Yixing

[Chadrinkincat]

@Teas We Like

Yea quite detailed. I’m curious how I’ll look after 100+ uses. I don’t have a special cup for this pot but I’ve been needing a good excuse to buy a few nice porcelain cups in the 100ml range.

[Teas We Like]

Teas We Like

Yea quite detailed. I’m curious how I’ll look after 100+ uses. I don’t have a special cup for this pot but I’ve been needing a good excuse to buy a few nice porcelain cups in the 100ml range.

I'd pick simple white porcelain cups (or with minimal decoration), they will give you a nice balanced setup without distracting from the pot.

[DailyTX]

Pretty excited about this modern hand made pot from Yinchen. It’s a rather delicate thin pot and surprisingly well crafted for the price I paid. I’ll likely use this one for puerh unless it performs better with another tea.

@Chadrinkincat
Looks like a very cool pot. I looked at the Yin Chen website, and I didn’t see the pot there. I am curious if you ordered the pot through another method?

[Chadrinkincat]

@DailyTX

I’ve wanted to get a pot in this style for awhile so I messaged them on IG to see if they had it. I was still on the fence about it but saw their recent posting of this pot so snatched it up.

Sorta not surprising but it makes me want to get another pot from them. Possibly a very thin biandeng or canon spout julunzhu for Yancha. Not that I need anymore pots.

[DailyTX]

DailyTX

I’ve wanted to get a pot in this style for awhile so I messaged them on IG to see if they had it. I was still on the fence about it but saw their recent posting of this pot so snatched it up.

Sorta not surprising but it makes me want to get another pot from them. Possibly a very thin biandeng or canon spout julunzhu for Yancha. Not that I need anymore pots.

Chawangshop has one that’s very very similar
https://www.chawangshop.com/tea-hardwar ... 100ml.html

[Mark-S]

Chawangshop has one that’s very very similar
https://www.chawangshop.com/tea-hardwar ... 100ml.html

In my view the one from Yin Chen looks a lot better. It is much more balanced. Interesting style btw.

[Chadrinkincat]

Chawangshop has one that’s very very similar
https://www.chawangshop.com/tea-hardwar ... 100ml.html

In my view the one from Yin Chen looks a lot better. It is much more balanced. Interesting style btw.

Agreed. Very similar but details seem a bit less refined and it has single hole instead of a multi hole filter.

[Victoria]

In terms of Chinese clays which are the softest red clays? i.e. soft to the touch red clay after firing. Do these soft clays tend to have medium walled bodies? Thanks

[Bok]

In terms of Chinese clays which are the softest red clays? i.e. soft to the touch red clay after firing. Do these soft clays tend to have medium walled bodies? Thanks

Softest to the touch is probably Zhuni, or early 50-60s Hongni. Wall thickness is independent of that. You'll find all kinds. CZ clay is rough, only the glazed part is smooth. Red-fired Zisha/Zini on antiques can be surprisingly soft to the touch as well. Compared to Zhuni, Zhuni would be a "cold" smooth, Zisha "warm". Not the right expression, but the closest I can think of...

[DailyTX]

Chawangshop has one that’s very very similar
https://www.chawangshop.com/tea-hardwar ... 100ml.html

In my view the one from Yin Chen looks a lot better. It is much more balanced. Interesting style btw.

Agreed. Very similar but details seem a bit less refined and it has single hole instead of a multi hole filter.

How long and how much for shipping? I may want to adopt a pot from them

[Chadrinkincat]

@DailyTX

$20 + about a week

[Bok]

DailyTX

$20 + about a week

Probably more at the moment, I don't think their postal system is up and running and if so, priority is probably given to send other things...

[Tor]

In terms of Chinese clays which are the softest red clays? i.e. soft to the touch red clay after firing. Do these soft clays tend to have medium walled bodies? Thanks

I’ve seen pre-F1 Zhuni that felt quite soft to the touch. Also some Chaozhou red clay are quite close to shudei Tokoname clay.

Here’s one of my CZ kettles.

[Youzi]

In terms of Chinese clays which are the softest red clays? i.e. soft to the touch red clay after firing. Do these soft clays tend to have medium walled bodies? Thanks

If "soft" is the requirement, then I'd say Benshan Lüni is the "softest". Zhuni is the smoothest, but it has a different "feel" to it? I wouldn't call that soft, more like jade or some well polished stone instead.

However smoothness mainly depends on the mesh size in the first place, and then on the type of clay.


Sorry, realized you were asking for red clays.... However you have to be sure it's the same mesh size, in order to compare different clays. As Bok said, warmer smooth is hongni, while a colder smooth is zhuni.

[Bok]

I’ve seen pre-F1 Zhuni that felt quite soft to the touch. Also some Chaozhou red clay are quite close to shudei Tokoname clay.

Here’s one of my CZ kettles.

This kettle looks like its machine made in a mould, rather than wheel-thrown, which would explain its unusual smooth appearance. How does the inside look?

CZ clay, if wheel-thrown would not look like this. These mass-produced kettles also will likely not use pure CZ clay, but they are dirt-cheap on taobao… colour of the clay seems off as well(might be the light), pure CZ clay is nowadays a deep orange-red.