{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow&#039;s Research Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022","author_name":"Marina","author_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Disposable chai cups","html":"<a href=\"http:\/\/bidip.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/old-school-chai-wallah.html\"><img class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_X6OMKd6SVnQ\/S7hn90oqKoI\/AAAAAAAAAjw\/ZtlspSwyJoE\/s1600\/IMG_7865.JPG\" width=\"491\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMade all over India,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chaipilgrimage.com\/2008\/09\/14\/the-indian-clay-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\">single-use low-fired red clay cups <\/a>are used by chai sellers in the street, then disposed, dissolved, returned.\r\n\r\n<em id=\"__mceDel\"> I'm looking into how to do something similar in Oregon.<\/em>\r\n\r\nNot sure I can master off-the-hump throwing on the wheel at all, let alone one that's manually operated by firing up a stick.\r\n\r\nHere's an example of technique from a master in Varanasi:\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RFV5kP0HioY?rel=0\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAre the clay sources each local to the potter's city?\r\nDoes toxicity come into play (I'm thinking of the Ganges around Varanasi for instance)?\r\nHow much are plastic cups replacing clay?\r\nHow connected to class or nostalgia are these cups?","type":"rich"}