Show Off Your Pots and Cups, Part III

[Geekgirl]

this is the thing, i got 4 of them blue things for the simple fact that i am the sole tea drinker at my house. so why not just pour one tea pot into one huge cup like that? why frigging not, eh? a 10 cl tea pot will fill that sucker half way up and a bit. when i have guests over, then i will use my smaller cups and share the tea wealth with my honoured guests.

a picture shall be forthcoming with the tea inside those turquoise beauties!

I agree, and often match my cup size to my pot size. LOVE those turquoise cups (*jealousies*jealousies*) and also the little white faircup.

[heavydoom]

the singular pot in the upper row, the yellow one, i just got that one from s. erler and have not used it yet but i was going to use it for my green teas since that was what erler suggested. i may end up using that one for green pu erh. i love that pot the most.

Duanni for cooked puer?
http://teamasters.blogspot.com/2006/02/ ... pu-er.html

yes. i actually asked stephane the same question and he told me that teaparker told him that that duanni is actually better for green tea. so i guess that duanni is good for both green tea and cooked pu erh.

[Smells_Familiar]

I have a duanni pot I use for shu and one for heavily roasted oolongs and I'm happy with the brew.

Heavydoom, nice pot collection and I gotta say that I love your avatar...*huge* lost head here!

[joelbct]

You could build some serious Lego teaware maybe?

Looks like someone's beat us to the punch.


And just for good measure, couple recent Troca listings:


Watanabe Aiko


Unokawa Kazumasa

[Geekgirl]

And just for good measure, couple recent Troca listings:

Joel needs his own thread: Teaware I WANTZ!!! Quit ramping up our jealousy by posting the beauties, then "oh but I don't actually own them..."

[augie]

Awesome setup! Quite a collection. I also have a cashew eater in my house as well. I'm also with Salsero, brew and take more pictures!!!

Looks like someone's beat us to the punch.

I want that about as much as a real one! Very cool. Where'd you find??

[olivierco]

the singular pot in the upper row, the yellow one, i just got that one from s. erler and have not used it yet but i was going to use it for my green teas since that was what erler suggested. i may end up using that one for green pu erh. i love that pot the most.

Duanni for cooked puer?
http://teamasters.blogspot.com/2006/02/ ... pu-er.html

yes. i actually asked stephane the same question and he told me that teaparker told him that that duanni is actually better for green tea. so i guess that duanni is good for both green tea and cooked pu erh.

Thanks for the precision.
Let us know your impressions if you choose to use for green teas.

[insanitylater]

i join the list of proud carp teacup owners

it kind of matches the other cup i have

[Geekgirl]

Nice teacarp! I think I need a teacarp. They have them at the Uwajimaya last time I checked. Whoohoo!

[Salsero]

i join the list of proud carp teacup owners

And Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet
Anointed the Blue Carp King.

And all the people rejoiced and said:
"Long live the Carp; God save the Carp.
May the Carp rule forever."

[britt]

We can't forget the Chinese Yixing version of the carp, usually accompanied by a dragon.

I just bought these fish-dragon cups from Jing Tea Shop. The teapot version is fairly common, but I haven't seen cups like this before.

They're from Yixing Factory 2 and date to the early 1980's.

[chrl42]

the singular pot in the upper row, the yellow one, i just got that one from s. erler and have not used it yet but i was going to use it for my green teas since that was what erler suggested. i may end up using that one for green pu erh. i love that pot the most.

Duanni for cooked puer?
http://teamasters.blogspot.com/2006/02/ ... pu-er.html

yes. i actually asked stephane the same question and he told me that teaparker told him that that duanni is actually better for green tea. so i guess that duanni is good for both green tea and cooked pu erh.

Thanks for the precision.
Let us know your impressions if you choose to use for green teas.

Hehe, I don't wanna stir a debate.

But Duanni, originally mixed clay of many. Very powerful in absorbing water and aroma. For cooked Puerh, it will reduce a foul odor, but could be colored with tea juices on such light colored surface.

But tea opinion relys on personal and that's how it should work.
I am curious about the result as well.

Plus, is it a real Duanni

[chamekke]

I have no carp (and I must scream?). But I really love the fish-bowls above - and I love Geekgirl's word "teacarp"!

Anyway, here's a simple little chawan with killifish (medaka in Japanese). The shape is non-seasonal, but the motif is pure summertime:

[heavydoom]

the singular pot in the upper row, the yellow one, i just got that one from s. erler and have not used it yet but i was going to use it for my green teas since that was what erler suggested. i may end up using that one for green pu erh. i love that pot the most.

Duanni for cooked puer?
http://teamasters.blogspot.com/2006/02/ ... pu-er.html

yes. i actually asked stephane the same question and he told me that teaparker told him that that duanni is actually better for green tea. so i guess that duanni is good for both green tea and cooked pu erh.

Thanks for the precision.
Let us know your impressions if you choose to use for green teas.

Hehe, I don't wanna stir a debate.

But Duanni, originally mixed clay of many. Very powerful in absorbing water and aroma. For cooked Puerh, it will reduce a foul odor, but could be colored with tea juices on such light colored surface.

But tea opinion relys on personal and that's how it should work.
I am curious about the result as well.

Plus, is it a real Duanni

i personally don't have a visual problem with dark stains of cooked pu erh staining any duanni pots. it adds to the character of the pot, it's like weathered cedar/wood/oak. i saw one dude's inside of a pot which he only used cooked pu erh for, it was pitch black from aeons of pu erh usage. lovely.

[Buzz Fledderjohn]

We can't forget the Chinese Yixing version of the carp, usually accompanied by a dragon.

Maybe chamekke can back me up on this but isn't there a Japanese legend that carp ascend to the heavens and become dragons?