Cloud Nine Teas

16/11/2023

https://mailchi.mp/4d62cb37f298/the-sale-youve-been-waiting-for

The bowls are from some of Japan’s most famous pottery centres. These beautiful objects are meant for regular use and will elevate your matcha experience.

09/11/2023

Part 2 of 2 of our matcha bowl explainers. And you can purchase the bowls too!

https://dmkinney.blog/2023/11/09/vintage-matcha-bowls-from-japan-part-2-of-2/

Part 2 of our vintage matcha bowl collection walks you through our Izushi, Shigaraki and Mushiake bowls. Includes concise descriptions of each bowl, prices and dimensions.

09/11/2023

JUST UPDATED! Now with prices!

Part 1 of 2

Into ceramics? Our vintage matcha bowl collection from Japan is sure to whet appetites this holiday season.

https://dmkinney.blog/2023/11/01/vintage-matcha-bowls-from-japan-part-1-of-2/

If you’re into vintage ceramics, you might like our range of matcha bowls from Japan. Learn about where they were made and how they can elevate your experience of drinking matcha. The beauty …

20/08/2023

Hi tea heads! For sale is this lovely lil wooden tea tray and serving board (unused and as new) for 40 bucks plus postage. 340 x 150 x 75 mm - it's a cutie! Message me!

24/11/2022

Black Friday Sale! Up to $45 off matcha bowls and other matcha gear. Message me for all enquiries.

11/11/2022

My new blog post on how we perhaps overestimate the value of passion and underestimate the value of, well, values, and how the two intersected at the peak of Cloud Nine Teas a few years ago.
https://dmkinney.blog/2022/11/11/passion-or-values-what-animates-you/

30/09/2022

I'm 10 km this Sunday as part of & raising funds for Children's Cancer Institute. Please help me reach (or exceed!) my goal of raising $200 - just a few more donations and we'll get there folks! It only takes a minute. Read more and make a donation via the link below. Thanks for your support!
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https://melbmara2022.grassrootz.com/ccia/damien-kinney

18/09/2022

We're down to our last 2 packs of our "Umami Urge" Gyokuro. It always astonishes me how refreshing and complex this tea is. It has a savoury aftertaste that reminds me of nori and lingers on the tongue 😛 Try it for yourself!

Source: Uji, Kyoto prefecture, Japan.

06/08/2022

dmkinney.blog is the successor site to the erstwhile cloudnineteas.com

I'm slowly republishing the best of the old content on the new site, dmkinney.blog. Beginning with a pair of posts on and getting . Here's how the ancients did it - with time on their hands, friends nearby and some poetic inspiration.

Let the tea flow, and time will slow.

Part 1 of 2: https://dmkinney.blog/2022/07/11/getting-tea-drunk-on-a-river-boat-a-poem-by-zhu-xi-%e6%9c%b1%e7%86%b9/

Part 2 of 2: https://dmkinney.blog/2022/08/03/the-legend-of-the-wuyishan-tea-stove-rock/

By guest contributor Poh Kan Wong The previous post explored two translations of Tea Stove, the Song dynasty poem celebrating tea and friendship. The poem is a delight, conjuring images of a pleasa…

19/05/2022

New Phoenix Oolong in stock! It's the Ao Fu 凹富 (literally, the name means "Concave Rich"). It doesn't quite translate, but boy is it a tasty tea. Spring 2022 tea from Wudong, picked at 800 metres above sea level. Ao Fu - it's untranslatable. You just have to try it. Message me to find out more!

07/04/2022

This is the next step in a personal journey with tea, travel and the written word.

Our website is now closed.

Still in stock: raw loose leaf Pu'er, Yunnan white and black teas, Fujian black tea, shade-grown gyokuro and sencha, vintage matcha bowls, matcha scoops, whisks & whisk holders. (Please direct all enquiries to Instagram: or email: [email protected])

I'm writing at dmkinney.blog. Much of the Cloud Nine Teas journal content will make its way there (gradually - I need some time to reorganise and re-edit!).

Thank you all for supporting our business, both online and offline. It's been a pleasure bringing you outstanding specialty teas and tea wares! Don't forget to and reach out if you want us to source your favourite tea again
(Instagram: and email: [email protected])

16/01/2022

Summer ☀️ pairing idea: green tea 🍂 and watermelon 🍉 Which green tea could it be now?
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It's Gyokuro. And we still have some in stock! Get in touch!