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Bok wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 09, 2020 2:46 am

klepto wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:58 am

Has anyone noticed that different yixing teapots can change the texture of the tea as it goes down your throat? I was giving one of my teapots that gets ignored some love and I noticed that the tea I had before which had a silk smooth texture was rough and almost scratchy. This teapot is a bronze grade CP teapot and I was previously using an F1 green label pot.

Haha, you’re doomed now that you discovered the subtleties of clays

@klepto

You’re definitely seeing some light at the end of the tunnel!!! If you focus your vision hard enough, you’ll see me waving back at you!! Yes indeed you’re on the right path....

It’s a whole new world!! A dazzling place I never knew....

Do you have a porcelain Gaiwan and cups that are neutral in brewing?? Do a side by side comparison test... you will find it to be even more exciting!.... hahahahaha.... I have a pot that adds a sweet aftertaste in my mouth for ShouPuerh... well.. that’s another story .

Cheers!!

klepto wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 09, 2020 1:58 am

Has anyone noticed that different yixing teapots can change the texture of the tea as it goes down your throat? I was giving one of my teapots that gets ignored some love and I noticed that the tea I had before which had a silk smooth texture was rough and almost scratchy. This teapot is a bronze grade CP teapot and I was previously using an F1 green label pot.

Body/texture is prob #1 reason many of us are using yixing teapots.

Very porous pots are only ones that have given me the rough and scratchy feel.

@Bok @OCTO @Chadrinkincat I use gaiwans the first time I try a tea. So I've noticed the disturbance in the force but I can't use the force, that hurts . I now see myself owning more pots now or I could just take OCTO's collection

klepto wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 09, 2020 10:09 am

Bok OCTO Chadrinkincat I use gaiwans the first time I try a tea. So I've noticed the disturbance in the force but I can't use the force, that hurts . I now see myself owning more pots now or I could just take OCTO's collection

@klepto

Hahahahaha..... the force is strong

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@ezpzeke can’t really be sure of anything without clearer pictures overall and in particular of the insides of body and lid.

The underside raises some doubts.

Colour/patina looks on first impression more like it’s a brown Chaozhou, not Yixing.

ezpzeke wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 13, 2020 1:23 pm

hello everyone!

a private seller that i'm talking with has mentioned that this piece was initially sold to him being indicated as either late qing or early roc.

i'm always skeptical when i hear this kind of statement, hah!

i think that the craftsmanship appears to resonate with some examples i've seen from that period, but i figured i'd ask you all your opinion? i'm certainly no expert.

thanks!

it does not look right to me...

@ezpzeke

Doesn’t look like yixing. Looks more like a modern CZ pot.

@ezpzeke

I concur with @steanze, @Bok and @Chadrinkincat.

The pot looks ChaoZhou and it’s more likely modern than LQ/ER.

Cheers!

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Came across a teapot on a local Facebook listing and bought it unseen for 5$. Looked like yixing from the one grainy photo that was posted.

Picked it up and cleaned it as it was pretty grimy. Still some stains left on it. Reckon it might be slip cast. Victoria assumed the same on discord. 500ml, ox lid, with head broken off. Not a lot of tool marks and craftsmanship looks a bit wonky.

Rmt wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:56 pm

Came across a teapot on a local Facebook listing and bought it unseen for 5$. Looked like yixing from the one grainy photo that was posted.

Picked it up and cleaned it as it was pretty grimy. Still some stains left on it. Reckon it might be slip cast. Victoria assumed the same on discord. 500ml, ox lid, with head broken off. Not a lot of tool marks and craftsmanship looks a bit wonky.

@Rmt
Looks like molded to me. The material for casting zisha needs to be finer, often you can see a casting line on the handle that’s symmetrical with the line on the body. It’s not a hard rule as people can clean up those lines. Despite of missing the cow head, it may still be a good pot for brewing tea grandpa style

Here is the discussion a few members had a while back

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18&p=21360&hilit=Slipcast#p21360

@Rmt

The pot looks pretty decent to me.... with the exception of the decapitated ox.. hahahaha... the clay texture from under the lid points pretty much towards circa 80s factory pot. How does it weigh in your hands? Does it feel weighted or hollow?

My avatar is taken off a 60s Ox pot of the same size... hehehe...

Cheers!!

Thanks for the replies!

DailyTX wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:40 pm

@Rmt
Looks like molded to me. The material for casting zisha needs to be finer, often you can see a casting line on the handle that’s symmetrical with the line on the body. It’s not a hard rule as people can clean up those lines. Despite of missing the cow head, it may still be a good pot for brewing tea grandpa style

Here is the discussion a few members had a while back

viewtopic.php?f=19&t=18&p=21360&hilit=Slipcast#p21360

I just got to work, so I haven't got the pot in front of me. There's a definitely a sort of line on the handle, but there's no lines on the body. I'll have a look at the discussion you posted.

OCTO wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:41 pm

@Rmt

The pot looks pretty decent to me.... with the exception of the decapitated ox.. hahahaha... the clay texture from under the lid points pretty much towards circa 80s factory pot. How does it weigh in your hands? Does it feel weighted or hollow?

My avatar is taken off a 60s Ox pot of the same size... hehehe...

Cheers!!

I thought it felt sort of light, not very heavy at least. I'll check again when I get back from work in the afternoon.

Made some Japanese black tea with the pot just now (blended with Japanese mugwort). Turned out really nice, but the pot has got a messy pour. Very happy with the find, never in my life expected to come across something like this in this part of the country!