What do you brew in?

Chatsford 6 cup teapot (~ 40oz) with the infuser basket, and a big horkin' Mason jar (lots of milk and sugar). Brita pitcher to filter the water, some cheap teapot to boil it up. Works great!

Ian

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I use a glass mug with a slitted glass infuser insert. This allows me to brew as much as I want, and permits a rapid liquor flow away from the wet leaves when the tea is ready. I have one Dutch version and one German. The latter company is Jenner, or some such. The former is Randwyck. Using these infuser mugs, I can brew the tea either in a "gung-fu" sort of way, or in the more conventional Western style.

If in the mood, I use a mason jar, but not for premium leaf because the mason jars are on the large size. When I brew in them, I use a metal mesh filter that fits neatly into the lip of the jar. Tea goes right into the water, and when ready the soup is poured from the full jar into the empty one. The filter thing catches the spilled over leaf.

Does *any* of that make sense? I'm not going back rewrite it.

Cordially, Michael

Darjeelings: gaiwans or old silver pot Yunnans: big 8oz gaiwan or porcelain pot Keemun: same, same

BTW: Just finished packing. The whole affair took me 5 hours, but I couldn't imagine travelling without my trusty tea gear.

Karsten / Darjeeling

It really depends, but I mainly have three methods. At home when I have time or when I want to make time to relax, I will brew in my Yixing. At home when I don't have the time I use a Chinese porcelain high walled

3-piece mug that has an infuser and lid. The infuser has nice large holes on all sides and the bottom (but not too large). This brews a most perfect cup of just about any tea and I really enjoy it because it was given to me specially and it has a wonderful poem in Chinese on the side. Then at work it is an electric tea warmer, a white standard mug, and a polymesh tea infuser basket that fits in it.

I either use a decent charcoal filtered ozonated 1-gallon bottled water at work, water from my 3-gallon PA spring water water cooler at home, or I will use *gasp* regular tap water. (My tap water is low in chlorine and is actually very suitable once boiled).

I boil my water in either my all glass Whistler tea kettle, or an enamel coated stainless steel teapot.

- Dominic Drinking: Osmanthus Oolong

I use a porcelain teapot and a glass mug with glass infuser with equal abandon

Sadly, Jener no longer makes these things. I sort of liked them, although they always left a lot of leaves behind if you used a finely-cut tea.

For the most part, I use a Chatsworth pot, or the one-cup Chatsworth infuser. They are inexpensive and convenient.

--scott

I usually use a reusable swiss gold filter and brew in an electric kettle. I also have one of those brewing things that drops the tea out the bottom for smaller amounts, and have a janaer glass cup, but don't use it often since the filter isn't very fine.

Forgot to mention that i have a yixing that i brew pu-erh in. And i just placed an order the other day for a new yixing and a clear glass gaiwan from Imperial tea court and a zisha gaiwan from Generation tea. As soon as i build my tea fund back up i plan on getting another yixing and zisha gaiwan (new yixing for cooked puerh and the gaiwan for oolong(maybe)) I was wondering if anybody knew of a place where i could get a 6 oz. white gaiwan for under $20?

For these kinds of teas, I use an Arthur Wood white ceramic pot, approx. 16 oz. (473 ml), though I never steep more than 12 oz. in it.

I've played a little with using my gaiwans and/or cebeis for at least the Chinese black/reds, but not sure how much I like it yet, or whether it's worth the extra trouble.

Doug

1. Nice, wide, white porcelain mug. (wide enough to fit the teaball in.)
2. Big ass tea ball from asian market.

I might buy one of those white porcelain teapots from the asian store sometime.....but I want to find a big one (16-24oz). Meanwhile, this works fine.

Pete

Does anybody have any experience with this teapot? is it a good deal?

I haven't had experience with this teapot but I have purchased tea, canisters,cd's from Imperial Tea Court and I have been satisfied with everything purchased from them. They give good customer service and shipping is quick- Joanne

I always use Chinese clay pots. I have some different sizes at home and one at work. And I have also given several as presents to friends, togeteher with some fine Oolong. As infusers I use German made cotton tea filters.

In cup; Darjeeling Oolong.

Lars Stockholm

I brew in the cup with a Bodum mug infuser. With lots and lots of leaves!

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It's a *very* common style, quite functional, and usually pours well. My advice: bypass Imperial Tea Court and buy one from Jing Tea Shop. Sebastien and Jing will discuss the clays with you, and various choices in far more detail than Roy of ITC will. That's my opinion.

Michael

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Linda, that would be a *lot* of leaves, especially when those leaves are of excellent quality and costly. BTW, say hi to Josh.

Michael

"BTW, say hi to Josh.

Michael"

Michael - which Josh should I be saying hi to?

Linda

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I know a fellow named Josh who owns a company called J-Tea. I thought you were associated. Don't assume. Lesson learned, yet again. Michael