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Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:20 pm

As long as price wasn't in line with vendors claim than authenticity doesn't matter too much since it's functional pot.

How does it brew? Looks like it isn't very porous.

Price was okay. Generally I wouldn't throw much money at a pot I wasn't sure about. The clay is dense and fine. Exterior is very smooth. I've been using it with pu er that I want to bring out nuances and "high notes." It does that and has just a little rounding effect.

Stephen wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 11, 2017 2:28 pm

Chadrinkincat wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:20 pm

As long as price wasn't in line with vendors claim than authenticity doesn't matter too much since it's functional pot.

How does it brew? Looks like it isn't very porous.

Price was okay. Generally I wouldn't throw much money at a pot I wasn't sure about. The clay is dense and fine. Exterior is very smooth. I've been using it with pu er that I want to bring out nuances and "high notes." It does that and has just a little rounding effect.

That's good to hear. I've got a modern zini that brews very similar to yours. Very smooth dense clay and not very porous.

Always check new zini for odors...the new stuff is sometimes simply a blend of god knows what and has an unpleasant chemical odor. The clay looks too purple to be the real thing and I won't touch the stuff. I have two of those pots I bought as samples for potentially stocking on the site and I won't use either of them! There are still good purple pots made but lots of scary ones, complete with signed certs and all and a nice price tag too...and that's in China!

A long forgotten treasure, found after more than two decades in storage

I bought this pot in '92, when i just started my tea journey, and the only available knowledge was John Blofeld's 'Chinese Art of Tea', short of going to China, which i did soon after. The pot was a bit lonely in a tea shop in Germany. At this time Chinese way of drinking tea was quite unknown, and a pot of this size was considered a toy more than anything to use.

theredbaron wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 04, 2018 6:26 am

A long forgotten treasure, found after more than two decades in storage

I bought this pot in '92, when i just started my tea journey, and the only available knowledge was John Blofeld's 'Chinese Art of Tea', short of going to China, which i did soon after. The pot was a bit lonely in a tea shop in Germany. At this time Chinese way of drinking tea was quite unknown, and a pot of this size was considered a toy more than anything to use.

That's my favorite shape for more decorative styled yixing. The under side of lid is usually scalloped on older ones from F1.

Modern, aged Zini, about 100ml:

Very pretty pot. The color and texture give a very natural and elegant feeling.

Thanks! I have yet to use it, but think it will be a good match for yancha/heavily roasted oolongs.

Nice shape! It's inspired to a style that was popular during the ROC.

I'd suggest to try this with aged sheng, or dark roast tieguanyin. For yancha, I'd suggest to use a hongni pot with a flatter profile

Opinions on thes shui pings from Chawangshop?

https://www.chawangshop.com/late-1990s- ... -85cc.html

https://www.chawangshop.com/tea-hardwar ... -85cc.html

I’m thinking about one for young sheng and one for yancha

Ragamuffin wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:43 am

Opinions on thes shui pings from Chawangshop?

https://www.chawangshop.com/late-1990s- ... -85cc.html

https://www.chawangshop.com/tea-hardwar ... -85cc.html

I’m thinking about one for young sheng and one for yancha

Those should be good. I have a Taiwan-market hongni pot from that period and I quite like it!

Ragamuffin wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:43 am

Opinions on thes shui pings from Chawangshop?

I have one. I'm no expert on where it stands relative to other pots, but it's brilliant for my ~10yo shengs - it turns a couple of them into sugar-bombs and often mutes smoke/harshness, while bringing out some fresher/high flavours that don't present in glazed ware or my modern hongni pot.

Atlas wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:16 pm

Ragamuffin wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:43 am

Opinions on thes shui pings from Chawangshop?

I have one. I'm no expert on where it stands relative to other pots, but it's brilliant for my ~10yo shengs - it turns a couple of them into sugar-bombs and often mutes smoke/harshness, while bringing out some fresher/high flavours that don't present in glazed ware or my modern hongni pot.

That sounds great, is yours the hong ni or zi ni pot?

Ragamuffin wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 20, 2018 8:31 pm

That sounds great, is yours the hong ni or zi ni pot?

Mine is the 65ml version of the late 90s zini you posted.

My hongni is a modern pot from lukevecent (eBay). CWS's hongni pots should be a different beast.

Are these pots real?
https://chrysanthemumbrooklyn.com/colle ... are?page=2

I feel like they aren't just because they come out of a somewhat shady no-name place in Brooklyn.