different service with my tetsubin.

and... I saw a pretty celadon gaiwan online.
Sigh.
Yes, very easy to be enabled around here. I think a laquerware tray is definitely in order! Opps! Sorry!
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by brandon » Mar 2nd, '08, 21:42

On the subject of the black dragon egg pot -- is this well suited to any sort of tea? Perhaps loose puerh? I am not imagining great expansion of the leaves in this shape. That being said, it is one of my very favorite yixing shapes :/
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by Salsero » Mar 2nd, '08, 22:00

brandon wrote:black dragon egg pot -- is this well suited to ... loose puerh?
Beats me BH! PM BBB, he will know. I know that I love the clay it is made of, and this pot has a wonderful dense feel to hold it and a rather more metallic sound when struck.
Victoria's Own wrote:I like the bottom left one especially
Me too but for reasons that I only discovered holding it in my hands It has more quirks and slight imperfections that make be think it might be hand made rather than slip cast.
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by Victoria » Mar 2nd, '08, 22:06

Salsero wrote: Me too but for reasons that I only discovered holding it in my hands It has more quirks and slight imperfections that make be think it might be hand made rather than slip cast.
Can you explain that to a newbie here? That sounds like a good thing? No?
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by Salsero » Mar 2nd, '08, 23:11

Victoria's Own wrote:
Salsero wrote: Me too but for reasons that I only discovered holding it in my hands It has more quirks and slight imperfections that make be think it might be hand made rather than slip cast.
Can you explain that to a newbie here? That sounds like a good thing? No?
Slip cast manufacture is a little more mass produced: a slurry of clay and water is poured into a cast and then fired. The traditional method involves shaping all the pieces from maleable clay and fitting them together. (BTW, yixing pots are not made on a potter's wheel) The "handmade" pots have a little more romance about them. For some Youtube links of pot making see http://community.livejournal.com/puerh_tea/188655.html

For a photo of a slip casting factory, see http://houdeblog.com/?p=115
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by Victoria » Mar 3rd, '08, 00:19

Thank you, very fascinating.
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by Proinsias » Mar 3rd, '08, 00:57

My brother-in-law, who is a design man with an obsession for form and aesthetic, bought me the black dragon egg pot for Christmas.

I had no idea what pot was coming, I had provided a few links and asked for something 150ml max, as soon as the pot arrived I knew it was destined for young sheng - I suspect this may not be the pairing advised or the reason it was made but it felt right and it does the job well.

I bought him a harmonica neck brace which has turned out to be far more entertaining.
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by Salsero » Mar 3rd, '08, 02:14

Victoria's Own wrote:Thank you, very fascinating.
I wish the rest of the world was so easily fascinated!
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by Space Samurai » Mar 3rd, '08, 03:30

LavenderPekoe wrote:Space, that's a very nice looking tin. Are those washable?
I don't think so; its paper on the outside, though I imagine you could rinse the inside if you were careful.
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by hop_goblin » Mar 3rd, '08, 21:53

Salsero wrote:Four new visitors from China. :D

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Great Pot family Sal! I love your taste in Yixing! I especially love the dragon egg shape! Well done!
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by tomd » Mar 5th, '08, 01:35

New Yixing and my old kyuusu

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by Salsero » Mar 5th, '08, 03:24

tomd wrote:New Yixing and my old kyuusu
I recognize the kyuusu from your earlier post. What kind of tea have been brewing in it and how has worked out?

The yixing pot is very stylish looking. Where did you get it and what kinds of tea lie in its future?

Thanks for sharing your pic.
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by tomd » Mar 5th, '08, 15:12

Just about everything, but trying to stick to greens. Im pretty sure now that I got the Yixing, that its glazed.

I got the Yixing in a place called Marco Polo's in Snowbird Utah. I was on vacation and just happened to see some teapots in the window. Right now I have some medium roast oolong brewing.
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by Eastree » Mar 6th, '08, 05:58

New teastuff came in today!

OK, the fish cups came in yesterday. But everyone knows how those look. Here's the rest:

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And in true Teachat reflection (avatars) style:

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