Recent additions to my teaware collection:

Now, as promised, some new and exciting teawares I picked up since last I posted on my small collection…

Here are my new bamboo tea tools, which I got from Imperial Tea Court.  They’re pretty standard issue, but the price was all right.  Coulda kicked myself when I saw them in Ten Ren days later–more expensive, but saving the shipping would’ve made them *just* cheaper.  Oh, well.  Sometime I’d like to get fancier rosewood ones, maybe, but for now I like the comfortable feel of these and the way they match with everything else I have.  The tongs and the clean-y out-y thing-y (official term, right?) are my favourite–they make life easier!

This is my new reserve pitcher/faircup, which I got at Dream About Tea.  It’s just plain ol’ servicable porcelain with a tolerably pretty and simple design, and it keeps the tea relatively warm–but we drink it up so quickly, anyway!  The size is just perfect for holding the output of my *new* Yixing pot–I’ll probably keep using the iron teapot I own as a reserve pitcher for my larger, older, shu puerh Yixing.  I make more tea at a go and don’t need to control the parameters so quickly…

This is a pride-and-joy already–my new gongfu tray!  Much prettier than Ye Olde Broiler Pan, but I am still adjusting to the smallness of it.  Also got this at Dream About Tea.

Here’s a “group shot” that includes the new gaiwan I got at Dream About Tea and the tasting/aroma cup sets and bamboo coasters that arrived recently from The Tao of Tea:

Now, *here* is what I know you were waiting for–the beautiful little Yixing pot I got at Dream About Tea.  The pour and fit of the lid are excellent, the clay is lovely (adore those bumps!) and I think I’m going to use the tiny little dear for sheng puerh:

Here’s a shot of it with my older (lower quality ) Yixing pot, for a sense of scale:

That’s all for now.  I hope to have a sheng puerh review up tomorrow or Monday.  Thanks for reading!