Comments on: Tokoname Yokode Kyuusu with Mogake Glazing

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:17:56 +0000

Patrick -

That teapot has really been a joy to use. I’m glad you enjoyed reading about it. Thank you.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:28:29 +0000

Wonderful teapot and a very informative post.

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:22:24 +0000

Zenchas, thank you for pointing me to that post. Your bowls are beautiful. I particularly like the red one.

By: zenchas

zenchas — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:00:14 +0000

…hey there! i just put some pics of my chawans on my blog. if you want to check them out!

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By: Black Dragon

Black Dragon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:04:23 +0000

I work Saturdays from 9 am to 3 or 4 (ish) pm.

Next Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) is our grand opening at the new location: 2128 Queen Anne Ave N.

I’d love to see you at the shop sometime!

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:10:27 +0000

Cecil: In reading your response I realized that there is a big difference in how I have learned about Chinese teas versus Japanese teas because there are local Chinese teashops where I can sit down, drink tea, and learn and observe. There is no comparable casually instructive Japanese experience available in this area. for example I discovered that there was a form of sencha ceremony that was much different from chanoyu by reading about it, not by observing it.

Zenchas: Those raku chawan are really beautiful! I would be very interested in reading about your experience with yours.

By: Cecil

Cecil — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:22:36 +0000

Thanks the information and especially how you went about building your knowledge about tea culture. My wife and I are following along the same as you have done. We started with the local teas, researching, drinking and asking our suppliers questions as we learned.

We are just now into the buying phase and have started purchasing low-end copies and mass produced items. Soon we will know what is good and what is not. We are concentrating our efforts on locally made items from Sichuan but plan a major trip in January to Fujian and elsewhere. I am also secretly making plans to go to Yixing. Of course, I have not told my wife yet.

Thanks again for your information. I was not sure exactly how one goes about building knowledge on tea culture. It seems that we may be on the right track.

By: Cinnabar

Cinnabar — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:47:24 +0000

Black Dragon: Yes, perhaps I should. I haven’t been in your shop in a while. Do you work on weekends?

Eric: It has resulted in quite a large backlog of topics to write about. This is one of many!

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:42:35 +0000

Welcome to further engrossing yourself in the world of Japanese green tea.