Welcome TeaFriends to TeaDay. Please share what is in your cup today, all day.
Please remember to visit the Teaware Contest in TeaWare!!!
Yesterday, most responders indicated they had either OK or good tea at work. You can still vote and discuss yesterday's topic.
Today's TeaPoll and discussion topic again goes to work/school. This time, your teaware at work is great, good, ok, barely passable, pass me the teabags. Please share specifically about how you rate your work/school teaware.
I am looking forward to sharing TeaDay with everyone regardless of what you happen to be using to brew. Bottoms up.
Nov 12th, '08, 01:07
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I say barely passable since it is just a glass mug, infuser basket, gram scale (precise to only one-tenth of a gram 
), and a slow acting thermometer. But tomorrow I am planning a little gyokuro session with a client, hohin and all ... mmm, chicken broth!
I don't know why I called this photo Teapot Hotel, actually it looks more like a parking lot.
That's the whole current family.
), and a slow acting thermometer. But tomorrow I am planning a little gyokuro session with a client, hohin and all ... mmm, chicken broth!I don't know why I called this photo Teapot Hotel, actually it looks more like a parking lot.
That's the whole current family.
I say it's "ok" but I'm not happy with it currently, I have no nearby sink access, and my tea tray leaks. So I'm using brewing baskets and glass pots for the most part.
The only good thing is my kettle. But as I stated before all this is changing VERY soon. I have already ordered a few things - eventually I will do a before and after shot.
Very vivid pic Sal, I like that one a lot.
The only good thing is my kettle. But as I stated before all this is changing VERY soon. I have already ordered a few things - eventually I will do a before and after shot.
Very vivid pic Sal, I like that one a lot.
I use bottled water, a plastic kettle, a mug, and a Swiss Gold infuser. Ok for work, but not good enough for home where I have more choices.
I'd started by using a stainless mug, but that definitely adds a metallic tang when it's used as an infusion vessel, so I got a lidded ceramic mug.
I use an infuser size meant for a large pot -- I want it to be as close to the size of the mug as possible. That works well.
I'd started by using a stainless mug, but that definitely adds a metallic tang when it's used as an infusion vessel, so I got a lidded ceramic mug.
I use an infuser size meant for a large pot -- I want it to be as close to the size of the mug as possible. That works well.
Somewhere between good and almost great. It's all relative, but there are two cups that I enjoy (1 clear and 1 bone china), 2 pots that I enjoy (1 clear and 1 ceramic), same kind of electric kettle as I have at home, blue willow metal serving tray, etc.
What's not to love?
What's not to love?
"Top off the tea... it lubricates the grey matter."
(Jerry Ledbetter, "Good Neighbors")
(Jerry Ledbetter, "Good Neighbors")
Now that's ironic.Vulture wrote:yah.... I use the ingenuiTEA at work to keep things easy.
I forgot my tea stuff at home today so I am tealess at work tonight. Trying to mooch some off my coworker....
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Nov 12th, '08, 02:14
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Nov 12th, '08, 02:23
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Teaware? At work?! Hah, good one. For those without desk jobs or the like I live with barely enough room for a cup and it's generally spill resistant. No teacups, no kettles, no steepers, and all of the goods are left at home. My tea at work is on the go and always will be until I get a better job. Not like all of us young tea barons are IT tech support or network engineers yet, eh? Then again, I expect to be boiling water in a beaker with a chemistry candle (and more than likely a .0001 +/- .0001 degree error range or better thermometer) if all goes well but so are the dreams of youth.
Currently in my cup: a rooibos blended with jasmine ala Adagio. Color me impressed to say the least and more to looking for other suppliers to taste around rather than settle for one venue.
Post notes: good luck mooching, Vulture. Just don't sell your soul for tea as Mephistopheles tends to not come to programmers and like computer jobs due to xkcds's recent jokes.
Currently in my cup: a rooibos blended with jasmine ala Adagio. Color me impressed to say the least and more to looking for other suppliers to taste around rather than settle for one venue.
Post notes: good luck mooching, Vulture. Just don't sell your soul for tea as Mephistopheles tends to not come to programmers and like computer jobs due to xkcds's recent jokes.
Nov 12th, '08, 02:41
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Nov 12th, '08, 07:51
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