Teaware

A while back I wrote about how I was enjoying learning more about and tasting Chinese styles of tea. Since then I’ve also started collecting teaware.

I started with a pair of tea cups from Tenmokus which I hesitated to buy because they are expensive and I have been known to drop things. But I really love them. They are gorgeous and make tea even more pleasant.

But I realize my fancy cups would work better if I had a teapot to pour from. So to celebrate finishing “Can’t Stop Thinking of That Far Road” I bought myself a 12oz teapot with dragons on it. It’s so small and cute!

Since then I’ve slowly added to my collection. I’ve bought several more tea cups, and been gifted another small teapot,with bunnies! None of my cups match my teapots, but its fun to mix and match.

More recently I’ve been trying to do proper gong fu tea. I have acquired a gawain and tea tray, (and have ordered a fairness cup). I find that this takes more focus to do things properly than I want most of the time, but I’ve started scheduling some times to make gong fu tea and work on my Classical Chinese.

Tea feels like a frivolous hobby, but I like owning pretty things, and I like drinking hot beverages. I use my nice tea things often and they make me happy.