lithos: Ah, bringing back childhood memories with that candy....

remote: What a lovely tea set!!!!! A gorgeous orange color!

they had it in blue, green, and white. but the orange really caught my eye.

funnily enough, i have a box of the ginger candy sitting, never had it before - friend got me it along with refreshing my collection of gunpowder and jasmine from his local thai super market.

Mmmm.....jasmine....ginger......mmmm......

Orange....I would have bought the orange one, too.

just had couple of the ginger sweets, and brewed up a pot of lemon/ginger tea.
oh. and a photo - bought this last night - dragon fruit:

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Originally posted by remotespook:

This precious moment.

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of course i had to fill both cups so neither felt left out. and drain the pot. a good five or six of those cups out of it. smashing

uhm, don't say "smashing" within earshot of a porcelain teapot: might make it jittery--

but that golden colour of the pot with the matching paler gold tea is adorable...

I am bowled over :-)
Mirrorgirl has taste as well as persuasive powers; getting a careful Scot to buy something expensive... well!

well she would have gone for blue. its her fault because she took me there. colour choice was entirely mine. (i was also wearing orange t-shirt at the time). drinking third pot from it now - lapsang souchong.

I felt sorta bad after the smoking crater left in the wallet -- but it's gorgeous. You will totally pick up foxy cultured chicks with it. "Hey baby, wanna see my teapot? Heh heh."

(I would have gone for the red, actually, but they only had a red cup. I obviously have no taste except for the tea itself!)

(Oh, and my Guricha is fantastic.)

well red would have been my second choice.
and to be honest, given times i've blown money on a pile of books and then not read them for a year, i've drank three pots of tea from this today alone

The tea pot and cups are stunning.. utterly gorgeous in orange.

My Moonlight White tea is also lovely.. and the muji mesh thingy fits in my wagamama tea cup perfectly and is great - thanks for the tip mirrorgirl The tea obsession seems to be contagious!

Tea pot thread coming up?

Mine is from Prague, a frog on the lid, ceramic. Gift from ex-husband after he became an ex. Not bad eh.

I'm hoping the pair of these that I packed into my shipment to myself from the states arrive intact:

I'm not holding my breath, though. WWII era antiques from Japan, $15 for the pair. Sadly no pot to match -- I have a standard issue muji one.

Ooooooh!!!!!!
I want!!

My teapot (just now full of a "convent tea" -- ten herbs to get you sleepy).

its strangely ugly/pretty pot. if you know what i mean?

It has charm, if not grace :-)

charm and character balance out

It's just the lighting I think. Just gotta bring down the specularity, quick spout-lift, Photoshop her butt a little.

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It's just the lighting I think. Just gotta bring down the specularity, quick spout-lift, Photoshop her butt a little.

You slay me!

:-)

Nite Hawaii.

I like the crawly creature in the last one, Striv.