Like a phoenix ...

[Chip]

May I guess and put an end to this madness

... you only think you know. Loose lips sink SOPs.

a chocolate brownie shaped like a kyusu baked in chip's oven as a tea snack

A kyusu shaped like a ... dark chocolate brownie? : P

[debunix]

Perhaps the new is a teaware artisan who has not previously made an SOP....

[Chip]

Perhaps the new is a teaware artisan who has not previously made an SOP....

True!

Nailing the origin would help.

[Chip]

Perhaps the new is a teaware artisan who has not previously made an SOP....

True!

Nailing the origin would help.

Oops, I would not purposely, intentionally misdirect.

This is a new "TeaChat SOP Teaware artisan."

But it is not a "new to TeaChat SOP TeaChat TeawareArtisan!"

Clear as mud ... er clay?

And nailing the origin would answer part of the "something new" part of the equation.

[JRS22]

Maybe an American this time, like Shyrabbit or Shawn?

[debunix]

So....we need simply to review the list of Teaware Artisans, and cross off those who have

-done an SOP before
-have already been eliminated in prior posts in this topic, including by name or by country of origin
-review their origins, pick someone from that group who works in a region that has not previously been represented (would a different part of the US be distinct enough, or must it be a different country, like Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Taiwan....?)

No time now to do the listing and crossing off, must head to work.

[Chip]

This is a new "TeaChat SOP Teaware artisan."

But it is not a "new to TeaChat SOP TeaChat TeawareArtisan!"

Read again. Nor is it a previous TeaChat SOP TeaChat TeawareArtisan.

So, you can cross off all the TeaChat TeawareArtisans this round.

[Drax]

So that means it's potentially a Korean potter making kyuusus... perhaps Seong Il, Chong Yeol, or another.

Or it's a Japanese maker that we're familiar with but not present here (and not the previously guessed Notomi, Sou, or Seigan). Perhaps Fugetsu? (I'd guess Yohei, but I don't want to hope too big).

[Chip]

So that means it's potentially a Korean potter making kyuusus... perhaps Seong Il, Chong Yeol, or another.

Or it's a Japanese maker that we're familiar with but not present here (and not the previously guessed Notomi, Sou, or Seigan). Perhaps Fugetsu? (I'd guess Yohei, but I don't want to hope too big).

So, you are guessing what origin?

[iGo]

Korea?

[debunix]

This is a new "TeaChat SOP Teaware artisan."

But it is not a "new to TeaChat SOP TeaChat TeawareArtisan!"

Read again. Nor is it a previous TeaChat SOP TeaChat TeawareArtisan.

So, you can cross off all the TeaChat TeawareArtisans this round.

It is deliberately ambiguously worded. I read that as, new to Teachat SOP, but not new to TeaChat.

Whatever.

[Chip]

Korea?

No.

This is a new "TeaChat SOP Teaware artisan."

But it is not a "new to TeaChat SOP TeaChat TeawareArtisan!"

Read again. Nor is it a previous TeaChat SOP TeaChat TeawareArtisan.

So, you can cross off all the TeaChat TeawareArtisans this round.

It is deliberately ambiguously worded. I read that as, new to Teachat SOP, but not new to TeaChat.

Whatever.

Apologies! Ambiguity was not intended. I was actually attempting to be precise.

[Drax]

Uh, Japan, then?

[Chip]

Uh, Japan, then?

YES!

But we have done a LOT of Yaki from Japan, specifically Hagi. There are other Yaki originating in Japan.

[kyarazen]

Uh, Japan, then?

YES!

But we have done a LOT of Yaki from Japan, specifically Hagi. There are other Yaki originating in Japan.

banko banko banko.........~