Michael Plant > writes:

> [...]
>
> For what it's worth, Lew's everyday gaiwan is perhaps five or six
> ounces capacity, while mine is no more than two ounces. I find this
> small size efficacious on several fronts. First, I can use less tea,
> drink less of each kind and move through three types throughout the
> day without guilt. I find the size easy to handle. I seem to
> remember that Lew's glass gaiwan has nice thin walls, while most
> I've seen are rather thick walled and, to me, clumsy.

I would call it medium thickness, actually: nowhere near as thin as
some porcelain.

/Lew
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