Taccia Cha Brown — Ink Review #173
Taccia Cha Brown Ink Review # 173 Originally posted on FPN: Feb 27, 2025 Ink: Taccia Cha Brown Brand: Taccia Country: Japan Availability: 40 ml bottles. Pens Used: Pilot F3A Japanese EF / soft flex, Lamy Safari (EF / F / M / B / Stub 1.1). 🧾 Description This was part of blind ink testing on another FP site. It's a fun practice; one needs to throw most prejudices out and focus on the ink. The words cha and chai used in Japanese, Russian, Hindi, and Farsi ultimately derive from Chinese pronunciations of 茶 (chá). In this case the ink represents well the colour of the rare Japanese black tea, Wakoucha. It is a light reddish brown colour with slightly below-average lubrication. It looks flat on Rhodia and gorgeous on Iroful. Dry times are long on Rhodia, so very long on Japanese papers. Shading is only visible with dryish pens and disappears with wet pens. Removing the ink stains from my fingers required a pumice stone. Ink doesn't like copy paper at all....