Oct 1st, '08, 23:15
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by Smells_Familiar » Oct 1st, '08, 23:15
Trioxin wrote:Click for full sized pic

wonderful pic!
*organs playing with thunder in the background*
and david lynch calling me for lunch...
Oct 2nd, '08, 01:50
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by Trioxin » Oct 2nd, '08, 01:50
Bubba_tea wrote:Wow - that's a sexy picture! Tea porn with the fancy sheets and all - wooo-eee!

Upholstery fabric actually. Someday it'll be a chair. Someday...
Dec 3rd, '08, 23:10
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by Bubba_tea » Dec 3rd, '08, 23:10
t4texas wrote:Good looking pots, Trioxin. My dragon egg version came last week - less than three weeks by SAL. No off smell here either, and it looks and feels great. I am doing a three day Oolong seasoning and will try it out soon. The YSLLC site says 130 ml, but I measure it at about 100 ml, which is fine for gung fu.
Yo! So??? How's the pot been? Had some time to kick the tires now... how's it in real world use?
Dec 8th, '08, 06:57
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by danluie » Dec 8th, '08, 06:57
I use this 100cc teapot to make cliff tea
http://cuppalover.shutterfly.com/23
By the way, I'm new here, can anybody tell me how to post pictures?
Dec 8th, '08, 07:12
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by t4texas » Dec 8th, '08, 07:12
Bubba_tea wrote:t4texas wrote:Good looking pots, Trioxin. My dragon egg version came last week - less than three weeks by SAL. No off smell here either, and it looks and feels great. I am doing a three day Oolong seasoning and will try it out soon. The YSLLC site says 130 ml, but I measure it at about 100 ml, which is fine for gung fu.
Yo! So??? How's the pot been? Had some time to kick the tires now... how's it in real world use?
The three day seasoning seems to make a difference on this pot. I like it a lot and use it for Shu Xian for now, but have not been using it daily. I may switch to another tea for it and am open to suggestions about what may work well.
Dec 8th, '08, 08:36
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by Oni » Dec 8th, '08, 08:36
My Da Hong Pao Shui Ping teapot bares carving marks on the inside it is like the whole inside of the pot has been carved out with an instrument.
Dec 8th, '08, 08:49
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by Salsero » Dec 8th, '08, 08:49
danluie wrote: By the way, I'm new here, can anybody tell me how to post pictures?
Pretty pot.
There may be a way to post photos directly from Shutterfly, but I don't know how.
I post them from Photobucket. You can open a free Photobucket account and upload the photos to that account. Copy the IMG link that accompanies your photo and paste it in your post here. The photo remains at Photobucket, but magically
looks like it is here.
It's not a bad idea to resize the photo (either in your own software or in Photobucket) to no more that 600 pixels in the longest dimension, otherwise people using Internet Explorer get some minor but irritating image size problems. You can also upload the photo to photobucket and copy and paste a "Direct Link" here; the photo won't appear in TeaChat, but the link will take people to it.
You can paste a small (600 px) photo in here and link to a larger image (if you have both in photobucket) or a different image or a slide show by filling your Direct Links into the following formula in a TeaChat post:
DIRECT LINK BIG PIC[/color]][img]DIRECT%20LINK%20SMALL%20PIC[/img]
Dec 8th, '08, 10:45
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by Oni » Dec 8th, '08, 10:45
I think this proves beyond the reasonable doubt that this is handmade teapot, look closer at the inside.
Dec 8th, '08, 11:22
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by t4texas » Dec 8th, '08, 11:22
Charles will know better than I, but based on past discussions, the marks may indicate a semi-handmade pot, that is one using molds that leave clay inside that has to be scraped away with a tool.
Dec 9th, '08, 01:41
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by Oni » Dec 9th, '08, 01:41
At YS the description said it was hand made, and with some pot it said it was semi - hand made.
Dec 9th, '08, 11:33
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by cupioneer » Dec 9th, '08, 11:33
Oni wrote:At YS the description said it was hand made, and with some pot it said it was semi - hand made.
And we know we can believe everything tea vendors tell us... particularly those who market $33 pots made of "lao zhuni" clay.

Dec 9th, '08, 13:10
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by t4texas » Dec 9th, '08, 13:10
Oni wrote:At YS the description said it was hand made, and with some pot it said it was semi - hand made.
Yes, and Scott told me the supplier said it was hand-made with some use of molds. This is not a big deal to me. They are not slip cast or made on an electric wheel. These are very good pots at an attractive price point.
Dec 9th, '08, 14:19
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by Oni » Dec 9th, '08, 14:19
I read at the leaf magazine that it is hard to find authentic handmade zisha these days, I know about the Lao Zhu Ni, I just need a good teapot for the tea, it is the tea I am interested in so if this teapot brews just as fine as a completely handmade on I will be satisfyed.
By the way what is your opinion about where can I find collection yixing pots.
Dec 17th, '08, 05:17
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by danluie » Dec 17th, '08, 05:17
Dec 17th, '08, 05:26
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by danluie » Dec 17th, '08, 05:26