Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Nice cup and it does seem pretty big actually. I like the translucent flakes in the side. The Chinese characters there simply say "China", pronounced kind of like "jewn gwah". Sorry it doesn't say ming dynasty!

I can second that. The characters are 中國 which means "China" and are traditional characters (which are the variant almost always used on art). A little hard to tell from the pics, but it does look hand painted. The designs seem "traditional" i.e. designs that have been used over the generations. The leaves around the base are, to the best of my knowledge, plantain leaves. Don't have any info about the geometric pattern around the rim.

I'm having a black tea blend this afternoon with some local honey. It's a little heavy on the bergamot.

I'm having Assam tea in this Thermos travel mug. This is a new mug my wife bought after my Morning Thunder Mug gave up the ghost while she was walking to work.

I'm having Jade Cloud green tea in the Thermos mug pictured above. This mug keeps the tea really hot. I had to take the lid off to let the tea cool down so its drinkable.

It finally feels like autumn around here. I'm having lapsang souchong this afternoon.

I'm having Churchill blended tea this afternoon in the mug from post #5133. It's not feeling like autumn today.

We had our first real snow today.

Well guys.....Ha ha,I'm having coffee this morning and its like 70 something degrees out. The world is going to hell lol.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Well guys.....Ha ha,I'm having coffee this morning and its like 70 something degrees out. The world is going to hell lol.

Yeah, I'm wearing a short sleeve polo. The current temperature is 75 deg F.

Today I had some pu-erh at work. Nothing fancy, just threw some in my big mug and brewed it there. More snow.