I'm not advanced enough to distinguish tastes from different drinking
vessels, so I just try to follow whatever's recommended.

I use a very thin glass cup for most green teas and oolong, so that I can
let the water cool down faster, look at the leaves sink and the hair ("mao")
floating in the water.

If I'm brewing with a tea pot, I use a cup that's big enough for all the
tea. My green tea pot is 16 oz --> big glass mug, and my Pu-er pot is 7
oz -->my normal porcelain cup.

For teas steeped with a teaball, I use porcelain cup.

When I'm in the mood, I look around cupboards for something fancy.

I'm thinking of getting some little clay cups though.

Now, when traveling.... I don't enjoy using my thermos... the colour changes
and the taste is sort of lost. I'm thinking of, instead of putting steeped
tea in the thermos, I'll put hot water in it, and bring along tea leaves to
brew wherever I am.

Katie Tam