Archive for September, 2009

September 30, 2009 | In: Teaware

Yixing Teapot ALL-STAR

Yixing Zisha Teapot All-Star Show Beginning from Ming dynasty to now, in this over 400 years there shows up a lot of great Yixing teapot works. Gongchun is the first Yixing master that left his name, he created the special Yixing making art, after him...

FAQ of Yixing Zisha teapot [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Gong Chun teapot"][/caption] I love Zisha teapot, it’s not only a gift of nature but also crystallization of human art. In China if you’re really a tea...

Why Yixing Zisha teapot is so special? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="677" caption="Mansheng Yixing Zisha teapot"][/caption] Yixing Zisha teapot is the leader of all teaware, it's a special and traditional art. If you're...

The water for tea drinking Venus her myrtle, Phoebus has her bays; Tea both excels, which she vouchsafes to praise. The best of Queens, and best of herbs, we owe To that bold nation, which the way did show To the fair region where the sun doth...

Memories from Childhood – drinking tea [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="the stars"][/caption] One of good things I remember from my childhood – tea drinking. I’m from Estonia, but my grand-grand mother and...

September 4, 2009 | In: Misc

Oh My Computer Dream

Oh, my computer dream [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="computer dream"][/caption] I cannot code or decode, but I can help people around me fix computer problems. In young, my dream used to be a solider, a scientist,...

Ways of Tea Drinking [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="ways of drinking"][/caption] You know, Slavian people  -  russians, ukrainians, belorussians etc. they all have very similar cultures, which have mixed during years....

September 4, 2009 | In: Misc

Childhood Memories

Memories about Childhood [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="nice memory"][/caption] Two days ago (22-07) here occured Full Solar Eclipse, it’s interesting to have day-dark experience. all man went out, no matter young or...

How to process Tie Guan Yin tea? [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="processing chart of Tieguanyin"][/caption] Tie Guan Yin tea (TGY) is the most complicated than other teas in processing. Even you have good TGY tea leaf and...

Tea & Buddhism’s Romantic Story [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="taste Zen in tea"][/caption] Every Chinese tea and Japanese tea lover will be familiar with this writing, in English that’s “Tea and Zen are the same...