Pot and Cup size

most of the time i brew in glass tepot 200ml and my cup must be 6 to 8 oz . i didn’t measure

Haha, typical cup size.

Anyway, I used to brew only in a 8 ounce tea infuser mug, and that was fine, but the tea always got cold. What I liked about it though is that you can brew a lot of infusions in it without feeling guilty you brewed too much tea to make a second infusion.

Now, though, I’ve found a set I’m happier with. I bought a little tiny (adorable, it has cats on it) porcelain tea pot with an infuser. it brews exactly 16 ounces, and the cups hold 4 ounces, so it holds 2 real cups of tea and 4 teacups of tea. It has a baffling 6 cups that came with it, which doesn’t make sense, because it’s a pot that definitely can only be used by one or two people.

I’m greatly considering purchasing a small tetsubin, because I like the idea of keeping my teapot a bit warmer as I don’t necessarily drink very fast. I’m hoping Christmas pulls through for me and I get a bit of cash to spend on it.

I have a 24 oz. teapot and a 15 oz. mug. I get two pours for my mug for a whole pot, obviously. But if I am drinking a tea that resteeps well, I brew it directly in the mug a few times. The mug and teapot have an interchangeable infuser!

I typically brew in either a 5 oz gaiwan or a ~4oz yixing teapot. The cups I use are 1.7 oz. :) This is my favorite way of enjoying tea.

For blended teas, which, I have on occasion, I use large Western teapot or tetsubin (about 24 oz or so) and/or a 12 oz infuser mug.

At work I have a 14 ounce Alice in Wonderland mug and a 12 ounze perfect tea mug. They are great because I don’t have a lot of time for making fresh tea so the larger quantity gets me through a longer period of time.

At home, the beau and I fill our 24 ounce pot 3/4 full and use my beloved 8 ounce latte mugs most of the time.

When I brew gongfu I use my glass double walled cups that hold 2 ounces.

I also have teacups that hold 3 or 4 ounces but the tea cools off so fast and it annoys me to have to keep pouring, so they are used less.

It just depends on the context, I guess.

For most things I use a 16 oz gravity infuser, brew 8-10 oz cups, and then use 8-12 oz mugs. When I use my gaiwan, I have adorable 3 oz ladybug cups I’ll use. Cold steeps are typically done in a 16 oz amount.

And then I have larger teapots and the like for company.

I mostly use a 12oz mug with an infuser. I have a collection of teapots that only get used when I have company over or if I’m up late studying and will be drinking many cups of tea. One tea pot in particular I found at the local flea market from a woman who travels around the world purchasing teapots to resell at the flea market. It’s a really neat glazed teapot from Japan that matches a jewelry box I purchased in Kyoto a number of years ago.

I drink out of a variety of different sized vessels depending what I am drinking. I have one 24 oz and one 32 oz tea pot that I use sometimes but I prefer to make a fresh cup so I mostly use brew baskets right in the mug. At home when I drink tea (black, green, oolong, or white) I will use an 8 oz mug. In the evenings when drinking herbals/tisanes/rooibos I use 10 oz mugs. At work I drink out of travel mugs, usually 12 or 16 oz, depending on the type of travel mug. When I drink green tea after lunch, I use a 4 oz teacup. It is all a bit complicated but that’s how I do it.

3 infusions gong fu style to fill a 10 oz. mug for pu erh. If I use the yixing most of the pots I have will fill the same cup in one brewing. I always use 10 to 15 grams depending on what I break off the cake.

I mostly use 5oz yixing teapot to brew tea, and puer liquor into the 0.7oz cups. Sometimes, i also use 6.8oz(200ml ) clear glass teapot and 1.79oz glass cups.