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Thanks Bok!

Got the pear shaped zhuni and he was very patient with all my questions. Shipping arrived very quickly and was well packed. Actually it arrived quick enough that I didn't bother checking the USPS shipping label, not expecting to arrive so soon

Thanks for the great info! Regarding point two, someone had told me all modern yixing clay has additives, but I don't think that's true, correct? You are welcome! Correct, not all modern Yixing has additives. But the vast majority does, and I would have a very hard time believing that a clay does n...

Factory pots seem to go for around 3x the price of EoT and M&L pots, so I don't know that I'd consider it the same price range. But actually I was looking at some F1 pots anyways. What do you make of the following? http://www.zishaartgallery.com/product/%e5%a4%a7%e9%b1%bc%e5%8c%96%e9%be%99%e5%a3%b6...

Regarding point two, someone had told me all modern yixing clay has additives, but I don't think that's true, correct? There's a vendor mentioned in another thread that tests the clays they use for certain additives, if that's your main concern you might be interested Facebook vendor: Chemical Free...

This is a topic that comes up from time to time... - Some specific mines that were used have been mined out. However, there is still a large amount of Yixing clay from other mines. It is still possible to get Yixing clay that is as good as the old clay. - Weathering the clay more than a few years d...

Between those two, I'd opt for EoT Yeah I would too Both websites say similar things about how their sourcing of clay and both have nice looking teapots. What exactly are you seeing that makes you pick one or the other? Not a teapot person but I wouldn't infer too much about the quality of the clay...

With amount of Yixing that is produced since the closing of factory one, I highly doubt that there is anything left of any stockpile... I mean it must run into the 100000s if not more of teapots. Quite unlikely. And if there were some old stock left, you'd 100% not see it used in falf-way affordabl...

This is a loaded question, here is a tiny bit of information I gathered…there are different mine sites in the HuangLongShan area. Factory one mainly used mine #4. Most clays used from late 1970s onward were blended to get color consistency and met demand of the market. 1990s started to have private...

My understanding is that some of the best Yixing clay had been used up in the Factory 1 pots in the 60 or 70s. The clay used is not mineable anymore. However, a few vendors online say that the clay they use is from old stock. They write things like "original ore lao zini (old purple clay) mined from...

Thanks. I had read something about a seam that might be detectable, but I didn't notice it. Since I don't know much about the teapots I was kind of curious about the quality of the teapots...but I too had also heard the quality of the clay matters more to the taste of the tea than the artisan.

So I've been recently been getting more into tea again and was interested in knowing more about some of the teapots I had. I don't know the origin of the teapots - they were given to us awhile back. I did some reading and they're probably half hand-made? Would this be likely "da hongni?" half handma...

How long have you been drinking tea? Years, but never taken it too seriously before What kind of tea do you drink? Oolong, puer, green teas How do you prepare your tea? Mostly with teapots What tea knowledge are you interested in exploring right now? General information, puer and interested in teawa...