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Their page has been around since 2020 according to the waybackmachine, but the english is new. This is what I've tried: - Spring YanXiang Black, 2024: OB inspired hongcha, simple, very enjoyable with honey notes, drunk through a can of it fast - Autumn Farmers Drink OB (a.k.a. Entry-level OB), 2024:...

Good score! Looks like 50/60s. Nice clay with a lot of iron spots

Funny that it's the producer that CS sources from, I guess there's only a limited number of them. I'm just drinking 2023 winter 4 star Chin Shin Dapan, kind of their bottom line: it's clearly missing lot of the nice aromatics on the palate that make OB special, but i'm entirely happy with it as a ca...

For his regular Bai Hao, he suggests 6 g in a 200 ml pot using 175F water for 55 seconds. 175F (79C) sounds kind of tepid, I would expect that to taste pretty bland to me. I use boiling water for most teas, but for OB rolling boil can kill the aromatics, so there is some middle ground to find, perh...

Wow !!! The legendary 1960's Benshan lvni dragon egg !??

Pot 2: 'lantern with lion'
1960s or early 70s, Factory 1, great quality QingShuiNi clay, medium/high firing, almost 700ml, some chips (on the top of the lid, on the upper rim, on the inside rim, but no cracks or other dammage), good fast pour
Price: 70 Euro / 80 USD + shipping from Czechia (about $20)

Liberating 2 more yixing pots from my collection. Great for serving guests or for a lazy brewing. Pot 1: 1950s, from the pre-Factory 1 era, hand-built, great quality QingShuiNi clay, medium firing level typical of the early era, about 500ml, perfect condition (except maybe for a very tiny chip on th...

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Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:10 am

there's this weird (to me) color change around the rim of the pot, from a lighter purple to a darker one. Might be patina, but if so why is the patina suddenly cut off?

It's an uneven variation in the clay, the darker parts are more burnished.

qwaszx1 As far as I know, the pot was an export to Europe in early 20th century, or maybe late 19th. I've purchased it for my own use from a classifieds ad in western Europe, but now I'm trying to downsize a bit. Usually these pots have enamel decorations, it is more rare to find one without them i...