From Charles in Montana:

Hi Guys,

Wanted to let you know that the first order was received
yesterday.

Amazing kettles! Is it me, psychosomatic or something, but the tea
I prepared this morning (the tea I have been drinking for a many
weeks) tasted so much better. Another layer of flavor sprung
forth that was not there yesterday. Our property is blessed with
an artesian well at 9.8 alkalinity, so can't get much better
water than that. So it must have been the kettles. WOW!
The old stainless steel kettle is now in the donation pile!

One question I do have for you. When refilling the
kettles when they are still hot to the touch, is it OK filling them
with cold water? Just wondering if the major temperature
shock to the stoneware is OK. Please let me know.

Best regards

Charles

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charles,

you can add room temperature water to the kettles
when they are hot, as long as there is still a bit of
hot water on the bottom...

the tea tastes better from water boiled in the kettles
because the crystalized minerals in the stone/clay
has energetic properties on the water molecules.

this causes the the molecules to "microcluster"
also known as "restructure," which means the
water clusters in clumps of 3-5 molecules rather
than the usual 12-15, which makes it "finer" and
"softer," and this brings out deeper layers of the
tea taste while also allowing deeper penetration
of the flavors on the palate....

daniel

From Moon in Singapore:

Hello,

I am your fairly new member, I landed at your web by chance while sourcing for some Chinese tea information.

I just want to say a big "Thank you" for putting me on your Tea Tidings newsletter list. I am a tea lover and your articles on tea culture are so enlightening that I find myself glued to your website everyday during
my lunch break, reading the back issues, with the so relaxing tea music
you uploaded for your readers. So thoughtful, I actually open up a link
to play the music in the background, minimise it, and open another link
to read your interesting articles. Then finish my lunch with a hot cuppa Chinese tea.

Such an enjoyment! Have a Great day!

Moon

PS I read an article by Daniel and understand that he did a translation for My Journey in Mystic China: Old Pu's Travel Diary, so I am pleased to let you know that I have placed an order from Amazon for the book and it is on the way to me now. Really looking forward to it!

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Tea Moon,

Welcome to our tea clan, happy to have you aboard...
What do you mean "by chance?"

No such thing! It was predestined! No doubt your tea karma homed you in while cruising the net.

We have more music coming up on Tea Tunes soon, mostly Ancient Chinese Lute, my all time favorite tea music.

Yes, it's true, "a hundred thousand mantras on a mala /
don't sing the truth as well / as a single taste of tea..."

Cheers from Dali, Yunnan, Tea Country

Daniel and Snow