Porcelain fair cups.

Howdy, Dustin!

I recently saw a really sexy Yixing-on-the-outside, white-enamel-on-the-inside that I'm trying to find again. If I'm successful, I'll let you know - it looked fab, and matches the average dark zisha sets pretty well. Good size, looks well-made. It was from one of the major vendors; I'll trawl through my bookmarks. :)

Toodlepip,

Hobbes

P.s. I tried your sample of "Phoenix" wulong from ITC last night. Pretty decent, but almost exhausted its flavour after just two brews. The aroma was intense, like chrysanthemum in a way, but the flavour less so. The aftertaste lasted forever, but was let down by the taste. The baozhongs were much better. :)

Thanks for looking for me :) And yeah, I agree the flavor in "Phoenix" oolong goes away pretty quickly. Luckily I only bought an ounce of it. I was pretty dissapointed with its overall performance.

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Here's my experience on this Phoenix Oolong matter: If you use *lots* of leaf in gung-fu, *and* if the tea is properly roasted, up to *20* good, tastey steeps. are forthcoming. An untold number of steeps is a hallmark of excellent Phoenix. And, as I've recently discovered, the empty-your-wallet, vastly overpriced offerings are not necessarily the best, perhaps especially in the area of multi-brews. Lightly roasted versions do not offer many steeps. That's my experience, but if you try this, stuff your little pot chock-full.

Michael

I'm surprised, Michael - it must just be the leaf Dustin had from ITC. I had my little 100ml wulong pot absolutely rammed with leaf. Great aroma for the first two, disappointing flavours right from the outset.

I tells ya, I cannae get any more tea in that pot!

Guys, I'm not suggesting that you are in anyway wrong, nor am I saying that the tea you've been drinking warrants more than a couple steeps; I am saying that good Phoenix

Michael