Bryan Sumner
The Japanese culture has a long tradition of providing the best and remarkable history of tea pots and tea sets up till today, they have only one rival which are the Chinese tea sets. The imperial Japanese court were caught in the fancy of the Chinese tea tradition and since then many kinds of japanese tea set have been manufactured in China.
The Japanese name for tea set or tea pot is “ dobin” and the earliest Japanese tea sets were those designed with study handles and disk-shaped bodies. A knob is often attached to the lid, hence the user of the tea pot can have access to the interior.
For kids, you got some toys tea sets do come with tea pots that have two handles. These pots are regarded as the KIYUSU and they originate from the pot making region of Nagoya and the tea sets are designed with some red-burnt substances for perfect finishing. Since Japan became the country of clay and heavily glazed ceramic materials, getting Japanese tea sets thus become more of a fashionable business than just drinking tea with them. Green tea is often prepared from such heavily glazed ceramic Japanese tea sets and they have proven to be durable over the years. Though the colour of such pots often changed to bright green after prolonged usage for the preparation of green tea, this however does not change the characteristic features of the tea sets.
Some japanese tea sets are made from solid materials which are able to conduct heat very well, others are made from more fragile components which make them easily breakable. Dobin- the traditional Japanese name for tea sets have become more of a social status and symbol rather than just a mere tea serving utensils. Tetsubin is another traditional Japanese tea sets which is designed from cast iron. These tea sets come with an enamel interior and an exterior made up of flame resistant materials. The Tetsubin’s interior enamel covering ensure that the tea inside is protected from giving a metallic taste
The tetsubin has been designed especially at the right side because the tea has to be poured with the left hand and that tradition marks respect in the Japanese culture. Aside the fact that these Japanese tea set offer a great way to serve tea, the sets can also offer a therapeutic steam to a home owner especially when they are placed face down.
If you are making an antique collection from Japanese tea sets, then you will some resources to do that. The fact is that you will find a lot of disparities especially in the prices of such tea sets from flea markets and online collection centers. This means that knowing the value range of the actual tea set you are looking for will be ideal in order to know the actual price. You can also read collection books and be prepared to meet different prices of these tea sets from different buyers.
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Posted in Kitchen · April 15th, 2010 · Comments (0)
Playing with toys is a great hobby of little children. Children are very sensitive. They note each and everything going around them. It is a very knowing fact that every child has the power to notice what their elder’s are up to. When they look their elders having a chat at the table while having tea, they get this point in their minds and they start to like tea sets. The most favourite and popular toys for little children is the play tea sets which can make them feel at home and they can learn to act like their parents and grandparents.
Play tea sets are a very common toy amongst boys and girls. Usually girls are more attracted to these types of toys but it’s not made for girls, boys can also have tea sets. These tea sets are mostly given to the children as a present of their birthday of for getting good grades in their education, although it’s not compulsory that they get these tea sets as a gift only.
A tea set consists of a teapot, spoon, sugar pot, tea cups, bowls and strainers along with a tray in which children use to keep their crockery and play with their dolls. Having tea parties in a young age was one of the greatest memories for every grown up. Children have tea parties along with their friends in which they completely pretend to make tea and speak dialogues usually their parents use to speak. Below are shown some steps about how children play tea sets.
Firstly children call guests (the friends of your children) to their house on tea party and ask them to reach on time. Your friends agree to come on tea party at their place.They get the food ready as soon as they can and show as if they are tired, they lie on the sofa for some time, and then after looking the time, all of the sudden gets up and start preparing the cakes and cookies for the tea party. After everything is ready they decide to take a shower.They go to the bathroom and come back all of the sudden, pretending that they have had their shower and now they are wearing their clothes and getting well dressed for the tea party.Then they go to the kitchen and start making the tea for the guests and after hearing the doorbell they rush towards the door and start receiving the guests. After the guests arrive, they ask them to be seated and start to serve them tea in the play tea set. And they serve the cake in those tea set plates and do the fake chit chat and laughing and this is how they celebrate their tea parties with their tea cups.
You can get play tea set online for your child. You have to search online for play tea sets and you can have a huge variety from which you can select the desired tea set for your child and buy it online.
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Posted in Kitchen · March 7th, 2010 · Comments (0)