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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...

Thanks everyone for reading! It would probably make a sense to buy some older one and I was tempted when offered the 80's teapot from F1 woman. However , I had a doubting issue with that one as the pot on surface looked old ( and here husband said he is using it sometimes ) , it had those black line...

...so that's the story anyway
https://www.pageoftea.com/yixing-teapot-sourcing

These are my personal observations on the current tea market and general tea business in Yunnan, with a special focus on the pu-erh tea industry.
https://www.pageoftea.com/tea-market-news-2025

I think that there is no a certain % tax on parcels. Seems like they have some other calculator for small parcels. Apparently they consider also the amount of items ( probably to tax harder those multiple orders in one big box ) . I've got few reports form customers paying the tax and non of them wo...

pathlesstaken wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 11, 2025 4:35 pm

for which YS provides no more than the factory name and vintage, be a poor introduction?

what other info you would expect from the vendor to provide?