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Well, we just came back from He Qing ( silver pottery ) and you would be surprised what kinda money Chinese are willing to trough for the silver teapot ;D Anyway, I think clay might be too fragile for you. Just can imagine your working / living environment ...busy life altogether. These kinda clay (...

I don't think the copper is a good solution. We have a copper pots for noodles in Yunnan , but we eat those ( made in copper pot ) sometimes , not every day. I mean consuming / drinking water boiled in cooper every day might not be safe. I'd google more about this matter. I'd suggest cast iron kettl...

Got a new Jingdezhen qinghua (blue and white) pot a few weeks ago, via Superbuy (tmall link: https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?id=803653142792). studio: Chengdexuan, vol: 100ml (to the brim) The painter doesn't seem as skilled as the one who did the reference pot in the tmall photo (wonky bridge, f...

Just to be precise. The DHL , for the moment , not shipping tea to the US. Other countries are ok.

We can send via EMS e-packet DDP. So tax payed here in China. It's not as fast as DHL or Fedex , but much cheaper. Please note, that "we - vendors" are not informed by the shipper here in China ( DHL , UPS, FeDex ) what is going on in other side ( USA ). When we ask, they say : " all paid no worries...

Generally price of fully handmade gaiwan made by "no name" master starts something around 1000¥ ( 140$ ) and it's just simple rivers, mountains etc. something what "everybody" can do. Probably finding some students from art school and ask some project cooperation would make a sense. That would requi...

There it is. Feel free share any thoughts.
The long story short - It wasn't the really successful souring trip.
https://www.pageoftea.com/jingdezhen

Tyler wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 22, 2025 8:44 pm

In this specific case the part on the lid is what you would expect from the hongni coating process, so alone I wouldn't take it as indicating forgery

like that clean circle and sharp circle?
So what is the reason , that it's not coated right there and like in quite good circle?

I wouldn't call my self as an Yixing expert but I'd certainly would question the lid inside ( around the knob circled area ) which hasn't been affected by "tea patina" ? To me it would suggest that it was hanged up on string trough the hole and fixed inside to not fall off when dipped into some solu...

I was wondering , if "We" the users of this platform can somehow help with the upgrade ? Maybe we can collect ( contribute ) some money together and buy some paid reliable / functional version of the engine ( forum platform. ) ? I love the structure of this website , information gathered , people al...

GaoShan wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 13, 2025 8:04 pm

@aet, I wonder if a relative layperson would be able to tell the difference between the gaiwan- and pot-steeped yancha.

Fair point!

DailyTX wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 13, 2025 10:48 am

aet there is never enough teapots for tea drinkers. I am always amazed and fascinated by your journey.

Thank You!

So I decided to keep one teapot for my self ( as like I have not enough ;-) ). I brewed some random Yancha we got last trip to Wuyishan ( a sample ) with exactly same parameters in gaiwan and gave a blind test to my wife who had no clue what I'm testing. She thought I'm giving here comparing old bat...

It confirmed my reluctance to buy a yixing pot, given that it's almost impossible to verify the clay. I'm not a specialist to say that like Zi Ni from the Yixing area is way better than from other place in China. I think this country is very rich in rare earths and minerals , so it makes sense that...

It confirmed my reluctance to buy a yixing pot, given that it's almost impossible to verify the clay. I'm not a specialist to say that like Zi Ni from the Yixing area is way better than from other place in China. I think this country is very rich in rare earths and minerals , so it makes sense that...