ahh..where do I start! I have been very lazy recently and I have neglected to update the blog...my sad little storyI dont know where to pick up from...so i went through flickr and decided to find some pictures to start the story
Teapots! After coming back from Taiwan my fascination for tea pots and tea grew...I was very lucky that my dunk friend dad offered me some of his tea pots...each in excess of $100AUD...He is a tea pot collector he has to much money haha! I think his most prized tea pot is over $10,000AUD
This is one of my more favourite tea pots simple n elegant...I broke my heart when i chipped the inner lip of the lid, your can't see it but I know its there @_@
Recently i have been experimenting with Japanese green teas. I did get a bunch of tea from Taiwan but I am starting to prefer Matcha tea because of its warmer taste. I feel the Taiwan teas are more suited to everyday but the Japanese ones are when you want something different.
Next I plan to try Gyokuro (one of the highest Japanese Teas I didn't like the wakame [seaweed] taste/smell as a first impression but I think it is an acquired taste I would like to develop). I am still finishing off my Genmaicha (puffed roasted rice) with Matcha (higher quality of green tea leaves). From my understanding a normal Genmaicha will have a green tea powder. Whereas the Matcha is a higher quality leaf and you will have a fluro green tea rather than the typical dark green brown yellowish.
The dragon tea pot I picked as a gift is very interesting...the fine details are unbelievable. The head moves in and out of the lid as you pour and so does the tongue! the fine hand craft details are crazy! The third tea pot I picked is just another simple and elegant one.
I also purchased my first Japanese style tea pot which is made out of cash iron (seen above on the right)
Below is the Genmaicha with Matcha
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