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Seiho Tsuzuki: Golden Sakura
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$180.0都築青峰 焼〆金桜ささめ
Artist: Seiho Tsuzuki Pot capacity: 270 ml Pot diameter: 9.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 9 cm Material: high temperature fired unglazed beige clay Net weight: 191 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Tomohiro Sawada: Kakewake Ash Glazed Oval Kyūsu
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$100.0澤田朋大 灰釉掛け分け丸急須
Artist: Tomohiro Sawada Pot capacity: 360 ml Pot diameter: 9 cm Pot opening diameter: 5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 10.5 cm Material: partially external glazed reduction fired red clay Net weight: 179 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Tomohiro Sawada: The Plain Teapot
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$81.0澤田朋大 焼〆ポット
Artist: Tomohiro Sawada Pot capacity: 370 ml Pot diameter: 9 cm Pot opening diameter: 5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 10 cm Material: long reduction fired red clay Net weight: 211 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Takasuke Toen: Smoked White Clay
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$54.0高資陶園 白泥いぶし急須
Studio: Takasuke Toen Pot capacity: 100 ml Pot diameter: 7.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 5.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 6 cm Material: high temperature fired beige clay Net weight: 95 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Yoshiki Murata: Black Cut
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$302.0村田 益規 黒カット茶注
Artist: Yoshiki Murata Pot capacity: 370 ml Pot diameter: 10.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 6.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 10 cm Material: high fired fine red clay Net weight: 209 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Wooden collection box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Tokuta Fujita: Dark Pearl with Double Brim
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$100.0藤田 徳太 炭化ツバ二段茶注
Artist: Tokuta Fujita Pot capacity: 340 ml Pot diameter: 11 cm Pot opening diameter: 6 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 9.5 cm Material: blackware Net weight: 192 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box
*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Hirotaka Umehara: Columnar Tobikanna Kyūsu
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$91.0梅原 廣隆 玉光焼〆切立飛びカンナ急須
Artist: Hirotaka Umehara Pot capacity: 160 ml Pot diameter: 9.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 7.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 6.5 cm Material: high temperature fired beige clay Net weight: 236 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Hirotaka Umehara: Kiln Change Mini Oblong Kyūsu
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$66.0梅原 廣隆 玉光火窯変ミニ長丸無地急須
Artist: Hirotaka Umehara Pot capacity: 150 ml Pot diameter: 7 cm Pot opening diameter: 5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 7.5 cm Material: high temperature fired red clay Net weight: 127 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Hirotaka Umehara: Kiln Change Striated Chakkiri Kyūsu
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$73.0梅原 廣隆 玉光火窯変線段茶っ切り急須
Artist: Hirotaka Umehara Pot capacity: 350 ml Pot diameter: 9.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 7.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 8.5 cm Material: high temperature fired red clay Net weight: 279 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box*note: the photo with a hand holding the teapot is intended for the viewer to relate to the size of the piece. It is not meant as a reference for any proper handling style.
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Old Hong Kong Pou Nei 2012, old style post-fermented Pu’er tea, 70 g
Denser Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Neutral Energy, Pu'er teas, Tea, YunnanUS$16.3懷舊香港系列 復刻原版 港式老普洱
The original, premodern shu cha Pu’er
For most of the 20th century until the 80’s, Yunnan's rough, overgrown maocha were sold almost entirely to Hong Kong, the British free port that was China's most essential export destination. The extreme low price came in time to satisfy a city whose population had quadrupled with refugees after 1949, and to meet the export need for under-developed economies in Southeast Asia. A "wet storage" method was developed in the small colony to turn the sharp and bitter taste to sweet, smooth and earthily mesmerising. Pou Nei* soon became the most popular tea of its day, found everywhere from teahouses, dimsum restaurants, grassroot eateries, and even my own sub-poverty childhood home. In the 1970s, Yunnan tea specialist Zou Bing Liang came to study the Hong Kong technique, scaled it up and codified it to produce the modern shu cha Pu'er. Yet a little bit something of the original is missing. Tea Hong’s Old Hong Kong Pou Nei is our tribute to that earlier tradition. Crafted to recreate the mellow sweetness, rich earthy aroma, and effortless drinkability, it is both a historical revival and a deeply personal expression of a tea that defined countless everyday moments and cherished memories.
