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So I was brewing some tea late in the night yesterday when suddenly I had a moment of clarity. I looked at my teapot and said: "what exactly are you, old love?"

(Good thing I was home alone.)

See, I bought this teapot four years ago in Saint Petersburg. I was staying there through university and had taken to visit a nice tea shop complete with its own tea room and expository room. Before leaving, I decided I would buy a Yixing teapot - my very first Yixing. I knew next to nothing about Yixing back then (still know very little in fact), so I let one of the owners guide me. In the end, I chose the teapot you see in the pictures. She said it would be good for green wulongs - not that I would know, since I've been using it for all kinds of wulongs, and even some pu'erhs. You know how it is when you're a student and must choose between buying lots of teapots or dying of starvation.

It's a good pot all around. Holds about 180 ml, pours well and fast, and the patina doesn't develop too quickly. I'm quite fond of it, but I would still like to know what kind of teapot it actually is.

Some more shots:

looks like some modern hongni. Pics are a bit too blurry to see clay clearly.

Thank you, Bok!
Yes, pictures could be better. The best my phone can come up with is this:

Bok wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:52 am

looks like some modern hongni. Pics are a bit too blurry to see clay clearly.

I agree. The styling is definitely modern. I can’t tell how thick the walls are but the shape of the body is generally good for green oolongs like gaoshan cha. I think baozhong might be good in it also.

At that size, it would be a young sheng pu erh/maocha pot for me.

tealifehk wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:22 am

At that size, it would be a young sheng pu erh/maocha pot for me.

Too big, you mean? Capacity is roughly 160 ml.

The walls are not extraordinarily thick, but they're not thin either. The first Baozhong I brewed in it tasted great, although it might have been because I had recently resetted it.

There is no self wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:14 pm

tealifehk wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:22 am

At that size, it would be a young sheng pu erh/maocha pot for me.

Too big, you mean? Capacity is roughly 160 ml.

The walls are not extraordinarily thick, but they're not thin either. The first Baozhong I brewed in it tasted great, although it might have been because I had recently resetted it.

Yes, the volume is larger than I would use for any oolong if I was gongfu brewing. With more relaxed brewing (longer, several minute long infusions), I'd have no qualms about using it.