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Ikea Vattentät Kettle
My jury-rigged meat thermometer powered kettle works well enough for boiling smaller amounts of water, or when I want to accurately heat water to 80-85 °C for green, white, or yellow tea.
A Clear Winner
Regular readers of this blog will no doubt be aware of my somewhat lacklustre attempts to curtail my teaware habit.
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Tagged Chinese teaware, gaiwan, glass teaware, tea, teaism
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Just Steepin’ In The Rain…
Well, my pledge to cut back on the teaware buying didn’t get too far.
Posted in tea diary, teaware
Tagged charity shop, Oolong, rain, tea, teaism, teaware, Wu Yi Shan Qi Lan
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You Can Never Have Too Many Teapots…
I know I’d previously said that I was placing a moratorium on the purchase of any new teaware, but that ruling came with the proviso that I would still allow myself to buy anything suitably unusual or interesting, such as … Continue reading
Ikea Riklig Teapot
The weather was superb the other day – bright and warm without being overly hot, and even the usual stiff sea breeze had died down to manageable levels.
Notes From The Road – Two Jugs and a Spoon
A good tea person will always be ready to adapt his or her tea making technique as circumstances dictate, and this is never more true as when you’re away from home.
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Tagged Cha hai, Chinese tea, Gong dao bei, Oolong, Pu-erh, shou, tea, tea pitcher, teaism
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A Fair Crack of the Whip
I was drinking my early morning pot of green tea when a thought occurred – I’d only used the tea boat from the clay teaware collection I picked up in Stockholm last month.
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Tagged Chinese tea, Chinese teapot, Chinese teaware, mini beeng cha, Pu-erh, shou, tea, teaism
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The Blue Bowl of Happiness
Sometimes, even the less glamorous of teas drunk in the most everyday of settings can work magic.
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Tagged charity shop, Chinese tea, Chinese teaware, gaiwan, Myrorna, Silver Needle, tea, teaism
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Yet More New Teaware…
I picked up this tea set made of red clay during our recent visit to Stockholm over the Easter period.
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Tagged Cha hai, Chá chuán, clay, gaiwan, Gong dao bei, tea, tea boat, tea cups, tea pitcher, tea set, teaism
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Turkish Delight
As regular readers may be aware, I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting teaware.
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