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Hey there
Where I live the stores that sell tea-ware don’t sell a “V” style tea cup. To give you an idea of what I mean here’s a picture.Does anyone know a company that will sell tea-ware online internationally, and in particular with V-shaped tea cups?
BestClaire
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Sorry about the image – it was working a week ago, I guess they’ve removed the image from their website.
Hopefully these images I found elsewhere work better. Let me know of course if they don’t – touch-wood!
^ accessed from: https://www.veniceclayartists.com/korean-ceramics/^ accessed from: https://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/karlins/contained-excitement-at-cavin-morris1-5-11.aspI was focused more on the style – that V-shape.I do want to ask another question related – still related to tea-ware. Has anyone purchased or can comment on either of these websites? I’m thinking of giving them a go but it’d be great if I could get some opinions. 🙂 -
Clairelie, the two photos u posted here are of very nice handcrafted workmanship. They look like nice tea ware. However, the two links you listed carry only factory made products, most of which are widely available in most cities in Mainland China. Many factories make them.
While there are nice handcrafted tea ware made in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and jiangxi, they are not as commonly seen in internetshops. I am not too familiar with the overall picture though, hope some other readers could help u out on this one. -
Hi Leo
Sorry I guess my question wasn’t structured well.I’m interested in purchasing from Wanling Teahouse and Chinese Tea Wholesaler. However I wondered whether anybody has past experiences with either of them and what those experiences were. For example I know from SmartShanghai that Wanling Teahouse apparently specialises in Tie Guan Yin but it’d be more interesting to know whether users agree, disagree and so on.As for the two images – I posted them to spark memory in anyone who has bought tea cups that have a V-shaped appearance. I’m more interested in a wide V-shape as the pictures illustrate rather than a tall one. If anyone has purchased a tea cup in this style that’d be great. 🙂C -
if only like shape, these very common shape for tea cup available many stores in hong kong. from very cheap price to very high price. no need to buy on internet, if you come to hk often.
also tieguanyin is fujian tea. tieguanyin in hk is cheaper than in shanghai, because many fujian people in hk. one teashop base in hk has a branch in shanghai. same tea in hk is almost 50% higher in shanghai. therefore no good to buy in shanghai store. -
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Clairelie, love the picture of the second cup you posted (from artnet). “Pack-Koryo White Tea Bowl C. Koryo Period (11th Century – Korea) White Porcelain, Blue with Green Celadon Glaze”
A slightly more open, wider mouth style of cup of the pictures you have posted are often referred to as a ‘dou li’, a traditional style of hat popular in the countryside. This style of cup, especially with a light glaze a wonderful way to appreciate a tea’s liquor colour.
If you are after hand made cups then ‘we’ have some made by a famous artist in the UKhttps://www.wanlingteahouse.com/article.php/17/ian-gregory-handmade-chinese-tea-cups
Deviating from the thread topic, Tea ware’, Shanghai is not necessary always more expensive than HK. Shanghai is also home to a very large population of Fujianese. If you avoid the tea shop chain stores there are a lot of good tea shops in Shanghai (as well as a lot of bad ones).
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I’d like to add a statement here about tea cup shapes…
I finally got to experience with different shapes and they do, really, make a difference in tasting of tea.Considering these two types of cup:As far as I could notice, the one on the left, besides being more anatomical, provides a much better experience of the tea’s aroma.As for the V-shaped cup, I haven’t tried it yet. -
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Tamesbm,
The thickness distribution, material, shape, and size, of the tea cup influence greatly the taste of the prepared tea infusion. I think you have made a discovery before you made your posting here a few days ago. If you actually compare it, the difference the cup can make is (much) greater than the counterpart (the glass) can do to wine.Porcelain and ceramic are the best materials we have experienced so far, but it all depends of how well they are made for tea drinking.
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