Tuesday TeaDay 9/23/08 TeaCup Crave Factor.

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The teaware wars continue. What is your personal crave factor for TeaCups?

10 I cannot resist the call of teacups
8
17%
9 I realllly realllly crave teacups
4
9%
8 I realllly crave teacups
6
13%
7 I certainly crave teacups
3
6%
6 Yep, cravin' teacups
4
9%
5 Maybe, though crave might be too strong a word
6
13%
4 I like teaware, maybe, but not craving teacups
9
19%
3 No, I do not crave teacups
6
13%
2 Don't really like teacups, it is just a necessity
1
2%
1 Hate teacups, just gimme some styro
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No votes
 
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by edkrueger » Sep 23rd, '08, 16:26

Pentox wrote:
BrandedInMT wrote:is there a reason all the "poodles" look like sheep?
Um they're those new wool producing poodles.
Our poodle we kept shaved, maybe we should have sold the hair.

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by Chip » Sep 23rd, '08, 16:34

Pentox wrote:Um I just noticed that today is "TeadDay". Where can I find some Tead?
Thank you for pointing out my spelling error. It has been corrected.
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!

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by Cinnamon Kitty » Sep 23rd, '08, 16:45

I definitely crave tea cups, especially after seeing some of the pictures throughout the forums. My favorite tea cup is the little green one in my avatar that I found at a shop that sells artwork by local artists. It keeps me from buying other tea cups since I know I would end up using that one over most others that I have looked at.

I made some of Adagio's Wuyi Ensemble with a cinnamon stick early today and am now just about to make some Karigane that I had forgotten about, but found in my drawer.

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by Victoria » Sep 23rd, '08, 17:00

scruffmcgruff wrote:
Victoria wrote:Ha!! Ohhhhhhhh I knew it would look nicer in person.
Did you also see some matching pieces at the end of the PDF
catalog? If not, don't look! Hehe!
There's a pdf catalog? I haven't yet decided whether I should hug you or smack you.
Ha! You can tell me later - here's the catalog it's hard to find. I doesn't showcase the teaware but you can see many of them a lot better. I'm up for a trip to the LA store in the next few weeks. I want the white lotus kyusu and cup on page 3. (which is different from the one on page 4)

http://hankooktea.com/Images/hankook%20 ... atalog.pdf

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by Space Samurai » Sep 23rd, '08, 18:51

Nice topic. I just received my new chawan from Artisitic Nippon.

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By the way I didn't actually drink that. I didn't have any matcha, so I brought home some cheap powdered sencha from work so I could play around. I took a sip, and it was nasty.

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by Geekgirl » Sep 23rd, '08, 19:12

Gorgeous chawan, Space. Beautiful photos too.

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by Pentox » Sep 23rd, '08, 19:13

Beautiful chawan, although it is a bit lamentable that it was sullied by undrinkable powdered sencha.

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by Victoria » Sep 23rd, '08, 19:49

Pentox wrote:Beautiful chawan, although it is a bit lamentable that it was sullied by undrinkable powdered sencha.
Ahhh the sacrifice for art! Looks gorgeous!

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by Wosret » Sep 23rd, '08, 21:01

HA! Stunt matcha! :lol:

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by caligatia » Sep 23rd, '08, 21:46

I prefer mugs too. I like sturdy things. It's good that I don't crave teaware, because I'd rather spend my money on tea.

I wish I had a wider range of teas, but right now I'm sipping some more iced strawberry black. I enjoyed yesterday's so much that I made more today. Good stuff.

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by Salsero » Sep 23rd, '08, 21:49

Wosret wrote: Stunt matcha!
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by reey » Sep 23rd, '08, 23:01

I seem to have a lot of mugs around, mostly because I get them as gifts. My favorite teaware is what I got for myself: a celadon teacup with a lid. That's on my computer desk constantly. Right now, I've got a pot of Plantation Mint tea next to the keyboard, too.

At work, I use small celadon teacup...one of the handle-less, very small cups...since I don't have a lot of room for my tea set-up...canister of tea, sugar bowl, 4-cup teapot, spoon rest, and the utiliTEA kettle...for anything much bigger. I generally use oolongs and the Adagio peach and blueberry white teas at work.

I get kidded that, with my tea set-up and thermos bento for meals, I could live in my office for days if I needed to!

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by Space Samurai » Sep 24th, '08, 00:27

Finishing up the evening with the same roasted TGY that Scruffreviewed earlier today. Using his brewing parameters, on my eighth infusion and I think I can get 2-3 more.

Considering I just purchased a chawan that I didn't have money for, guess I have to say that I can't resist the call of cups.

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by murrius » Sep 24th, '08, 00:41

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I think that this is another sad example of "unhappy matcha".

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