Ode to the Kyusu

[Tead Off]

This is a little 90ml Kyusu also picked out from Hojo's selection. It is a Shimizu Ken pot, made from reduction fired mumoyi red clay. This pot is superb, has a great pour, excellent lid fit, and the clay does wonders on every green tea I have passed through it, really bringing the full nuance out of some teas I hadn't thought that much of in the past. please enjoy!


P1070222 by blairswhitaker, on Flickr

some Gyokuro

Untitled by blairswhitaker, on Flickr

The kyusu is very nice but which shows the real color?

[blairswhitaker]

well color being the eye responding to a wave length of light and the eye being composed of cones, rods, nerves and what not, while weighing in the limited capability of a camera to reproduce these spectrums and the ability of ones individual viewing device...

I would say the second photo is a bit washed out and the first photo is a little dim lit. Of course it's all subjective though.

[Chip]

hmmm, maybe it is Hojo color magic?

... regardless, it is a great looking kyusu, actually they both are!

[Alex]

This is a little 90ml Kyusu also picked out from Hojo's selection. It is a Shimizu Ken pot, made from reduction fired mumoyi red clay. This pot is superb, has a great pour, excellent lid fit, and the clay does wonders on every green tea I have passed through it, really bringing the full nuance out of some teas I hadn't thought that much of in the past. please enjoy!


P1070222 by blairswhitaker, on Flickr

some Gyokuro

Untitled by blairswhitaker, on Flickr

The kyusu is very nice but which shows the real color?

I got the same clay and would say the second pic is most like the colour. Although a touch less washed out.

[Drax]

I've finally mostly settled from my recent move and have gotten back into a routine of enjoying tea. My new place lets in much more ambient lighting, so I'm hoping that means better pictures.

To kick it off, I picked up this Xu De-Jia kyuusu from Hou De right before the move. Technically it was sold as a "side-handled pot," but it sure looks and handles like a kyuusu to me. I hope it's not wrong to brew sencha in it, because the pot sure handles the tea very well, and is just the right size (90-100mL).

[Bob_McBob]

I am glad you bought that, because I was staring at it for a while and seriously thinking about it

[debunix]

I hope it's not wrong to brew sencha in it, because the pot sure handles the tea very well, and is just the right size (90-100mL).

It can't be wrong if the tea that results is good and makes you happy. It's a lovely pot and surely adds to the pleasure of the brew.

[Tead Off]

I picked up this Xu De-Jia kyuusu from Hou De right before the move. Technically it was sold as a "side-handled pot," but it sure looks and handles like a kyuusu to me. I hope it's not wrong to brew sencha in it, because the pot sure handles the tea very well, and is just the right size (90-100mL).

Looks great, Drax. The Chinese wouldn't call it a kyusu because it's a Japanese word. I bet it will handle more than sencha.

[solitude]

This is a little 90ml Kyusu also picked out from Hojo's selection. It is a Shimizu Ken pot, made from reduction fired mumoyi red clay. This pot is superb, has a great pour, excellent lid fit, and the clay does wonders on every green tea I have passed through it, really bringing the full nuance out of some teas I hadn't thought that much of in the past. please enjoy!


P1070222 by blairswhitaker, on Flickr

some Gyokuro

Untitled by blairswhitaker, on Flickr

Nice kyusu blairswithaker. Did you try to brew in it also other kind of tea than green?

[blairswhitaker]

solitude, only greens go in this pot, the nosaka pot I have tried a few different oolongs in it with great results but this pot I got for greens and greens only.

[Drax]

I stared at it a long time, too.... anyway, I may have to branch out and give some oolongs a try before I settle on anything in particular.

Here it is again along with a beautiful cup I just got from Bill of the Split-Fire Kiln. The cup has a great coppery-oilspot-sheen on the outside, and a white interior. The kyuusu/side-handled pot also has a coppery sheen to it; a very shimmery color scheme.

[David R.]

For Alex : his kyusu in action in Ippodo's tearoom (Jan 2012) :

[Alex]

Awesome. Thanks David. Great pic!

@Drax that cup is incredible

[Xell]

Got this in Arita, was visiting one of artisans over there. Hold about 160-170ml when fully filled. Quite interesting properties of local clay, light, not dense and retains heat much better than any of my tokoname pots.

[hopeofdawn]

Gorgeous clay--love the contrast of the interior against the white glaze of the outside!