Where do you drink your tea? (show off your tea nook)

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Where do you drink your tea? (show off your tea nook)

by trent » Jun 25th, '08, 22:19

Surroundings can influence tea sessions almost as much as the tea/teaware it self can, so... Where do you drink your tea?

I'll start things off w/ a pic of where I've been having tea lately.
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by scruffmcgruff » Jun 25th, '08, 22:35

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Check out my blog or my flickr photos for more. Go back far enough and you might just see some photos from my dorm room! :roll:
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by hop_goblin » Jun 26th, '08, 09:38

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by trent » Jun 26th, '08, 11:55

Nice setup hop!

Is that the tray from Yunnan Sourcing? If it is, I'm waiting for the same one to arrive in the mail.

And just out of curiosity, why do you use a "cushion" underneath your yixig when you already have a tray? Is it so you can catch the wastewater and use it to warm the other cups etc?
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by xine » Jun 26th, '08, 15:01

scruffmcgruff wrote:Image

Check out my blog or my flickr photos for more. Go back far enough and you might just see some photos from my dorm room! :roll:
That tree is asking to be climbed. By me! With a cup of tea, perhaps. You should perch yourself up in the crook and sip away!
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by scruffmcgruff » Jun 26th, '08, 15:10

xine wrote:That tree is asking to be climbed. By me! With a cup of tea, perhaps. You should perch yourself up in the crook and sip away!
Well, if it weren't for the beehive and the fact that most of the branches would break off without being held by wires, it would be fun. :)
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by hop_goblin » Jun 26th, '08, 17:11

hop_goblin wrote:Image
Yes it is the tray from YS. You will enjoy it. As for my tea cushion, I jus use it for aesthetics. It really has no purpose when you use a drainable tray just as you stated.
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by xine » Jun 26th, '08, 17:22

hmmm...beehive not good. i'll pass. :)
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by trent » Jun 26th, '08, 21:04

hop_goblin wrote: Yes it is the tray from YS. You will enjoy it.
Glad to hear that someone else likes it. I got it b/c of it's huge size (I don't like things to be crammed) and because it's all wood. I thought that seeing an ugly plastic "under tray would disrupt the aesthetics.
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by hop_goblin » Jun 26th, '08, 21:56

trent wrote:
hop_goblin wrote: Yes it is the tray from YS. You will enjoy it.
Glad to hear that someone else likes it. I got it b/c of it's huge size (I don't like things to be crammed) and because it's all wood. I thought that seeing an ugly plastic "under tray would disrupt the aesthetics.
It's a great size as you can see! And best of all it hasn't leaked or deterioated in any way!
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by Ritva » Jun 27th, '08, 04:02

Lovely surroundings and great photos, everyone! Here's my favourite tea nook. Sorry for the bad quality of photo, it's taken with my cell phone camera.

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by joelbct » Jun 27th, '08, 17:38

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Ha just kidding... oh, to be a Russian Oil Billionaire Image
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by brandon » Jun 28th, '08, 09:38

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Photo came out very poorly but I have been drinking tea in the sunroom overlooking the backyard.
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by trent » Jun 28th, '08, 12:41

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