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Using a gaiwan

Posted on May 5, 2009 by MarshalNApril 11, 2011
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Well, here it is — a silly little video on how to use a gaiwan and a few ideas on what works and what doesn’t.  It’s pretty basic.  For most of you, it’s probably useless.  I just thought that given … Continue reading →

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Posted in Information, Old Xanga posts, Videos | Tagged gaiwan, skills, teaware | 7 Replies

Yixing vs gaiwan

Posted on May 2, 2009 by MarshalNApril 11, 2011
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First of all — the result of the last little question is in, and trentk, you should email me (marshaln at gmail).  Chaozhou, yixing, tokoname indeed — or some other variation of Japanese clay pot. Now, yesterday was a nice … Continue reading →

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Posted in Objects, Old Xanga posts | Tagged gaiwan, teaware, yixing | 14 Replies

Midnight tea

Posted on April 22, 2009 by MarshalNJanuary 21, 2011
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Salsero on Teachat gave me some tea recently, two greens, to be precise (and one darjeeling). I drink greens fairly casually. My family, being from the Shanghai region, mostly drink green teas, usually longjing or biluochun. My grandfather drinks nothing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Old Xanga posts | Tagged gaiwan, green tea | 4 Replies

New thoughts on gaiwan vs yixing

Posted on April 24, 2008 by MarshalNApril 11, 2011
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As many of you have probably noticed, I almost never use gaiwans anymore. In fact, last time I touched any of them was when I sold one of them in my teaware firesale. Before that…. I don’t remember when the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Objects, Old Xanga posts | Tagged gaiwan, skills, teaware, yixing | 9 Replies

The gaiwan comparison

Posted on February 26, 2008 by MarshalNApril 11, 2011
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Since I mentioned it yesterday, today I whipped out my gaiwan and tried the same tea — the aged tieguanyin from my Taiwanese candy store, to see how the gaiwan fares. The short version is: not too well. I think … Continue reading →

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Posted in Objects, Old Xanga posts | Tagged aged oolong, gaiwan, teaware, yixing | 7 Replies

Gaiwan brewing

Posted on February 25, 2008 by MarshalNApril 11, 2011
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I realized today I haven’t touched any of my gaiwans since I returned from Taiwan. I remember I used to use the gaiwan for everything…. from greens to blacks. Gaiwan was my weapon of choice. Gaiwan was the only thing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Objects, Old Xanga posts | Tagged gaiwan, teaware | 1 Reply

Nothing too interesting going on

Posted on January 24, 2008 by MarshalNApril 11, 2011
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Sorry folks, been rather busy the past few days and haven’t had a chance to drink real tea. Instead, it’s been teabags of some sort or another… such as Bigelow Darjeeling (which tastes nothing like Darjeeling) and that kind of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Information, Objects, Old Xanga posts | Tagged gaiwan, teaware, tetsubin, tokoname, yixing | 3 Replies

Gaiwan purchase

Posted on December 4, 2006 by MarshalNJuly 6, 2013
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I went back to Maliandao today, mainly to get this Two sets of idential teaware, tiny gaiwans with cups that are big enough to take one infusion. This is so that I can conduct taste tests of two things against … Continue reading →

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Posted in Objects, Old Xanga posts | Tagged cooked puerh, gaiwan, shopping | 2 Replies
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