{"id":3399,"date":"2013-07-27T20:57:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T00:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2013-07-27T21:32:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T01:32:27","slug":"disposable-chai-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2013\/07\/27\/disposable-chai-cups\/","title":{"rendered":"Disposable chai cups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bidip.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/old-school-chai-wallah.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_X6OMKd6SVnQ\/S7hn90oqKoI\/AAAAAAAAAjw\/ZtlspSwyJoE\/s1600\/IMG_7865.JPG\" width=\"491\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Made 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.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"> I&#8217;m looking into how to do something similar in Oregon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Not sure I can master off-the-hump throwing on the wheel at all, let alone one that&#8217;s manually operated by firing up a stick.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of technique from a master in Varanasi:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RFV5kP0HioY?rel=0\" height=\"360\" width=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are the clay sources each local to the potter&#8217;s city?<br \/>\nDoes toxicity come into play (I&#8217;m thinking of the Ganges around Varanasi for instance)?<br \/>\nHow much are plastic cups replacing clay?<br \/>\nHow connected to class or nostalgia are these cups?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Made all over India,\u00a0single-use low-fired red clay cups are used by chai sellers in the street, then disposed, dissolved, returned. I&#8217;m looking into how to do something similar in Oregon. Not sure I can master off-the-hump throwing on the wheel at all, let alone one that&#8217;s manually operated by firing up a stick. Here&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/2013\/07\/27\/disposable-chai-cups\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Disposable chai cups&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3399"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3403,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3399\/revisions\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}