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They clay looks Really nice to my eyes. Natural, well processed.
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- Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:46 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
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- Fri Jan 01, 2021 3:46 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:02 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Warming up teapots
- Replies: 24
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Re: Warming up teapots
Fill 50% of the pot with warm water from whatever source. Then fill the other 50% with boiling from the kettle, and let it warm up, stabilize, for 1 min.
Pour out, then done.
Pour out, then done.
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:51 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
Thank you for the helpful breakdown, everyone! So in the end, all of the pots I thought most likely to be decent quality weren't, and all of the ones I decided to buy anyway because they were cute, even if they might not be, were. :lol: I'm mildly devastated the flower pot isn't zisha...I suppose a...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:17 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
This is supposed to be a zhuni pot. I use it for green oolongs at the moment. It came from this shop: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.5a252e8d527k5Y&id=43875828669&_u=u206sqpttd836c ./download/file.php?id=6994 ./download/file.php?id=6993 ./download/file.php?id=6992 ./download/file....
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
Unfortunately this one is not Yixing (or if it is it's mixed with a lot of other things)... I would not use this pot. The artist is (supposedly) Chen Dongzhu, many of his other "duanni" pieces does seem quite different (to my untrained eyes)... E.g. the one to the right here: ./download/file.php?id...
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:34 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
Another pot, from the same store as the nicer duan ni I posted: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z09.2.0.0.56692e8dxS2YjU&id=575285748306&_u=p206sqpttdc403 It's supposed to be qingshui ni, which I'm guessing isn't the case. But hopefully it's at least some kind of zisha? It has small little b...
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:17 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
+1Bok wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:39 pmWell tuhei happens as the Duanni is underfired and the inside tea leaks through to the outside, I’ll let you figure out what that means...TeaTotaling wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:20 pmYouzi I have a Duanni from the 80's that suffers from tuhei. Is this more of an aesthetic issue, or does it in fact affect tea brewing?
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:42 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
Haha Kolleh, that's quite the clunk (I guess you were gripping the pot, which dampens the sound a bit). It helps if you sit the pot down (don't hold it) and tap the ball on the top of the lid into the belly of the pot lightly, like you would strike a bell - you're listening for resonance and pitch....
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 4:21 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
I bought it this year, and I assumed (the shopkeeper didn't say otherwise) that it had been made recently. Interesting, it looks like early locomotive production to me, so 2010 or before. Is that dirt on the outside or Tuhei? How do you use the pot? Do you shower it with tea on the outside or somet...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:57 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: What are some indicators of a good teapot?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6965
Re: What are some indicators of a good teapot?
What are some general indicators of a "good" teapot? For example, do any of these count? Lid fits body perfectly - at least a sign of good craftsmanship How fast the teapot dries after water touches it - shows how porous the clay is. How fast it pours - Is a faster or slower pour better? Putting yo...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:30 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
How old is that pot? When did you buy it? I bought it this year, and I assumed (the shopkeeper didn't say otherwise) that it had been made recently. Interesting, it looks like early locomotive production to me, so 2010 or before. Is that dirt on the outside or Tuhei? How do you use the pot? Do you ...
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:26 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
I like the look of pot number 2 more than the first one :-), but I don't have anything great to add. Are you saying there's no green zhuni either? :mrgreen: https://taiwanoolongs.com/collections/authentic-yixing-collectibles/products/2000s-speical-zhu-ni-chu-fang Definitely there's no green zhuni. ...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:16 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
Teapot two! Which was actually the first one I bought, in person at a small shop in Suzhou. I didn't even know there were differences between the types of clay at the time, but I've since tentatively decided this must be duanni if anything. I'm pretty sure it's got to be at least partly handmade, s...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 5:43 am
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: Yixing
- Replies: 5884
- Views: 1828275
Re: Yixing
Are you saying there's no green zhuni either? :mrgreen: https://taiwanoolongs.com/collections/authentic-yixing-collectibles/products/2000s-speical-zhu-ni-chu-fang Definitely there's no green zhuni. :D Zhuni is reddish, orangy of brownish. Or black when reduction fired. Unless there is green iron ox...