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- Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:25 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
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Re: Yixing
Thanks for your opinions :) I did not have much time lately, but it's a bit better now. OCTO Thanks for your advice, I'll try PuErh first. This pot I've just cleaned. I mainly used my tiny pots in the last months, but I am going to switch to the bigger ones because they are more practical for daily ...
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
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Re: Yixing
Nothing special but I like it. Seems to be a F1 green label pot. But that's just my inexperienced opinion. 

- Mon Aug 03, 2020 6:52 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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Re: Yixing
Yes, I think any teapot will eventually seasoned anyway. So if you can live with those early sessions then a few boiling water rinses would be fine. I definitely prefer this approach. I have so far seasoned 5 pots with regular use. It took me about a week for each pot, but it's easier and the resul...
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:30 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
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Re: Yixing
It's unnecessary.OhThatNinja wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:10 pmDo you guys season your new Yixing teapots prior to first use and if so, how?
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:34 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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- Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:35 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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Re: Yixing
@Youzi
That's a very beautiful pot
and thanks for the further information on the iron content in clay.
That's a very beautiful pot

- Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:25 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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Re: Yixing
Bok The point is that because of temporary reduction environment iron in the clay ( red hematite or yellow hydroxide ) turns into black iron (magnetite), which is slightly magnetic. Yeah, and I thought that because in ZiNi is less iron than in Zhuni for example, the clay does not have do be black l...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:11 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
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Re: Yixing
Mark-S This is black bone. I don’t see anything remotely similar going on with your pot. ./download/file.php?id=5655 Thanks for the photo. ;) When I asked about my other pot it wasn't that clear: https://www.teaforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18&p=25309&hilit=Black+bone#p25309 It's very hard to get ...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:40 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
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Re: Yixing
@Youzi
Slate grey is not really a brown shade to me but if that's normal... thank you - mystery solved.
In this case the other pot is also most likely "normal" ZiNi and not black bone, because the color was slate grey too (if I remember correctly).
Slate grey is not really a brown shade to me but if that's normal... thank you - mystery solved.

- Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:27 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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- Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:18 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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Re: Yixing
I just noticed that one of my larger F1 ZiNi pots has a little crack on the lid.
The clay looks similar to the other one. So F1 pots with "black bone" do not seem to be that rare after all (given that this is really black bone and not just odd clay).

- Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:24 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
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Re: Yixing
@Youzi
Okay, thank you
I'm not that orderly so my pots have some stains on the inside/outside, but for now I only rinse them with water and let them air-dry.
@Balthazar
With an antique I would also be even more careful and would try to avoid any stains.
Okay, thank you

@Balthazar
With an antique I would also be even more careful and would try to avoid any stains.

- Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:10 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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- Sun Jun 28, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
- Views: 412157
Re: Yixing
But that would be the inside of the pot, no? Even if one believes mineral deposits or tea stains could be unhealthy, unless you're in the habit of licking your pot I fail to see how having them on the outside of your pot could harm you. Yeah, personally, I don't think that this is unhealthy. Only i...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 1:25 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 3666
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Re: Yixing
Balthazar 1) Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Hahaha ;) 2) I don't know for sure, but I have read in some blog that many Chinese would clean their Yixing pots regularly (even from the inside), because they fear that this accumulated gunk could be unhealthy. I am not talking about the pa...