Steep Stories

Tag: yixing

  • Seasoning A Boob-Shaped Yixing Teapot

    Seven Days of Seven Cups, Day 1 – “Seasoning a Boob-Shaped Yixing Teapot” In December of last year, I shattered my boob-shaped yixing teapot. Yes, it was boob-shaped once. Not . . . accurately boob-shaped, but definitely figuratively. It had a whole story behind it and everything. (The story in question can be found HERE.)…

  • Booze Teas for Boob Teapots

    Booze Tea for Boob Teapots – The Tea-Totaler Trilogy, Part 2 Around the year, 490 BCE, in the ancient Chinese kingdom of Yue, there was once a beautiful woman who was offered as tribute to an invading king. The woman was so marveled for her beauty, it was said that fish would forget how to…