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Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:55 am

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Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:10 am

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.
The kettle was wheel-thrown by Huang Shu Fan. One of my favorite kettles for Dancong.

(Edited: Romanization of the potter’s name)
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:58 am

CZ teapots from Zhang Hai Yan are also velvety soft and smooth. But this’s Yixing thread, isn’t it? :lol:
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:52 am

Tor wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:55 am
Bok wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 1:10 am

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.
The kettle was wheel-thrown by Huang Shu Fan. One of my favorite kettles for Dancong.

(Edited: Romanization of the potter’s name)
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Interesting! It looked too smooth on the pictures, I apologise to the craftsman! Aren’t those kettles meant for boiling water though? CZ like their teapots very small, which is why the kettles are also comparatively small in volume.
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:58 am

That's a fake factory teapot, isn't it? It looks nice, but I do not want to buy another teapot made of questionable clay. :roll: Unfortunately, I cannot get a better picture of the sticker.
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:22 am

Mark-S wrote:
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That's a fake factory teapot, isn't it? It looks nice, but I do not want to buy another teapot made of questionable clay. :roll: Unfortunately, I cannot get a better picture of the sticker.
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Sticker is red and the R is too big and/or in the wrong place.
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:32 am

Also this kind of style is probably one of the worst in terms of practicability: Handle that makes taking off the lid and empty the teapot of leaves very difficult and prone to break lid and or handle.
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:38 am

That's what I thought. I was not sure because of the angle, and the color looked rather orange to me. Thanks

This dragon teapot style is my favorite. 8-) I have not used it for tea yet, because I need to clean it first.

@BokYeah, but I like this type of handles a lot. :lol: And if you do this multiple times you get used to it.
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:28 pm

Hey there. First time post. I recently bought an 80mL zhuni teapot, and it drips a tad from the lid. Does this make it a bad teapot? Would you consider a teapot that drips, even if it's just a bit, a bad teapot?
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:49 pm

Bok wrote:
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Interesting! It looked too smooth on the pictures, I apologise to the craftsman! Aren’t those kettles meant for boiling water though? CZ like their teapots very small, which is why the kettles are also comparatively small in volume.
Ah, yes, it’s for boiling water. I usually brew Dancong in a gaiwan. The kettle is a bit under 1L.
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:28 pm
Hey there. First time post. I recently bought an 80mL zhuni teapot, and it drips a tad from the lid. Does this make it a bad teapot? Would you consider a teapot that drips, even if it's just a bit, a bad teapot?
Some pictures of the teapot would definitely help. Imho this does not make it a bad pot necessarily. I also got some teapots which drip. If the teapot is good for brewing tea and it does not drip too much, it would not worry me.
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:24 pm

alejandro2high wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:28 pm
Hey there. First time post. I recently bought an 80mL zhuni teapot, and it drips a tad from the lid. Does this make it a bad teapot? Would you consider a teapot that drips, even if it's just a bit, a bad teapot?
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If your pot is new, I think the drip will improve over time because the seal between lid and pot will improve once it develops patina/tea oil. Also, some shape such as square geometric pots have known for drips. One advice is not to fill the pot up all the way to minimize dripping. I hope that helps
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:29 pm

alejandro2high wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:28 pm
Hey there. First time post. I recently bought an 80mL zhuni teapot, and it drips a tad from the lid. Does this make it a bad teapot? Would you consider a teapot that drips, even if it's just a bit, a bad teapot?
It only matters if it's bothers you. Dripping doesn't effect your tea brewing too much, and you can easily compensate dripping with skill, if you want.
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Hey there. First time post. I recently bought an 80mL zhuni teapot, and it drips a tad from the lid. Does this make it a bad teapot? Would you consider a teapot that drips, even if it's just a bit, a bad teapot?
Might also be that you pour to fast or the angle of the teapot when pouring promotes the drip. As others said, it's only bad if you think it is... but – if it is a modern Zhuni pot it is maybe a sign of not so good quality, as modern pots normally have no good excuse anymore to have ill-fitting lids. In older teapots, that happens most of the times, due to different making process.

If the lid is tight fitting, but it dribbles, it might also just be a badly designed teapot.

How about posting some pictures?
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Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:09 pm

alejandro2high wrote:
Wed Feb 12, 2020 12:28 pm
Hey there. First time post. I recently bought an 80mL zhuni teapot, and it drips a tad from the lid. Does this make it a bad teapot? Would you consider a teapot that drips, even if it's just a bit, a bad teapot?
Not necessarily, it depends how bad it is, and if it can be managed. I have a japanese kyusu designed in a way that it pours slowly and overspills and drips if poured fast: it serves the purpose to remind one to pour more gently. Yixing is a different world, but the fact is, most old pots drip, and people cherish them.
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:34 am

Here a decorative pot, a green sticker period pot i have bought in '91 or so, for what i though then was a lot of money about 40 or 50 US$, and have forgotten it in storage since then and found it again after i moved to germany in 2016. Which was a very nice find :)
I now use it for Liu Bao
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