Greetings to all tea lovers, this is my first post and I did go through all 93 pages. Well done to auhckw for starting this topic. Very informative and inspiring. Keep it up.

Well, I also got myself one of the ＂水上漂＂teapot during my Wuxi tour few years ago.




The seller is a young man who still learning to make teapot. He gave this as complimentary.


Until today, both teapot are still unused because I doubt for the authenticity of the clay being used. There are just too many fake goods coming from China. I learned that some dishonest teapot maker using chemicals to get the colour, the same used to dye batik.
Anyway, genuine or fake, I still enjoy looking at those teapots.

Thanks guys for the advice, I'll try the hot water test. I love Oolong Cha and I'm now using porcelain pot for my Taiwan Dong Ding Oolong. The taste and aroma is wonderful and refreshing with strong aftertaste. Plan to get a red clay yixing pot to enhance the taste. I used to have one but at that time I just started as beginner without much knowledge about zisha. I spoilt my pot by washing it with dish washing liquid.

The porcelain pot I'm using for my Dong Ding Oolong.

Strong aftertaste mean the long lasting fragrance of the tea on your mouth. It makes your saliva also taste like tea.

Hey guys, sup? Something to share, last Wed there was no water supply at my home and so I went out and get a bottle of distilled water. I boiled the water for my Dong Ding oolong and it turns out to be tasteless. Totally tasteless like the tea leaves has been brewed for 10 times. It's an experiment by mistake and now I've learned that distilled water should NOT be use for tea brewing as it spoils even the best tea leaves.
Many teamaster suggest best using fresh spring water from mountain, but its impossible to get fresh spring water in KL. Do you guys have any idea which brand of mineral waters in the market thats suitable for tea?

Heard lots of good reviews on the bamboo charcoal. Any idea where can I get it around KL,Cheras,PJ, Selangor?

I also use purified tap water only, but would like to try different quality of water. Quality of water is very important to bring out the flavour of tea. If u hav time u should try from different source of water on the same tea leaves and taste the difference. The water vessel u used to boil the water also will affect the water quality. There are so much to learn and discover in tea brewing.

Maybe those people are tea connoisseur. Are you going to collect those "spring water" beside the road?


Err, what is raising water? I dont get what you mean about the "master".

How sure are you they are collecting it for drinking purpose. Maybe for making poison to kill rats.

The small rock mountain in Taman Connaught right in front of Angkasa Condo am I right? I drive past that rock mountain sometimes and saw 1 or 2 person there collecting water from a pvc pipe stuck between the gap on the rock. It does look unhygienic because they are collecting the water near the drain. I suspect it's water from a big drain on top of the mountain since that area is surrounded with many new housing and commercial projects. You better find out where exactly the source of water come from. I'm not trying to scared you but even though if it's a real spring water, maybe on top of that mountain there's an illegal indon squatters where they do all the washing and cleaning.

Slimfox dude, thank God you still alive. The spring water that you collected not worth the effort huh, perhaps the water at the Sg Long/Kajang Putrajaya highway taste better. By the way, your green tea in the bottle looks tasty. You bought the Japanese teapot from Daiso?

Ahh, its been awhile, so happy to see that this thread is still alive. Keep going guys, love reading all the tea appreciation posts here.