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The Jade Leaf’s Teaware [Inbetweenisode 132]
In this episode James visits Emilio Del Pozo’s (The Jade Leaf) headquarters in Taiwan. We take a look and discuss his new electric kiln as well as some of his wood-fired wares.
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10 Non-Tea Items To Help You Get Started With Puerh – Guest Post w/Garrett
Garrett is a local tea friend of mine who I drink pu’erh with regularly for the past two years. He’s appeared in a few inbetweenisodes and you can follow him on Instagram at islikewater. Maybe you have tried a few samples of pu’erh, scoured the internet for articles on brewing techniques and want to brew…
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How I Care For My Yixing — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #76
One of the frequently asked questions. How I care for my yixing teapots.
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Peripheral Teaware — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #21
Musings on some teaware that James uses that you may or may not find useful!
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Essential Gong-Fu Teaware — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #12
Inbetweenisode Episode #12 from James. A short episode that covers the basics of what you need to get started brewing gong-fu style!
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Yixing Teapots — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #10
Inbetweenisode Episode #10 from James. This is part two of a two part series on Yixing teapots. The second part covers some basic attributes, advantages and characteristics of Yixing. Please check out these additional resources: http://www.marshaln.com/tag/yixing/ http://terebess.hu/english/yixing1.html http://terebess.hu/english/yixing1a.html
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Yixing Teapots — TeaDB James InBetweenIsode Episode #9
Inbetweenisode Episode #9 from James. This is part one of a two part series on Yixing teapots. The first part covers some very basic concepts, including other resources, modern vs. not, and some basic characteristics of clay teapots. Please check out these resources: http://www.marshaln.com/tag/yixing/ http://terebess.hu/english/yixing1.html http://terebess.hu/english/yixing1a.html
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Gaiwans! Tea Basics [Episode 41]
A special TeaDB episode on Tea Basics! Episode 41 covering all about gaiwans. Denny and James cover how-to-use, different materials as well as some more advanced concepts on gaiwan use.
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Taiwanese Oolong Compendium
Taiwan has been described by Marshaln as “The Tea Shop Island” and is truly a tea lover’s heaven. Like Japan and unlike China, the standards for authentic Taiwanese tea are quite high. This doesn’t necessarily mean that all tea marketed on the internet as Taiwanese tea is extremely high quality (or even grown in Taiwan!),…