Wednesday shall be TeaDay, 6/18/08

[LavenderPekoe]

Ending the day with iced Irish Breakfast left over from the weekend. It is kinda stale now, so I had to add some sugar. I should probably stop drinking it, though, since it is after 10.

[Katrina]

Is that a glass Bodum stemless wine glass I spy?

Looks more like a bodum pavina to me. I'd guess 9oz by the look of it.

Scary. Pentox is right. Glad to see you're located in CA - otherwise I'd be checking behind the shrubs at my house.

[Chip]

Hashiri Shincha...really nice. It is funny how smaller kyusu, cups, yet keeping the leaf water ratio the same...how can this really improve this sencha. It does clearly. Has more depth and sweetness and lower astringency.

Tea can be amazing that way.

[Chip]

Ending the day with iced Irish Breakfast left over from the weekend. It is kinda stale now, so I had to add some sugar. I should probably stop drinking it, though, since it is after 10.

I am trying to think how an Irish Breakfast would taste iced. I can't picture it. How is it?

[henley]

I've had 4 cups of tea since 9:00. I may or may not sleep tonight. Started out w/the Masala Chai. Liked the cinnamon in it but Hot Cinnamon Spice is better. Next came the White Tip Oolong. I'm currently on my 3rd steep of it & I see it being reordered! Looking forward to playing more tmrw.

[Tadpole]

Sorry for flooding pics today folks. This is my new YiXing pot, I'm tasting my latest roasting experiment (A Shan Lin Xi that had been open for a year) before sending it off in the oolong box.

You post such pretty pictures! I especially like this image because there is ShanLinXi in it (I need to get more, it is replacing LiShan as my fav Formosa oolong), and that simple ball shaped squat little yixing is exactly what I would get for my very first yixing teapot. This particular pot shape makes me feel fuzzy and giggly inside. ShanLinXi nuggets inside tiny round teapot...*goes nuts*. Nobody gets it. Except for other tea crazies, hah.

[chamekke]

I'm with Geekgirl. I love all of the above.

And shouldn't wood and bamboo (lacquered or otherwise) also feature in the choices list?

Chamekke, as much as I ADORE lacquer, and have a SERIOUS I-WANT-THAT-NOW issue with your cherry bark cannister, the question is teapot material.

Errr... I guess I didn't look carefully enough at the poll

That's what happens when I skim TeaDay too quickly. I should have known better. Skim is no good with tea!

[chamekke]

Yeah...really nice, but til you show me a laquerware teapot, it is not on the list!!!

eBay sellers occasionally list lacquered sake pourers (choshi) as "teapots." Do those count?

There's a rather nice example here, by the way. It's part of a larger set of lacquered items - a snip at only $3,500!

P.S. Also discovered on eBay when I was trying to find the choshi/teapot example: this lovely Antique Japanese Lacquer & Cast Iron Teapot Lamp 19th C (which, again, is actually a choshi). What a hoot!

[Salsero]

Sorry for flooding pics today folks.

Don't apologize. Just continue to indulge us. They're great! And that cute little teapot deserves more photoplay. Thanks.

[chamekke]

Found on eBay: a "Japanese Tea Pot with Butterfly Carving Lacquerware", i.e. a wooden kyusu with two matching cups:









You can now add "wood" to the teapot poll, Victoria

[Victoria]

Yeah...really nice, but til you show me a laquerware teapot, it is not on the list!!!

eBay sellers occasionally list lacquered sake pourers (choshi) as "teapots." Do those count?

There's a rather nice example here, by the way. It's part of a larger set of lacquered items - a snip at only $3,500!

P.S. Also discovered on eBay when I was trying to find the choshi/teapot example: this lovely Antique Japanese Lacquer & Cast Iron Teapot Lamp 19th C (which, again, is actually a choshi). What a hoot!

Well that lacquerware set is really nice, but I already have those exact chopsticks, so ....

[Chip]

Found on eBay: a "Japanese Tea Pot with Butterfly Carving Lacquerware", i.e. a wooden kyusu with two matching cups:









You can now add "wood" to the teapot poll, Victoria

You are on a mission, aren't you!

This is really trippy...and freaky to me. Would you trust it with hot water?

Only 20 bucks...

OK...wood is added as I promised, congrats and touche.

[Chip]

Yeah...really nice, but til you show me a laquerware teapot, it is not on the list!!!

eBay sellers occasionally list lacquered sake pourers (choshi) as "teapots." Do those count?

There's a rather nice example here, by the way. It's part of a larger set of lacquered items - a snip at only $3,500!

P.S. Also discovered on eBay when I was trying to find the choshi/teapot example: this lovely Antique Japanese Lacquer & Cast Iron Teapot Lamp 19th C (which, again, is actually a choshi). What a hoot!

Well that lacquerware set is really nice, but I already have those exact chopsticks, so ....

OK, not that I am in the market for this amazing set at $3,500, but the pot, is that laquerware of ceramic?

[chamekke]

Found on eBay: a "Japanese Tea Pot with Butterfly Carving Lacquerware", i.e. a wooden kyusu with two matching cups.

You can now add "wood" to the teapot poll, Victoria

This is really trippy...and freaky to me. Would you trust it with hot water?

Absolutely not!

Only 20 bucks...

OK...wood is added as I promised, congrats and touche.

Really I was joking. (And until I've actually tried a wooden teapot, I'm not sure I can say it's my favourite!)

[chamekke]

OK, not that I am in the market for this amazing set at $3,500, but the pot, is that laquerware of ceramic?

It should be - and indeed looks like - lacquerware.

These special sake pourers are used for special occasions (and never with hot sake).