That's quite an improvement woah
Do you fill to the brim each time and tea leaks out when lid put in?
Using just brewed tea to coat your teaware
A bit, but that would not explain how the lid gains the almost same sheen.
Caveat, such a nice patina won't just happen with any clay. This is top grade clay, some details are raised quite a bit thinner than one milimeter (lid skirt)! Volume is 45ml.
+++1 this is a good way to determine the quality of the clay/processing.
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@Bok Nice illustration, and quite the transformation, despite different lighting. A lustrous patina like that, really is attractive.
What type of clay is this?
@TeaTotalingthe easy answer: Zisha
But I suspect it’s something closer to Dicaoqing, although that name didn’t exist back then.
But I suspect it’s something closer to Dicaoqing, although that name didn’t exist back then.
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@Bok Very good. In my experience top grade Di Cao Qing is very desirable in form and function. I can't keep my hands off mine. To the point where I have been exclusively brewing everything in it. I find it to be a highly versatile clay. It's 60 mesh and perfectly fired with very present "chicken eyes". Aged 25 years from Huang Long Shan #4 mine. It has really shattered my former way of thinking that you need a single pot devoted to a certain style of tea. Not that this can't be, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. A convenient way of marketing and selling westerners more clay, it would seem. Now I find I am inclined to brew more freely, which has enlightened me with a newfound love for Zisha.
@Bok curious how you clean your teapot after use. Do you wipe the exterior with a wet or dry rag? Do you rinse with hot water and air dry?
I have been sticking my cheap pots in an oven to dry off. Wonder if I should stop doing that.
I have been sticking my cheap pots in an oven to dry off. Wonder if I should stop doing that.
I think ovens are for Sunday roast not tea pots.
I do a rinse with hot water and air dry. Only wipe if water drops persist for too long on the outside.
Same here. I would usually fill the pot quarter full with hot boiling water. If usually won't take long for the surface to dry. Usually less than 20 seconds. Then I'll just wipe off and let the pot air dry on it's own. The pot will be left open (without lid) overnight and will be dry by morning.
Yes. Patina is the key!... Done right, your pot won't look dirty. I bathe my pot with tea all the time... but usually just with hot water or tea towards the end of the brew.... Gotten pretty decent results with it too over the years.
Cheers!!