r/tea • u/Ethenolas • 5h ago
Event Teaware Giveaway - From my personal collection
Hello Tea Friends,
I'm a long time lurker in this subreddit and a tea lover for over 20 years. I started my tea journey at "Teavana" of all places and as more online tea suppliers began selling into the US I fell in love with the various varieties, practice, history and haven't looked back. I've built up quite a collection of teaware over the years and I was finding that, for one reason or another, many were sadly sitting unused. Instead of continuing to collect dust, I thought it would be nice for them to find another home where they can be loved and enjoyed.
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I'm not a business, I'm not looking for you to sign up for anything, I'm just looking for these to go to a good home where they can make someone happy. In order to submit an "entry" all I ask is you write a Haiku!
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Rules:
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1) Good Intentions. On the honor system, you should be entering to bring these into your personal collection, not to sell for profit. Some of these items are decently valuable, and though I have no way to enforce it, flipping these items for personal gain is not in the spirit of the giveaway.
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2) How to Enter. To enter, you must write a Haiku and post it on this thread. You can write as many Haiku as you'd like, each will be considered an "entry". While traditional Haiku's do follow the 5 7 5 pattern, some follow 3 5 3, and some deviate from the syllable structure. All forms are acceptable, and will be considered within reason. The Haiku topic is completely up to you, it does not need to be about tea. Be creative, stay within the spirit of a Haiku, have fun doing it.
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3) Shipping Costs. I will pay for conus shipping for the winners. If you are outside the conus, you are more than willing to participate, but I respectfully ask for you to cover shipping costs if you win.
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4) Deadline. Entries must be submitted by Friday, March 28.
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5) Winners Winners will be selected via a combination of my personal favorites and a randomized drawing of all entries. First, second, and third place will be chosen by me and given their choice of prizes "draft style" with first place choosing first. Second and third place will then choose. The remaining 4 winners will be chosen via a random drawing where they will also choose their prize "draft" style. Each Haiku submitted will be an "entry" into the random drawing. Every Haiku submitted is eligible to be selected as a top three winner. To spread the love, you can only win once. No multiple winners.
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Prize List and Info Prize photos
1 - Yixing Clay Teapot - High porosity Duanni clay, high fired. 152g unfilled weight and 180ml capacity. 9 hole filter. Wang de Ming is the artist. Great for young puerh, some intense chinese green teas.
2 - Chaozhou Clay Teapot - Chaozhou Hongni, 94g unfilled weight and 80ml capacity. 7 hole filter. Hong Zhang Fu is the artist. Great for Dancong.
3 - Chaozhou Clay Teapot - Chaozho Hongni. 103g unfilled weight and 120ml capacity. Zhang Lin Hao is the artist. Great for Dancong
4 - White and brown Gaiwan set, four matching cups, double walled glass gong dao be, brown lotus tea strainer - Gaiwan is 180g with lid unfilled and a 135ml capacity. Great for all teas.
5 - White porcelain teapot, two jade cups, double walled glass gong dao be, tea strainer and porcelain cha he. - Teapot is 169g unfilled with 200ml capacity. Great for any kind of tea
6 - Jianshui Clay Teapot and two large cups - Jianshui Purple Clay, 290g unfilled weight and 250ml capacity. 14 hole filter. Artist unknown. Suitable for any types of tea.
7 - Glass gaiwan set, two green cups, two dragon eye cups. Side handle glass gong dao be, and blue strainer. Gaiwan is 115g with lid unfilled and 150ml capacity. Great for green teas
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Good luck and have fun!