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Kyoto Houjicha Powder Premium, 120 g
Denser Aromas, Fuller Bodies, Green teas, Japan, Tea, Warm EnergyUS$33.2京都 極上 粉末 焙じ茶
Top quality at great value
Milled to an ultra-fine particle size of under 10 microns, Tea Hong’s Kyoto Houjicha Powder Premium offers a texture as silky as the highest ceremonial matcha, offering a mesmerising, and deep, dark cacao and molasses profile. Other than the top of the trade grinding setup, the choice of raw material and mastery of the roast are essential elements to create this unique quality. With a unique blend formula created by Grand Tea Master Kikuoka of a high percentage of deep roasted tencha, supported with the sweeter taste of FIR Houjicha, the deep roasting takes place before each session of milling. The intensity of heat together with the optimally paced timing triggers a deep Maillard reaction, transforming the natural amino acids into rich, aromatic pyrazines while preserving a thick, sweet umami backbone. With that heat intensity, we have rested the tea well before releasing, so as to tame down its excess TCM heat energy. Enjoy.
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Tokuta Fujita: Dark Pearl
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$93.0藤田 徳太 炭化丸型茶注
Artist: Tokuta Fujita Pot capacity: 215 ml Pot diameter: 9.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 5.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 8 cm Material: blackware Net weight: 153 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
Tokuta Fujita: Mogake Glitters
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$118.0藤田 徳太 藻掛け炭化石杓型茶注
Artist: Tokuta Fujita Pot capacity: 175 ml Pot diameter: 10.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 6 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 6 cm Material: reduction fired blackware Net weight: 173 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Cushioned carton box -
Shōji Umehara: Irodori-Yōhen chachū
Japanese chachū (kyūsu), TeawareUS$630.0梅原昭二 彩窯変 金つまみ天目茶注
Artist: Shōji Umehara Signature: 昭龍 — Shoryu* (see note below) Pot capacity: 230 ml Pot diameter: 9.5 cm Pot opening diameter: 5.5 cm Pot height, including the lid button: 9 cm Material: Red stoneware with multiple thin layers of reduction fired external glazes. Lid knob with pure gold. Net weight: 140 g Origin: Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Packing: Wooden collector box -
Old Tree Golden Flush 2006, Pu’er shu cha bing, 357g
Compressed tea, Floral Aromas, Neutral-Warm Energy, Pu'er teas, Stronger Tastes, Tea, YunnanUS$43.0勐海古樹金芽茶餅
A pristine origin without the pricetag
Although a mere 15 km away from the much sought after origin of Ban Zhang (班章), Màn Sǎo (曼掃) has a very similar horticultural environment for tea trees. To us, this village in the mountainous Xishuangbanna (西雙版納) region is a great source for tea for its lesser fame that allows for much easier accessibility and and greater values. This fully post-fermented tea is an example. A leaf that has gone through 70+ days (20 days less than some of our other shu pu’er) of true post-fermentation can easily be so mellowed that all its characters pertaining to its unique terroir could have been overly subdued. Yet this Old Tree Golden Flush is still able to tinkle, however harmoniously subtly, with the accents and tones typical of the products from the high altitudes in this southern part of Yunnan bordering Myanmar and Laos. Having been properly baked and amply aged, this TCM neutral-warm tea is not only an adaptable and friendly food pairing tea, but also a submersive experience for your special tea moment.
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Nishio Matcha Setsubai, Ōn Koicha Supreme, 30 g
Cold Energy, Fuller Bodies, Green teas, Japan, Lighter Aromas, TeaUS$39.5西尾 極上御濃茶 雪梅
Plum blossoms in the snow
In the southern tip of Aichi prefecture before reaching the Mikawa Bay connecting to the Pacific Ocean, there is a small region that is known as the matcha capital amongst Japanese tea professionals — Nishio. A family farm which began tea production here since the end of 19th century is still thriving here. Two young cousins now run the setup: one oversees the tea farm, the other in the grinding facility. We were not convinced until we were each served with a small chawan of their koicha — the strong serving style as in Omotesenke おもてせんけ tea ceremony — so there was no hiding behind the foamy texture as in usucha, nor the dairy distractions as in matcha latte. When a tea is delivered in such a dense package, every bit of it is clearly revealed. We were struck immediately by its distinctive character: a refreshing “sea character” with a complex, engaging taste profile that is profoundly different from all the other matcha we have had from other regions. To us, it is this uncompromising insistence on its own strong character, rather than following trends toward softer, milder tastes, that deeply resonates. Introducing the best product from the Matcha Capital of Japan, Nishio Matcha Setsubai. Like the plum tree that blossoms even in the snow, a tea with a steadfast spirit that has won our respect.
Net weight: 30g (1.06oz) in pull-lid tincan
