I am wondering if anyone has info on where I can get one of the larger gaiwans. I bought one from FunAlliance a few years ago but it's pretty small and I'd...

I'm not too much of a tea drinker (yet!), but I've taken a liking to doing several infusions of the same pinch of loose tea in the cup directly. Getting the...

Hello All, I recently came across, and bought, the tea thermos from this page: http://www.ymimports.com/Items/FG-TT110-A? I bought it largely based on...

I'm looking for a source for a small ( 1L) (cordless, though not necessary) electric tea kettle. Size is the most important attribute since it'll be used in...

I was searching around the net, and found a company that produced a disposable tea cup lid that you could pull the tea bag out of the water once the brewing is...

Does anyone have experience buying teapots from the ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/5000friend ? They have a large selection of yixing listed as pre-1960 at...

Hey all, I am part of a team building a new web directory for tea related sites at thebestoftea.com. While there are other vendor-supported directories out...

I'm a tea newb, who wants to get into the game a bit more. I'm expecting some samplers from online places for christmas (woohoo!), but in the mean time I want...

The packaging script of popular teabags are long on praise and hype, but contain no real information about the provenance of the tea. Can anybody here tell...

Here's a question for the scholars among us: When was the first documented reference to tea being intentionally aged? Not someone accidentally finding that...

hello teaples (tea people), my friend went to china and gave me a small container of puerh tuochas. this is my very first taste of the tea. *bitter with a...

I've been looking into used Yixing teapots and their rescussitation. Several webpages discuss the matter in varying degrees of detail. Guang at Hou De...

I recently noticed something quite strange. I drink a lot of Taiwanese oolong, and the other day I was making some from a new batch from a reputable seller,...

I have bought a teapot that a vendor told me is modern zhuni clay. How does this differ from hong ni clay or zisha, since real zhuni is extinct? Does anyone...

After searching RFTD for some tip on this vendor (www.goldenteahouse.com), I couldn't find much comment or information, except that it is recommended by...

Hello, I have a tea ware question. I was looking at these 'beautiful Tenmoku's on the teaspring.com website (found ...

I was thinking of getting an electric kettle so that I don't have to keep reheating my tea kettle on the stove. Good idea and if so, what is a good model to...

My favorite drink at work lately is hot green tea, and I make the perfect cup by brewing the tea bags and then adding any blend of citrus juices (primarily...

Hi, all! In a recent recent to Monterey Park Wing Hop Fung, I bought a bit of "Qi Men Red Tea" #1187, $45.99 a pound. Very short, thin, wirey, brown pieces of...

Had a brief Chicago visit and spendt quite a while at "I Dream of Tea" in Evanston, owned by a charming, knowlegeable young couple. Had a wonderful ben shan...

I love it when a plan comes together. *Cigar*

I love it when a plan comes together. *Cigar*

Hi all yall out there, I would like to strt a discussion of african white tea. Nigel says its great and his daughter has a website that exclusively sells it. I...

Alan Truism wrote: I'm using the inexpensive "Temple of Heaven" brand if that makes any difference. The tea seems to be covered in...

I recently decided to try some pu-erh since everyone on the group was raving about it. I went down to a cute little local tea shop and bought Republic of Tea...