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Looks great. I know that there are many makers of such devices, but I don’t know price and quality comparison for them.
These are big questions to answer. Will come back to them later tonight. Anyone with comments or answers to these are welcome.
Caffeine content in shu cha type of puers does get lower through properly conducted post-fermentation. Findings in various reports vary so I cannot come to any conclusion as to how much lower yet. Also, not all shu cha in the market are properly post-fermented. That said, a lot of teas in the market are not properly processed or handled one way or the other anyway. (Have I become a grumpy old man?)
Thickness difference in a container affects the manner of heat dissipation of the container itself and the content it holds. It is typical that mass-produced gaiwans, including all that I use for general purposes, have a thinner bottom and increasing thickness on the side wall towards the top. That is why the hand-thrown gaiwans are a lot more ideal, but they are way too expensive for daily use for most of us.
Anyway, your sample is illustrative of poor thickness distribution even for a mould cast production. This is likely a result of poor skills and/or management. Having said that, however, a lot of chinaware produced all around the world have the same characteristics.It is likely to affect on the quality of infusion. One way to check differences is to control all other variables and use a few different infusion wares to conduct infusion tests on the same tea.RTHK enforces their copyrights quite strictly. Can’t upload that to YouTube. That was quite many years ago now anyway.
@ Sara, yes, that’s right. When I designed the packaging, I intended it to be a way of storage too. The Phoenix oolong you ordered comes in the kraft bag with an aluminum and a PE laminates. They are good environment insulators and thick enough for the duration of the content (I reuse them for my own drinking stock sometimes). Remember to cut at just below the seal so you have plenty of length of the bag for folding back a few times before you clip it for storage. That way there is a safe air trap.
@ svanheulen, we’ll offer caddies in the future, but first we have a lot of work to do before we can launch the tea accessories category. Retail and export really are two different animals!
@Sara, let me know if you have any questions about preparing tea for the thermos.
@M, nice new gravatar icon 😉@tea soul, I am sorry I have not seen your posting till now. The way we can do the wide variety (and will be even wider soon) has many reasons, one being our unique position as also an exporter and wholesaler. As for the other reasons I am afraid we need to keep as business secrets. Please also allow us a little bit of time for smoothing out some operation issues before presenting our tea ware offers in the shop. You are always welcome to contact me by PM in case for anything you think should be discussed in private.
