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The gaiwan you linked is my cup of tea
However, I couldn't find myself spending a few hundred bucks on a Gaiwan unless I met the painter in-person. Here is my poor man version.

Using a little teapot today. Drinking an unknown age gong ting puerh to warm up the day. Cheers to Autumn!

Working on Spring cleaning and organization today. I found a left over bag of Hojicha from 2018 in a ziplock bag along with other tea samples. Surprisingly, it's still pretty good. Anyone tried to age Hojicha?

I think zisha from other areas other than yixing maybe more common in the market because it cost less. Often we see a term Benshan, which means zisha from Yixing. Anything that’s not Benshan can be assume from other areas outside. Yixing did import zisha from other areas to make Yixing pots. Bensha...

Oh wow, nice pot! Great to see one. Might be a bit of a rarity. The chop aside, I would think it was yixing. They must have brought in some craftsmen from yixing. I think zisha from other areas other than yixing maybe more common in the market because it cost less. Often we see a term Benshan, whic...

Interesting article and thank you for sharing photos of the catalogue. While I know zisha exist outside of Yixing, this is the first time I saw pictures of published catalogue. Here is a pot which I suspect it was produced in Hunan as it has a Hunan TongGuan chop and Hunan also has zisha. The clay t...

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Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:01 pm

Just like how I would continue using my cracked early ROC pot as a flower pot for my miniature plants.

That’s a very creative idea. I remember you showed us a terrarium long time ago. What do you do with the lids

Drinking an early 2000 Liu An tea today. It's quite an interesting tea. It has the taste of an aged/old green tea. The tea broth scent reminded me of dried seaweed. It's a very forgiving tea to brew like most hei cha. It's a matter of time, this tea will stain my duanni pot

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Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:33 am

New Pot! Sold as Unused green label F1 Xishi pot.

Interesting…

It is, isn’t it?

Any chance this can be a blend of hongni + qingshuini?

Happy Lunar New Year! A silly looking dragon to start the year

WhisperingFrog192 I believe it depends on shapes and the evolution of mold made pot. If you get your hands on a modern mold made UFO super flat pot, it’s still made with top and down joint together. Craftsmanship expectation is much higher now in comparison to a few decades ago, so you won’t find t...

@sheep.payday2
Lovely gaiwan

@DMI
The puerh cake was produced by 昆明易坤茗茶庄 using materials/tea leaves from Bulang mountain.

The red tea seems to be a Yunnan sun dried red tea made from wild ancient tree from 大雪山/big snow mountain.

A new toy has arrived, a tiny porcelain kyusu, about 100 ml. Brewing a sencha from 2023.

I'm guessing B is the factory gaiwan due to it looking higher quality on the print, but I could see how the lighter one could be older too. I just feel modern rice grain stuff I see is so janky, but I also don't see that flower pattern used much then either. now I am curious sheep.payday2 I am also...