WEEKEND TeaDays 7/17-18/10 Bone collector ... ?

[Chip]

Happy happy happy TeaDay everyone. Celebrate by sharing what is in your cup throughout the day.

Friday we discussed 2 broken kyusu ... and what I actually did with them. You can see here: http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 30#p162428 How did I do?

This weekend's TeaPoll and discussion topic. You decide, are you FIRST a collector of TEA or of TEAWARE? Share what you think.

I am looking forward to sharing this TeaDay with everyone. Bottoms up.

[Ambrose]

I vote teaware

I think good teaware brings a higher level of enjoyment of the teas being brewed. Along with being able to brew the particular tea to its potential. I personally like handmade wares, factory pieces seem soulless and sad.

[Skippyandjif]

I collect tea first. I've been making due with the same couple of cups for the past few years, but they serve me well. I like to try new kinds of tea, so I end up "collecting" a lot of it. Eventually, I'll start collecting teaware more seriously as well, though.

Pu-erh this morning.

[artmom]

Sorry, both is not an accetable answer, but if it was ... is what I checked. Why? Because I already had a long time large collection of teaware and tea items when i found TeaChat, and have added more (Eastern style) and I definitely have become a collector of tea because I'm trying all sorts of new teas! , Chip!

No tea yet this morning, but it will be a black -- perhaps my new Japanese black.

[Victoria]

It's all about the tea.

In my cup this morning Tea Masters Da Yu Ling. Yep, quite
delicious just as I anticipated.

Well the West Coast has finally caught up with the rest of the country. Triple digit heat expected here today. Stay cool everyone!

[JBaymore]

I'd have to say "teaware". It seems to "collect" around the studio.

best,

................john

[debunix]

I have more different teas in my cabinets than teawares, and suspect that will always be the case.

Today finishing the Tenryu Misakubo shincha from Yuuki-cha.

Yesterday was a very nice teaDay: Sayamakaori shincha to start; then a nice morning with a thermos of quite nice 'Chin Shin' oolong from Zen Tara (a sample received with the not-so-inspiring 'gaba' oolong I'd wanted to try), floral and spicy, a lot like a tie guan yin; and then I boldly brewed up a thermos full of a new Dan Cong, 2009 Kan Tou - Stone Wall Edge from Tea Habitat. Mmmm.

Now to figure out what to fill the thermos with for a long drive today. Hmmmm.

[entropyembrace]

definite focus on the tea...I can´t drink my teaware!

[Marco]

Tea definitely tea - I like drinking it and I like tasting. I'd like to taste everything. But those pots and cups - if I look at pictures - oh my oh my - I want to have them and to admire them - hmmmm - teaware? But its all in drinking and tasting - so tea. Oh I'm so unsure...........
I need a second option

Opened the day with coffee and breakfast. And had a nice Shincha in the morning. Kokeicha at lunchtime and a nice Matcha Izumi after lunch. Now I am enjoying a Kabusecha from Aiya and thinking of what comes next

[Chip]

I can easily say that for many years, I would have answered TEA. I had my cheap cup and a pot and LOTS of TEA. TOOOOO MUCH TEA! Too much of a perishable product. It really began to stress me out.

Then along came the internet, Kyusu- by the score available, Hagi which is just so crazy different, and exotic Asian porcelain ... and last but not least, enlightened TeawareArtisans!!! Thank goodness I am not actively collecting SP Yixing!!!

And now, despite owning the TeaFridge, I have surprisingly little tea.

TEAWARE it is! No doubt about it.

[Geekgirl]

Gotta go with teaware. I collect teaware and did before I even drank tea regularly. I acquire tea, but don't really collect it.

However, Zoop would like to know, what use is a teacup if it hasn't got any tea in it?

[Victoria]

Ohhh nice pic, my hearts still leaps for the glossy white.
New?

[Chip]

I believe that is the Sansai Hagi SO #6, Geek? Nicely done and thanks for coloring our TeaDay!

Testing ... testing ... it works. Repaired Kyusu with a collected Hagi Biwa, Hagi SO #? ... with some major Fukamushi Sae Midori.

[geeber1]

I wouldn't say I *collect* tea, but when the $$ are available, I will usually choose to order tea rather than teaware.

Some Tao of Tea Osmanthus Oolong in my cup this morning.

[Seeker]

Woh, love the photos G & C!
(nice looking repair C, may it prove strong!)

Def tea ware collector.
Thought about both, the 'non' option, but realized I don't collect tea, I drink it!

Wako matcha.
Now quaffing my first tastes of shincha magokoro.
Mmmmm.
Cheers.