#tea pot
Tetsubin or teapot of iron in a tall cylindrical form with an elongated handle, decorated with gold and silver inlay. Taisho era, early 20th century.
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Say hello to the newest addition to our yixing collection: this beautiful heini shi piao from Ms. Lai Xiaohong!
We’re really excited to be offering more of her lovely work right now, and so happy to have a piece of our very own to use every day.
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Hidden springs, deep forests, rocky hillsides, gnarled trees - Yixing artist Lai Xiaohong celebrates the beauty around her in this new collections; Nature Studies.
Check out this beautiful tea pot from artist Wang Ting!
Photos don’t really capture how beautiful this pot is to pick up and hold.
It was verrrry tempting to keep a bunch of the latest tea pots for ourselves, but we resisted. You can check out all 40+ new pots from Lai Xiaohong, Wang Ting, and Tan Jun up on our online store >> https://verdanttea.com/shop/teaware/yixing-tea-pot/
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(#3034) A FINE AND RARE LIME-GROUND FAMILLE-ROSE TEAPOT AND COVER SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
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Masterpiece Nepalese Pure Silver Dragon Teapot with Gem Inlay of Lapis, Coral & Turquoise
For more details, or to purchase, visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/511767880/masterpiece-nepal-pure-silver-gem-inlay?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dragon%20teapot&ref=sr_gallery_3
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Masterpiece Nepali Silver Dragon Teapot with Gem Inlay
For more details, or to purchase, visit: https://www.etsy.com/listing/503613168/masterpiece-nepal-pure-silver-gem-inlay?ref=shop_home_active_8
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The kyusu tea pot (bottom left) my best friend ordered for my birthday last month finally arrived! It’s made of celadon and was shipped all the way from Japan! My family got me the tetsubin kettle and sasa tea cup (top), and while I was rummaging through the cabinet, I found that cute little mug (bottom right) to really tie it all together!
Also, I laid them out on my tarot cloth, since the green goes so perfectly with them. Once I feel a bit better, I’m going to make tons and tons of tea! I think the first one I’ll make will be some mint tea, then I’ll try my hand at blending some of my magical herbs together for a tea to help me with a healing magic spell or a divination. Stay tuned!
Peppermint patty is a blend of rooibos, peppermint, chocolate chips and chocolate flavor.
Steep this tea at 212F for 5 minutes.
Peppermint Patty sips in with a heavy note of peppermint with a light chocolate flavor chasing it. This tea is extremely delicious as a dessert tea or for any time of day. The chocolate isn’t the main focus so it doesn’t feel like too much of an indulgent but just enough to cure that aching sweet tooth. The rooibos adds a an extra dimension to the tea making it balance out between peppermint, chocolate and a fruity undertone. This strongly reminds me of a york peppermint patty which happens to be my favorite candy! If this tea sounds delicious to you, pick it up here!
If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to send me a PM! Want to decide which tea I review next? Don’t hesitate to ask!
xoxo
Jordan
In Nature teas contacted me on my instagram to review a tea from them!
They sent me one of my favorite kinds of tea which is milk oolong. I was confused by the name when I saw it but once I smelled the tea I instantly knew it was milk oolong and google helped confirm that.
I heated up my kettle to 195F - using 5.5g of leaf I steeped it for 15 seconds initially.
I love watching the leaf unfurl in my pot. BTW This is a brand new tea pot from Bitter leaf teas. it’s 110ml and it pours really fast! Absolutely love it.
Look at that golden color! Beautiful <3
Time for my thoughts. This tea has a light buttery flavor kind of like popcorn mixed with some hints of caramel. It really starts to shine around the 3rd steeping and around the 6th it tapers off. I always love milk oolongs for their creamy-ness and overall sweetness they can bring, it’s like having desert without the calories! My only gripe about this tea is when it steeped there was quite a bit of sediment sitting at the bottom of the cup so I strongly recommend using a fine filter with it. Some of the leaves were broken and I found a few stems but overall it didn’t affect the taste of this tea. If you are looking to try milk oolong but don’t want to pay the steep price a lot of companies have this one is very affordable! Almost 8$ for 50g (2~ ounces) AND SURPRISE! They sent me a discount code for my followers which is like OMG? Hello? Why don’t more companies do this? For 20% off of their teas be sure to use the code Jordan20 !!! Or don’t, I do not get anything out of it, I just find it awesome that you have the chance to get a 20% discount if you liked this review and want some of the tea! In Nature teas is a UK based company so I highly recommend getting some if you are in the UK especially!
ALSO! I launched my blogger website for dedicated tea reviews! If you prefer that platform - be sure to check it out here!
Be sure to follow my instagram! @tea_tography
If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to send me a PM! Want to decide which tea I review next? Don’t hesitate to ask!
xoxo
Jordan
As you can see, this tea is in the shape of a heart! It smells like rose florals and woodsy black tea.
Steep this tea at 205F for 2-3 minutes. You can get roughly 3+ steeps out of it.
The brewed aroma is strong but not purfumey like I expected. The tea broke up into a lovely brew and the color was like dark amber. Taste wise this tea had tones of rose, smooth woodsy notes and lingering floral. Overall this tea is very pleasant and easy to sip on a chilly day. It had its own level of sweetness so I didnt’ feel like I had to add anything extra. For a scented black tea this is a great choice.
Unfortunately this tea is part of a kick starter that I helped photography wise so you can’t get it individually, but if you are slightly new to the tea journey dipping your toes into loose leaf, I definitely recommend getting a subscription from them! You can find this tea here.
ALSO! I launched my blogger website for dedicated tea reviews! If you prefer that platform - be sure to check it out here!
Be sure to follow my instagram! @tea_tography
If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to send me a PM! Want to decide which tea I review next? Don’t hesitate to ask!
xoxo
Jordan
Mellow Monk Tea was kind enough to reach out to me for a tea review of my choice so I asked for Frosty Garden because it sounded so interesting!
Frosty Garden is a green tea with some white stems. Brew this tea using 1 teaspoon in a small teapot and 167F/76C water for 1 - 2 minutes for the first infusion and only 1 minute for the second.
This tea turned out to be very pleasant, with strong vegetal notes that I was able to subdue if I used shorter steeping times. Frosty Garden had light citrus tones that added a level of sweetness and complexity to this tea that was extremely palpable. I was left feeling like I had wondered into a Japanese tea garden on a spring day with the clouds promising a light drizzle. Overall Frosty Garden has become a go to for the days I’m in the mood for green tea.
If you would like to pick up some of this tea you can find it here.
Be sure to follow my instagram! @tea_tography
If you have any questions comments or concerns please feel free to send me a PM! Want to decide which tea I review next? Don’t hesitate to ask!
xoxo
Jordan
As a blogger, Its hard to write about things you don’t like, especially when its tea - at that point, its more up to the person who drinks it because all of our palettes are different. However, today we are reviewing teaware. I personally, never use infuser balls, bags w/e because I want to give my tea ample room to expand. If you use a small infuser for lets say - oolong - chances are your tea will come out more bitter than if you used a more open design like a tea maker from teavana or davids tea(this is because the tea leaf gets bruised in the process of expanding which releases tannin). So there’s my first gripe about this product - it doesn’t give you much room to work with, now my second gripe? It doesn’t close all the way - there are holes on the side of the infuser and this causes smaller more chopped up teas - like you would get from blends or tisanes, to come out into your cup. Doesn’t sound very functional does it? Over all - this product is cute, nice idea - but I’d only use them to make tea baths - throw some leaves in, throw them in your bath tub and enjoy.
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