Tag: Teapot

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Oolong Owl’s 2013 Christmas Tea Haul

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Hello Tea Peeps! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with great tea and sweets! It seems I’ve come to a time that people don’t buy me tea things often. I mean, I have so much tea and so much tea ware, I can see it being hard to find something I don’t have. Of course, I have a list of things I do want (cough, tea table, cough), but as usual, surprise gift items are more fun than buying off my list. My husband joked about buying me a Costco sized box of Bigelow tea as a… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teaware update – August 2013

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When I started Oolong Owl early this year I was really a “I rather have tea than tea ware” kind of person. I used basic tea ware like a gravity steeper, variable kettle with a glass mug and white tea cup to show off tea colour. As this blog progressed I’ve been feeling like I need more attractive tea ware to photo with the teas. I’ve also been enjoying serving guests tea in tiny annoying tea cups, MUAHAHAH! Anyways, here is some of my recent tea ware purchases: Mint Owl Mug! I always wanted one of these sweet owl mugs!… Continue reading, hoot!

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Oolong Owl’s Special New Teapot

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I have a new tea pot! A piece of teaware I’ve been questing for! Here’s the box: Owly is here at the unveiling of this awesome teaware. Owly and I decided that he will be present for all Oolong Owl achievements and fan mail. This teaware is certainly an achievement. Can you guess what it is? Attractive purple owl will be our owl hand model, unwrapping the box. Opened, the box is full of tissue. Let’s take out the tissue. Folding away some of the tissue, Owly is confused what he is looking at. Ah, it’s a teapot! A very… Continue reading, hoot!

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Oolong Owl’s First Gaiwan

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I finally got a Gaiwan! WOOOOOT! A bit of history – I prefer gravity steepers. Once I got mine from DavidsTea, I was hooked. I later on got Adagio Tea’s IngenuiTEA (which I dislike due to its narrow size). I wanted to try a more traditional way of steeping tea to see the difference, but also experiment. I shopped all over ebay and online tea shops. My in-laws are going on a cruise in China later this year and I didn’t want to wait that long for a gaiwan. My Gaiwan came from Yunnan Sourcing’s US shop – I was attracted to the light… Continue reading, hoot!

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Daiso Haul #2 – More tea ware!

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I had broken my 2 cup tea pot not too long ago. I was looking online for a new tea cup, but I felt kind of sad. I could spend $15-$20 and get a nice tea pot, or I can get a couple cheapy Daiso tea pots for $1.50 to $4 each and if I accidentally break another one again, I won’t feel as bad. So.. DAISO TEA WARE HAUL! (again) I found two nice small tea pots. They hold around 15 to 16 oz each. The blue print one came with an infuser and was $4! I also snagged a… Continue reading, hoot!

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Blooming Glass Teapot from DAVIDsTea – Review

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I snagged myself a Blooming Glass TeaPot from DAVIDsTEA a few months ago. It was on sale (whooo!) and I needed a glass pot for all the blooming teas I’ve been collecting and not using. I bought this teapot online – so it came all the way from eastern Canada to California! I was really worried it would of been smashed. However, my tea pot arrived in perfect condition – everything was packaged very well! voyeuristic tea pot! No wait, that’s me! This tea pot is large. 40 oz / 1.2 Liters. Totally a tea pot to take out to share… Continue reading, hoot!

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Daiso teaware haul

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DAISO! I love Daiso! They are sprouting more and more stores too! I originally went to the store in Richmond, BC Canada and was really sad to move out of Canada because at the time they only had the store in Canada and around San Francisco. However now they recently have opened a couple Daisos in my area, in Southern California yay! What’s Daiso? Well, it’s a japanese dollar store. Stuff is all $1.50 ($2 in Canada) and up. Need cute stationary, pencil cases, dishes, socks, lip gloss, yarn, gardening stuff, bath mitts, and kitchen stuff? Daiso has it and probably… Continue reading, hoot!

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Oolong Owl’s Bubble Teapot (DavidsTEA)

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I’m one of those tea drinkers that spends more money on tea than tea ware. So for me, tea ware has to perform well to put up with my constant use. The artist in me would really love to have more tea pots and cups, matching my mood, weather, outfit or manicure, but again, I think back that a $20 tea pot is $20 I can spend on tea. However, I really needed a new tea pot. When I had company over, I would use a gravity steeper (also from DavidsTEA) per person. I purchased a cheap tea pot from… Continue reading, hoot!