@wxl I was going to reply to your May 10 post about tea, but it appears to have departed.
So anyway: a çaydanlık is basically the same as a samovar, right? So you're drinking the zavarka?!
One other thing: if you like Yunnan black tea (diān hóng = 滇红 in Chinese), you might want to check out yunnansourcing.com, which has a vast array of those teas. Disclaimer: my only relationship with them is as a customer.
@babelcarp @wxl omg Yunnan black tea is awesome
@natecull @wxl It sure is. Not only that, its history is fairly short:
http://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/babelcarp.cgi?phrase=fengqing
And there’s a tremendous amount of innovation going on in the genre these days: dian hong now has a wide range of flavors, aromas, and textures.
@babelcarp @wxl I only know it because my wife is Chinese from Yunnan and she brought back this amazing black tea: almost sweet, not bitter at all. Also some tie guanyin (sweet, almost champagne-like) and Pu'er (mushroomy, smoky)
