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Importantly, do not give up on any tea too quick - It might just be that you do not have found the best way to prepare it yet!

You know you have good friends when they bring you this: an authentic, sealed can of Fushoushan :) In this case I can be 100% sure it is real, as the close friend actually got it at FSS. I do not know if the general public can do so, but this guy is a farmer and among fellow farmers there is always ...

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Moving house I found some more ballast I would like to part ways with: For sale is this peculiar clay kettle. A bit difficult to describe, it has a inward canal from the bottom, thus making water heating a lot fast due to the larger surface exposed to the source of heat. Heating up inside out so to ...

Welcome! Tea sure is a healthy addiction, though expensive if you go down the rabbit hole

As a beginner I would recommend to try and sample as much as you can to narrow down your preferences.

All gone, this thread can be archived, thanks!

The same counts for Qing or ROC pots, each better than the later period. And more expensive... Lets see what they gonna say in 20 years. If China continues to grow economically in that pace, tea and tea pots will be a rich man's game... Not necessarily, older clays are much more diverse and not pre...

Well, i found a 70's F1 Shui Ping here in Germany in a flea market for 2 Euros a year or so ago ;) Point proven :mrgreen: Congrats! 60's and 70's pots were made in millions, and 20 years ago one did not think that they will be that expensive, as they are now. Of course no one can know, yet the prim...

Thinking about it, maybe with the exception of the artist made, more ornate pots, those are thought after for later periods as well, but not the standard shapes.

Given how the prices for pots develop, and most likely continue to rise I partially agree. They are good value and look decent enough for F2. I do not think F2 pots will see an increase in demand or price any time soon, quality is for the most part not comparable to F1. Same period for F1 pots is n...

Nice pics and interesting view of a rarely focused on area

I think freshness in Gaoshan is overrated... if the quality is good it does not matter how quickly you get it after the harvest. To the contrary, some even benefit from a little rest. My winter harvest usually lasts me the whole year and does not lose anything.

@Victoria thanks for the pictures of Jozan II! And all related information, as well as all other contributions @Baisao , @steanze. This thread will turn out to be a Yamada reference trove! Can’t wait to contribute with mine...

Nice, simple setup. Happy the teapot is in good company in its new home!

I really like eating at Madame Zhu's in NYC and thought the quality of Chinese food would be pretty high in HK, so we had planned to eat at a lot of HK Chinese restaurants that had Michelin stars and really good ratings. All I can say is what a let down. While I would not completely count out HK fo...