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I prefer antique tetsubins for anything aged or roasted (aged sheng, shu, yancha, roasted oolongs, harsh young sheng too) , and silver kettles for anything lighter (dan cong, taiwanese high mountain oolong, good young sheng, some japanese greens).
I usually purchase teas from Adagio, vanilla green and gunpowder jasmine being my favorite, but I've bought pu'er tea lately on ebay that, while lacking the allure of the greens, is something interesting in its own right.
Would you recommend Adagio? I was looking at their Gyokuro online, thought it might be worth a gamble. As for pu-erh, I bought some of this 1995 for my brother, and it is remarkably good http://theteahouse.co.uk/cgi-bin/htm...70530652471083 I'm not sure how it competes with the pricier pu-erhs out there, but for the price I think it is quite lovely.
"Lots of people who think they are into fashion are actually just into shopping"
MAGOKORODO sells the art works using a traditional technique of Japan.All the works currently sold here are works in which we did direct buying from the artist.Artist:HAGI:Seigan,Deishi,Masanao Kaneta.SHIGARAKI:Hiroyuki.IGA:Keizo.BIZEN:Kasho.JPN paint:Izumi Ayaki.Wood-block print:Hiroshi Yuasa,etc
prices used to be much cheaper, they've unfortunately gone up along with tea's popularity.
"He described this initial impetus as like discovering that they both were looking at the same intriguing specific tropical fish, with attempts to understand it leading to a huge ferocious formalism he characterizes as a shark that leapt out of the tank."
A question to those enjoying Matcha.
I have issues regarding getting a proper foam.
What could be the cause for that?
a) Water (just noticed that I bought the wrong... to many minerals)
b) Temperature (too high / low?)
c) Cha-sen (too few 'bristles'?)
I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
I love tea! Sencha (煎茶) would be among one of my favorite types. I must admit I've missed much of the ceremony and proper teaware aspects of tea and I need to change that. Any suggestions on where to start with Japanese kettles and pots?
Any suggestions for electric kettles where the water is not exposed to plastic or silicon while it is heated? It seems like so many are made of plastic or contain plastic or silicon for water level windows.
Is anyone concerned about consuming teas coming out of Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster?
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