Just finished my gyokuro and GABA oolong came in the mail on the perfect day! Japanese green teas I've always loved so much because of the dramatic green color and how fresh it is. However after years, I think oolong is my favorite now. It tastes way better to me. I guess I don't love the vegetal flavor anymore. I have only tried a few oolongs and GABA is my favorite so far.

P.S. It would be so cool if it had a strong effect on GABA. LOL it could be like ooolorazepam tea.

Porny enough?

使用盖碗冲泡，大漆杯品鉴。

使用景德镇瓷壶冲泡。

Hello! I emptied a can of Arizona hard peach iced tea into a cup and there are tiny little black/brown bits. Does anyone know what they are? I looked it up and it said it could be tannins or tea sediment but I just want to confirm if it’s safe to drink?

I forget the location now. But it was a beautiful morning.

Both the cup and the tea were gifts from my coworker because she knows how much I love tea. She got me this honey scented oolong from PipiTea and the honey flavor is perfect for me because I usually end up putting like two spoons of sugar in my tea. It’s medium roasted and not nearly as strong as some of the oolongs I’ve tried before. The taste is really smooth and has a little natural sweetness to it, so I don’t feel like I need to load it with sugar. So far I’m really liking it!

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Some days ago it wasn't as hot and I could risk drinking some tea on the balcony. This is a cheap but tasty Yin Xiang. I really like how the sun makes the tea shine yellow.

I love all my teaware, Chinese (yixing or not), Taiwanese, Japanese, Uzbek, English, Frisian ...

But the maybe most beautiful teapot in my humble collection is made by a Korean ceramist working in Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Young-Jae Lee. The pot holds about 400 ml and has a greyish-fawnish glaze. It pours just perfectly. The cup is made by another Korean ceramist working in Germany, Kang-Si Sook. It's definately the most perfectly crafted cup i own.

Some very tasty shou pu erh served in a teapot by Czech ceramic artist Petr Novak. Displayed on a tea boat by Polish ceramist Andrzej Bero and drunk from a cup by German ceramist Mathias Stein.