Comments for http://the-leaf.org/issue4 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 Comment on Gong Fu Tea Tips, Issue 4–The Kettle Part 1, Japanese Pure Silver by Seth Wolitz http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-605 Seth Wolitz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:50:26 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25#comment-605 I have had much happiness with my Japanese gyokuro tea made with my Sado made kyushu. Banko pleases me as well. Both are pure clay. But i avoid hagi-yaki pots for their are leaky and nod the flavor of the water is affected by the clay. I have had much happiness with my Japanese gyokuro tea made with my Sado made kyushu. Banko pleases me as well. Both are pure clay. But i avoid hagi-yaki pots for their are leaky and nod the flavor of the water is affected by the clay.

]]> Comment on Gong Fu Tea Tips, Issue 4–The Kettle Part 1, Japanese Pure Silver by Seth Wolitz http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-604 Seth Wolitz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:46:53 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25#comment-604 This question of silver pot or some other metal is vexing. I have obtain a pure tin pot and i have inquired with Omote Senke sensei and others active in the tea ceremony and connoisseurs and all agree that tin was as good as silver if it is pure. There was a long tradition of using tin pots from the 16th century to the present and beautiful examples were made in Kagoshima and Osaka. This question of silver pot or some other metal is vexing. I have obtain a pure tin pot and i have inquired with Omote Senke sensei and others active in the tea ceremony and connoisseurs and all agree that tin was as good as silver if it is pure. There was a long tradition of using tin pots from the 16th century to the present and beautiful examples were made in Kagoshima and Osaka.

]]> Comment on 26 Mountains, 50 cakes; A review by Ethan Thompson by admin http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=48&cpage=1#comment-507 admin Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:06:38 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=48#comment-507 There are indeed. Either contact Jing Mei Tang or email me and I will try to put you in touch with them. There are indeed. Either contact Jing Mei Tang or email me and I will try to put you in touch with them.

]]> Comment on Gong Fu Tea Tips, Issue 4–The Kettle Part 1, Japanese Pure Silver by admin http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-506 admin Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:06:00 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25#comment-506 Silver kettles are getting rarer and rarer and prices are going up. There is a wide range of qualities based on the purity of the silver and where it was mined, the age of the kettle itself, whether it was cast or hand-hammered and of course the beauty and craftsmanship. I have found the Meiji and pre WWII kettles to have the purest silver and make the best water. The post-war cast ones are inferior. I do not know any good sources for them in the West, unfortunately. You are welcome to come stay with us in Taiwan :) There are a lot of different kinds of clay kettles. It is good to try before you buy in any case as clay can make or break a tea. Silver kettles are getting rarer and rarer and prices are going up. There is a wide range of qualities based on the purity of the silver and where it was mined, the age of the kettle itself, whether it was cast or hand-hammered and of course the beauty and craftsmanship. I have found the Meiji and pre WWII kettles to have the purest silver and make the best water. The post-war cast ones are inferior. I do not know any good sources for them in the West, unfortunately. You are welcome to come stay with us in Taiwan :)

There are a lot of different kinds of clay kettles. It is good to try before you buy in any case as clay can make or break a tea.

]]> Comment on Gong Fu Tea Tips, Issue 4–The Kettle Part 1, Japanese Pure Silver by Andrew Perzigian http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-502 Andrew Perzigian Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:45:36 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25#comment-502 Thank you for all the helpful information. I have a couple questions: 1) Do you have any suggestions about where to find a Japanese silver kettle? How much to they typically cost on the low-end? 2) With regards to the cast iron option, I have noticed that many are enamel coated on the inside. My understanding of enamel is that it is glass and thus essentially inert. Will an enameled cast iron pot work or is the article referring to cast iron in the non-enameled state? 3) What about enameled earthenware, like many of the Traditional Chinese Medicine herb cookers out there? I have seen enameled earthenware teapots that can be used on the stove top. Any thoughts on these? Thank you for all the helpful information. I have a couple questions:

1) Do you have any suggestions about where to find a Japanese silver kettle? How much to they typically cost on the low-end?

2) With regards to the cast iron option, I have noticed that many are enamel coated on the inside. My understanding of enamel is that it is glass and thus essentially inert. Will an enameled cast iron pot work or is the article referring to cast iron in the non-enameled state?

3) What about enameled earthenware, like many of the Traditional Chinese Medicine herb cookers out there? I have seen enameled earthenware teapots that can be used on the stove top. Any thoughts on these?

]]> Comment on 26 Mountains, 50 cakes; A review by Ethan Thompson by Andrew Perzigian http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=48&cpage=1#comment-501 Andrew Perzigian Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:55:45 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=48#comment-501 Hi. Are these sets, or something equivalent, still available nowadays? Hi. Are these sets, or something equivalent, still available nowadays?

]]> Comment on Discussion of Issue 4 by admin http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-70 admin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:48:49 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=6#comment-70 There was some miscommunication regarding this article and its source and it had to be removed. We apologize for the mistake. It was a good article, but we had no choice but to take it out. There was some miscommunication regarding this article and its source and it had to be removed. We apologize for the mistake. It was a good article, but we had no choice but to take it out.

]]> Comment on Gong Fu Tea Tips, Issue 4–The Kettle Part 1, Japanese Pure Silver by admin http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-69 admin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:46:59 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25#comment-69 I have been using silver kettles for years and never had any such problems I have been using silver kettles for years and never had any such problems

]]> Comment on Gong Fu Tea Tips, Issue 4–The Kettle Part 1, Japanese Pure Silver by moskital http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-62 moskital Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:33:06 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=25#comment-62 Thank you for the interesting article. It's quite a good piece of information to me. But there are some things I want to ask. When using metal kettle, the water with oxide comes from the kettle may combine with the acid in tea and result in salt. This firstly may not be good for the taste of tea and secondly will fill the little holes in the pot also, for this combination is hard to be destroyed, the pot may be ruined and cannot absorb the tea flavor anymore. Will this happen to the kettles above? look forward to your reply, thank you Moskital Thank you for the interesting article. It’s quite a good piece of information to me. But there are some things I want to ask. When using metal kettle, the water with oxide comes from the kettle may combine with the acid in tea and result in salt. This firstly may not be good for the taste of tea and secondly will fill the little holes in the pot also, for this combination is hard to be destroyed, the pot may be ruined and cannot absorb the tea flavor anymore. Will this happen to the kettles above?

look forward to your reply, thank you

Moskital

]]> Comment on Discussion of Issue 4 by John Grebe http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-61 John Grebe Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:26:24 +0000 http://the-leaf.org/issue4/?p=6#comment-61 Is there supposed to be an article in this issue called "Tea or Coffee; To Each His or Her Own"? It was talked about on other sites but doesn't seem to be here. Is there supposed to be an article in this issue called “Tea or Coffee; To Each His or Her Own”? It was talked about on other sites but doesn’t seem to be here.

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