I’m still mired in work of various sort, which means I’m still drinking my daily aged baozhong. My attempt to switch it up today with Yunnan Gold backfired — the headache returned. No Yunnan Gold.
So, while I have nothing to report on the tea front, here’s a teapot for all of you to look at
Categories: Objects · Old Xanga posts
Tagged: teaware, yixing
Ordered, looking forward to the read.
I actually drink most of my aged oolongs grandpa style these days. They often come out better that way than…
Congrats! Nice to see your blog still being so alive (even with the hiatus) since many of the good old…
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Marshal. Congrats on the publishing. I look forward to getting a copy as well as the next one upcoming. Happy…
6 responses so far ↓
salserito // October 16, 2008 at 12:46 am |
Shweeet!
MANDARINstea // October 16, 2008 at 11:42 am |
how old do you think this new friend is? The clay looks very interesting. What a beauty!
mulcahyfeldman // October 16, 2008 at 10:23 pm |
Tell us about the pot. How did it acquire the sheen?
MarshalN // October 17, 2008 at 12:59 am |
I don’t know how old — Qing, I hope? Construction wise it looks old school. The clay is indeed quite unique — very shiny, very fine, high density, I think, with a deep brown hue. I ought to take better pictures of it.
The sheen is there when I got it.
jashnew // October 17, 2008 at 4:22 pm |
Marshall- I’m a big fan of Yunna Gold. Where do you get yours from?
MarshalN // October 17, 2008 at 4:25 pm |
Various places… I have quite a few different kinds, actually.