Tea Aquisitions and Fun

This Sunday I had the pleasure of visiting Ten Li with Lorenzo, Lorraine, and Lorraine’s family.  It was one of the most enjoyable tea sessions I’ve experienced, so far.  There’s just something heartwarming about six people sitting around a tea table in a corner of Betty’s store chatting about tea and related subjects.

The following are the tea stuff that I acquired today.  Sorry in advance for the mediocre quality of the pictures.

First up is the 2007 Green Pu Erh Tea 357:

And the knife I got to break up the Pu Erh:

Next is a tea kettle for home use.  Now, my tea corner is pretty much complete.

Best of all is the clay teapot I got for my Pu Erh tea.  If I understand it correctly, this is made out of zhuni, which is really hard to believe since that clay is nearly extinct.  But even if it is not zhuni, the cover fits so well:

Update: After some searching, I think my tea lady called this a zhuni pot because of the color, not necessarily because it is made out of zhuni clay.

And finally, gifts from  the wonderful Lorraine.  The kitchen cloth is so cute.  But I love the bento set.  I definitely  have to pack a picnic lunch for everyone one of these days.  The candy bag is from our Tea Lady.  Its homemade yummy, gooey, matcha flavor candies.  She gives bags of them to her favorite customers ^_^

So I’ve been saving up for these set of tea toys for a little bit over a month.  But if you think that was a lot, well,  you should have seen the other guys ^_~