Maybe just try to contact her via her IG.
On the other hand I suspect that her stuff will be exponentially more expensive than just buying a local Chaozhou pot, while being made of the same clay.
Maybe just try to contact her via her IG.
I have a 100 ml dragon egg teapot from her that did not cost much more than the pot linked to at YS. The clay is, I believe, the Chaozhou zhuni clay. Others have said the clay actually comes from Yixing. Either way, it tastes good and is lead free. Craftsmanship is head and shoulders above what I’ve seen from modern Yixing. It performs like a high performance item (I call it my Ferrari teapot, haha!). She can be reached via IG or FB. Usually responds within 24 hrs.
Good to know! Heard from other people that Chaozhou ware is a lot better in general than Yixing these days, maybe due to the lower popularity?Baisao wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:25 amI have a 100 ml dragon egg teapot from her that did not cost much more than the pot linked to at YS. The clay is, I believe, the Chaozhou zhuni clay. Others have said the clay actually comes from Yixing. Either way, it tastes good and is lead free. Craftsmanship is head and shoulders above what I’ve seen from modern Yixing. It performs like a high performance item (I call it my Ferrari teapot, haha!). She can be reached via IG or FB. Usually responds within 24 hrs.
Chaozhou pots are good for the money. Better than Yixing? Different. Chaozhou clay acts very differently and I find it quite muting! I've heard it is quite popular to use it with pu erh on the Mainland nowadays.Bok wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:33 amGood to know! Heard from other people that Chaozhou ware is a lot better in general than Yixing these days, maybe due to the lower popularity?Baisao wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:25 amI have a 100 ml dragon egg teapot from her that did not cost much more than the pot linked to at YS. The clay is, I believe, the Chaozhou zhuni clay. Others have said the clay actually comes from Yixing. Either way, it tastes good and is lead free. Craftsmanship is head and shoulders above what I’ve seen from modern Yixing. It performs like a high performance item (I call it my Ferrari teapot, haha!). She can be reached via IG or FB. Usually responds within 24 hrs.
There is also something to be said about gongfu ware seen and interpreted by an outsider, good to hear they perform well too.
I can only speak of her teapots (I've used two): they compare favorably to Yixing hongni. They are a little porous and therefore muting, but no more than hongni from Yixing. If other pots are more porous then I can see why they would be used for puerh.
I've only compared CZ clay to modern hongni with dancong, and the difference is staggering. I no longer think porosity makes any difference since the clay gets a nice coating of palmitic acid with use and the pore structure gets sealed off. I think it's all about firing and thermal properties, which is what Bok told me two years ago. I didn't believe it then, but I now think what he said is entirely true!Baisao wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:53 amI can only speak of her teapots (I've used two): they compare favorably to Yixing hongni. They are a little porous and therefore muting, but no more than hongni from Yixing. If other pots are more porous then I can see why they would be used for puerh.
I have several Taiwanese pots that I bought without inspecting and not one of them is porous. I suppose that is because of their love for gaoshancha, but that is only a guess. It could just be chance that they are all tight.