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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Not an audio engineer, but I had unshielded (thin) cables in my home speaker setup. If the cables were positioned correctly, everything was fine. Accidentally move them even a little, and there’d be a huge amount of noise, due to power cables going near the speaker cables. Switched to shielded (thick) cables, and there’s no noise ever.


  • That pot also seems to force larger brews.

    Pictures are deceiving, and I didn’t specify the size. It’s 180ml teapot. It’s called Hario Asian teapot. I think it’s discontinued, but there’s a newer model which has a metal fine mesh filter instead of that metal spiral. Fill it to the bottom of the spout and it’s about 100ml, which is great for gong fu brewing. Fill up to the bottom of the lid and it’s 180ml. But yea… after I got my gaiwan, I haven’t used it.


  • I too use a gaiwan. When I got in to gong fu brewing, I first bought a glass teapot that has a metal strainer in the spout.

    Small round glass teapot with a metal strainer in the spout (Hario Asian Teapot)

    While it’s nice to look at while your leaves brews inside it, it’s somewhat annoying to use and clean. The strainer let’s small bits through, so you need some kind of filter unless you like those leaf bits in your cup. Small leaf pieces gets stuck in the metal strainer. The spout is so narrow you need some kind of tool to clean it. The lid is annoying to clean. And because it’s glass, you see any stains that forms over time. Stains can be removed, but it takes some extra effort.

    Gaiwan on the other has so simple form that it’s super easy to clean. Most of the leaves will fall off when you turn it upside down and give it a shake. The rest you can dig out with your fingers. You can also see the leaves because the opening is so wide, and it let’s you “play” with the leaves using the lid. You can, for example, move the leaves around so that they will steep more evenly.

    It takes a while to learn to use gaiwan properly. It might burn your fingers. You will most certainly spill the tea all over the place. But once you get the hang of it, it’s a really nice way to make tea.


  • This is a good article: The Non-Judgmental Guide to Getting Seriously Into Tea

    You should try different types of teas. Teas are classified into 6 categories: White, green, yellow, black, oolong and post-fermented (also known as puer or puerh). Puerh is further divided into ripe (shu) and raw (sheng) puerh. Also teas from different countries have their own characteristics. Try them all, and find your favorites.

    Supermarket teas, whether teabags or loose leaf, aren’t very good in general. Of course, there are exceptions, and if flavored teas is what you like, there’s plenty of those in markets. But if you want good loose leaf teas, you need to buy from tea shops. Here’s a long list of online tea shops around the world. You can use the search feature to filter the list. If you, for example, want to find shops that sell teaware and are based in United Kingdom, you can search for “teaware kingdom”.

    If you want to buy teaware, a good rule for what to buy is this: Spend the money on tea instead. Don’t buy some crazy expensive clay pots, when a simple porcelain gaiwan (cup with a lid) does the job perfectly.






  • I would reinstall Windows, especially if the current installation is old. As long as you can connect all the drives to your computer, you can move files from the old disks. If the games on F: and G: are on Steam or Epic (and other similar launchers probably works similarly), it’s easy to move the games around using those launchers. Games that have been installed outside of such launchers might not work if they are moved to a disk with different drive designation or if they are moved to a new Windows installation.