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It's been reversed

It's not likely worth much money. I would guess maybe $10-$20, but it's hard to say without knowing if it's a special cake

The brand is 吴启英

(the cake itself is not from 1974, the date on the wrapper is commemorative, for example https://www.taobao.com/list/item/656163730244.htm)

80s Sea Dyke / Zhongcha shuixian
https://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_703da8100101t6nw.html

Torrential rains prompt evacuations in east China's Fujian

http://en.people.cn/n3/2024/0617/c90000-20181818.html

Essence of Tea sells antique teacups

https://essenceoftea.com/collections/porcelain-teacups

chaeric wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:12 pm

Are they based in Taiwan? They list the prices in Taiwan dollars.

Yes

chaeric wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:25 pm

Seems to be about the same price as on MoodyGuy's website. He has a Black Apple Zini for $589 and ZAG has a "perfect" condition one for $500.

His prices are also pretty high

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...

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? The EoT pots are a bit cheaper, other than that I can't really say anything really explicit. I don't think M&L is ...

Bok wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:52 pm

Between those two, I'd opt for EoT

Yeah I would too

Not a teapot person but I wouldn't infer too much about the quality of the clay just because it's from huanglongshan (and there's also the possibility that it's not even from there and someone somewhere along the line said that to make it sound more desirable) I think the EoT and M&L pots are genera...

To add to that, in the past he and some other potters had (blogspot) blogs, might be worth checking them out

Hi, I’ve read quite a bit on this forum and I know ZAG is recommended but the site is not secure. Does anyone know if it has always been that way? I have been hunting for a new pot and ZAG definitely has the most comprehensive collection I have seen (on sites I can navigate) but being non-secure ha...

Some people on Discord have ordered from her, she has a range of teas at different price points. The reception seemed to be a bit mixed on some teas but not negative overall. I saw Youzi got some. Kyarazen sometimes sells her teas on his webshop, I feel like he has pretty decent taste in tea so I ta...

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Curious to see why a specific tea would be 40% of retail sold in Taiwan? Even after the generous discount it's still triple of for how much the tea can be (occasionally and unofficially) purchased in Taiwan. ;) That would make more sense business-wise. It is also not reasonable to expect any major ...