Hi, suddenly found this topic, I am a newbie in tea. After I have saw so many sharing in this topic, I decided to share one of my flavour teapot. Hope you all will like it.

This post has been edited by EugeneTeo: Dec 31 2012, 09:54 PM

Nice teapot. No need hope we like it, most important is you like it

Btw, Happy New Year all

Last week I was at the Long Jing tea farm at Hangzhou west lake region. When they told me the price of RMB100 (RM50) for just 50g.. I was like wow...damn expensive. Taste well, like Japanese green tea minus the roasted rice haha since they do not add the roasted rice..

My most expensive tea.... ..Never bought tea more than RM40 b4
Here's the Long Jing tea farm.. this is just beside the shop:


These are the 2 diff quality long jing teas. I choose the most expensive wan which was much greener..double the price of the low quality type


This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 31 2012, 10:45 PM

Wow. That is some real nice view. Must be good experience for you. Jelly-nya

Haha.. b4 visiting this village in Hangzhou, I dun even know anything bout Long Jing tea.. And when I saw the price tag.. I was like wow...Kenot be woahh.. i'm at the farm now..can't be so expensive and telling her, That one bloody expensive tea..Well, she told me.. This is Long Jing.. so you should expect that..Me dunno nuts about Long Jing till came back here and google..

This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 1 2013, 12:06 AM

Time to wrap up 2012.

This year, with new job and new hobby in sports (running), I have spent less time on tea shopping. Therefore, didn't purchase much tea / teaware but not losing touch either.

My biggest purchase this year would only be these:
Tacha Teapot set
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1392369/+2600
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On Christmas, I bought myself 1 more Zhuni teapot from the set above. I like it a lot, so decided to get a spare in case. Size 150ml (smaller by 10ml compared to the first).


I hope in 2013, I will have time to brew tea at home which I haven't been doing at all in 2012 (all my teapots are packed and stored in container, what a waste).

Wishing you all a good happy new year. Hope for a good tea harvest ahead and the price of tea and teaware will not go up so much. Haha

This post has been edited by auhckw: Dec 31 2012, 11:53 PM

not much but whole new set for new year hehe

new tea lover here.. thought of sharing my humble tea set.. got my first clay teapot one month ago at Legends of Tea.. loving the art design on the tea pot.. can anyone do a translation on the Chinese words on the teapot.. its supposed to be a poem or something.. and someone can give info on the material used for this teapot..


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Nice

RM50/50g consider cheap for long jin since now is off season, thus long jin at this month shld be cheap n of lower quality.

Best longjin shld be the several day b4 cheng bing. (Ming qian long jin)- most of it sell at >rm200/50g

if u r malaysian n stay in kl, when 2013 new arrive long jin come (~apr-may) try it in tacha (FOC) then u will have idea wht a good long jin suppose to be. it shall have a bit of soya aroma...

japanese high grade tea more to sea weed aroma...

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Added on January 2, 2013, 8:59 amu r welcome to stock your pots at my place...ah..ha...

This post has been edited by sss333: Jan 2 2013, 08:59 AM

good also mah, Auhckw. Got others to brew tea for you, you just lay back, relax and savor. No need susah-susah sendiri mari, hehehe...

yes,nice.where can buy it

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Added on January 4, 2013, 11:14 amhappy new years

This post has been edited by xero loh: Jan 4 2013, 11:14 AM

Guys I just came back from Hong Kong and had a nice time shopping, tea pots and tea included apart from my new year shopping. I only have to tell you that the prices of tea and designer tea pots are really over inflated in Malaysia.

So an advise to you guys who are planing to spend serious $ in to your tea and tea pot collection to actually make a trip to either Hong Kong or Taiwan for your purchases. You could actually save lots of $ or get better quality items there.

BTW went with one small bag came back with 2 extra large suitcases and was over weight by 20kgs. Now my wallet is in ICU

Time for some tea porn... Hehe...

Yep, but now where to start.

that's the way of life, we live just once. Any souvenir to share here?

I will when I have the time. So much back log work

what are you guy's view on strictly using one teapot for one type of tea...

Depends on what kind of teapot. If glass or glazed, then don't care all can put in that pot.

But for clay based, it is advisable not to cause the tea will leave its stain and will affect the next tea (if it is different kind). If your pot is full time dedicated for ripe puerh then u try brew green tea, the green tea taste will be weird punya.

So minimum for puerh you should have 1 for raw and 1 for ripe. You can further split it into sub age for the raw (if you have too many teapots in the future). But generally, split within same kind of tea is fine. No need breakdown until so specialized. Same goes for Oolong, you can split it with TGY, GaoShan, ShuiXian, DanChong

I love green tea and long jing it's so refreshing