Comments on: For Katie and Flower~ Check it out… http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/ To honor and encourage Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Katie B. http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/#comment-18877 Katie B. Sun, 11 May 2008 19:17:31 +0000 http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-18877 Ooo those cups are lovely, I'm sure they'd work as tea bowls...definitely a more formal style, in our tea room most of the stuff is "wabi" the kind of imperfect, rustic, one of a kind style that is more Japanese. The more formal style tea is more Chinese, "karamono" or Chinese items were very popular and expensive and would be used in the shogun style tea. As for matcha, don't be fooled by more expensive ones labeled "organic", all matcha is organic by definition and a mid-priced one is a better bet, according to my professor for my tea class. :-) Ooo those cups are lovely, I’m sure they’d work as tea bowls…definitely a more formal style, in our tea room most of the stuff is “wabi” the kind of imperfect, rustic, one of a kind style that is more Japanese. The more formal style tea is more Chinese, “karamono” or Chinese items were very popular and expensive and would be used in the shogun style tea.

As for matcha, don’t be fooled by more expensive ones labeled “organic”, all matcha is organic by definition and a mid-priced one is a better bet, according to my professor for my tea class. :-)

]]> By: teaescapade http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/#comment-18807 teaescapade Fri, 09 May 2008 20:36:07 +0000 http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-18807 Flower, Republic of Tea sells matcha. I don't know anything about the quality. Someone recently gave me the name of another place that sells it. If I find it, I'll let you know. Flower,

Republic of Tea sells matcha. I don’t know anything about the quality.

Someone recently gave me the name of another place that sells it. If I find it, I’ll let you know.

]]> By: teaescapade http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/#comment-18806 teaescapade Fri, 09 May 2008 20:35:03 +0000 http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-18806 Your un-professional opinion sounds pretty professional to me! :-) That's what I'll go with. Regardless... they are beautiful. Your un-professional opinion sounds pretty professional to me! :-) That’s what I’ll go with.

Regardless… they are beautiful.

]]> By: Flower http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/#comment-18796 Flower Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:09 +0000 http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-18796 What a fun surprise for me!! Did you buy the cups in the Flower Power store? They are nice! Thanks for the thoughts and the picture!! While in Starbucks last week I asked about their green tea in powder form that is similiar to the tea your daughter talked about last week. Starbucks does not sell the tea but they will make you a drink from it. They said it was very expensive and it was shipped in from Asia to them. What a fun surprise for me!! Did you buy the cups in the Flower Power store? They are nice!
Thanks for the thoughts and the picture!!
While in Starbucks last week I asked about their green tea in powder form that is similiar to the tea your daughter talked about last week. Starbucks does not sell the tea but they will make you a drink from it. They said it was very expensive and it was shipped in from Asia to them.

]]> By: kim from hiraeth http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/#comment-18795 kim from hiraeth Fri, 09 May 2008 11:45:26 +0000 http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-18795 Another great find. You are a tablescape treasure hunter extraordinaire. Another great find.

You are a tablescape treasure hunter extraordinaire.

]]> By: teaescapade http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/#comment-18793 teaescapade Fri, 09 May 2008 11:06:59 +0000 http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-18793 Those cups are adorable! I think I need to make a trip to my local thrift store - I never would have thought to look for housewares. BTW-what is the difference between Sake and Tea cups? <em><strong>Teaescapade</strong>, I honestly don't know what the difference between sake cups and tea cups is. I assumed Sake cups would be smaller. When I looked at images online some of the sake cups were smaller than these and some looked the same. I'm going to go with my non-professional definition and say if you serve sake in them they're sake cups and if you serve tea in them they're tea-cups :)</em> Those cups are adorable! I think I need to make a trip to my local thrift store - I never would have thought to look for housewares.

BTW-what is the difference between Sake and Tea cups?

Teaescapade, I honestly don’t know what the difference between sake cups and tea cups is. I assumed Sake cups would be smaller. When I looked at images online some of the sake cups were smaller than these and some looked the same. I’m going to go with my non-professional definition and say if you serve sake in them they’re sake cups and if you serve tea in them they’re tea-cups :)

]]> By: willow http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/for-katie-and-flower-check-it-out/#comment-18788 willow Fri, 09 May 2008 04:59:02 +0000 http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/?p=1074#comment-18788 I asked The Professor the same question you asked me about the difference between a sake cup and a tea cup and he gave me the same answer! I asked The Professor the same question you asked me about the difference between a sake cup and a tea cup and he gave me the same answer!

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