Xia Guan 2007 raw Tuo - Super duper cheap. Sweet aftertaste. Good aroma. No smoke. It tasted much more than what the price it should be.

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Added on June 30, 2011, 7:36 pmLincang 2000 raw Tuo - This cost about 10x the Xia Guan 2007 tuo above. Though it is 10 years, it is still astringency at the 4th brew onwards.

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Added on June 30, 2011, 8:36 pmPolishing teapot with sandpaper

I didn't managed to snap the photo of the teapot before it is being polished. The shop says that picture 1 is how the colour and texture looks like (it is a different pot).



Process of polishing, is to use sandpaper roughness 500, 1000, 1500, 2000.

Each sandpaper is divided into 4 pieces and each piece for 30 minutes. Use water to wet and rinse the teapot in between. Total hours to spend, 16.







This is the result of 4 hours work. Will try to show the result when it is ready.


This post has been edited by auhckw: Jun 30 2011, 08:50 PM

Xiaguan tuo from Teali?? How much each?

Few months ago they had this. RM2.5/tuo and it was sold out.

This is someone's purchase, and he asked teali to sell. RM5/tuo

It is a good tea, but I find it lacking the xiaguan usual 'smoky' taste

RM5 is expensive liao. The 250g in the box is selling RM13 at the tea expo recently.

oh u mean Utea Enterprise on level 3? Ya I was just there last Saturday, The owner Mr Lee was there. Ended up spending 3+hrs there. Tried so many types of tea. Ended up getting a pack of High Mountain Tea from him. Have to say his price is reasonable. Quality good too but I have not opened my purchase yet (have to finish up some of my already open tea 1st). Below is the photo of what I purchased.

Ya. This is the only tea shop there. they source their own tea and their tea is not bad..

sorry for being ignorant but isn't the tea pot suppose to shine with constant use with good tea?? This method to me seems artificial. instead of polishing with sand paper an easier way would be to rub some oil (not sure what type) on to the tea pot to get a nice shine abet it would only serve an an ornamental piece after, not sure I would like to drink from a pot that has gone through such a process.

No offense intended, just my 2 cents here

Thanks for the new contact. Will check them out when I go that area.

If you rub with oil, after pouring with hot water.. the shine will go away.. not to mention whether you will get poisoned from drinking the tea from it.. hehe

But if you sand paper it, you can still brew the tea safely. The shine will be a little artificial but some people like it.

I got this sample box of teas free after the tea expo.

It contains 20 types of tea in 1 box. There are A and B box, in total 40 diff teas.

Was in a tea shop when a their delivery came with 100+ cartons of tea and teawares. The way the delivery people handle the boxes are rough. Throwing it at times.

Always after last brew of tea, pour tea surrounding the teapot, then rub with cloth, occasionally you can use tea leaves to rub. After long time, your teapot will look shine naturally shine. Really enjoy the evolvement of teapot from raw clay to a shiny clay

+1

That is the way it should be done.

I stayed a while to see what they have. It feels like Christmas, cause everything is wrapped and we wouldn't know what is inside till we unwrapped it.

They couldn't open up everything cause it was late, so here are some that I managed to took

Taiwan teapot set - They brought in 12 sets, multiple design

Bamboo tray - Many designs

Portable tea set - Includes everything you need when on the move

Wooden Container - Very heavy and solid. Can put tea utensils

Teapot Holder - A nice small rack to put teapots for display

Teapot Holder - A nice small rack to put teapots for display

2011 Xia Guan Golden Melon Tuo Raw - 100g x 12