Lovely!!steanze wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 10:40 amVery nice! I have also been enjoying using larger pots more and more for aged tea. They bring out more depth of flavor. This is a twin of your potsOCTO wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:39 am
I brew and slow boil Aged PuErh, Aged LiuAn and Aged LiuBao. Sometimes a combo of my quirky blends.... hahahaha..... Their heat retention is pretty amazing. Hence a good candidate to bring out the aged flavours in these old teas. Coincidentally, I seasoned and prepared the pot with HongCha for about a week before moving over to the other teas.
Cheers!!
Yixing
TQ @DailyTX.
No, I don't place my pots directly over fire or a flame. I use a modified old CZ stove with a heating element set on low heat and let it slowly bring the tea to a boil. To speed up the process, I fill my pots half or three quarter full with hot water. Not filling to the brim also to avoids water spilling out when it comes to a boil. I also have a porcelain teapot set that comes with a warmer that also serves as a base. It uses tea-light candles as a source of heat. This usually keeps the tea hot but seldom come to a slow boil unless left along for prolong periods of time. Another option is to use glass teapots.
Key for me is to avoid a hard boil. It makes the tea overly tannic and sometimes bitter.
Cheers!!
@OCTO: thank you, I was also curious. I assume that there's a relatively low risk of the clay cracking if the pot is not empty and the heat is not too strong... Like a tetsubin or a Chaozhou clay kettle.
I've been playing with big pots for old tea for the last few months as well; definitely a different experience to my usual <160mL pots... But while I've tried old puer and old liubao in the big pot style, I have not yet tried old liuan... It feels like a small pot tea for me, for some reason.
One day, I'd also like to learn more about the OCTO-style method of brewing yancha in big pots that I think you mentioned around here a while ago... Including the pots involved, of course.
In the meantime, here's a contribution of my own to the Big Pot Clan / BPC, which is brewing some old cooked puer from last night.
Andrew
I've been playing with big pots for old tea for the last few months as well; definitely a different experience to my usual <160mL pots... But while I've tried old puer and old liubao in the big pot style, I have not yet tried old liuan... It feels like a small pot tea for me, for some reason.
One day, I'd also like to learn more about the OCTO-style method of brewing yancha in big pots that I think you mentioned around here a while ago... Including the pots involved, of course.
In the meantime, here's a contribution of my own to the Big Pot Clan / BPC, which is brewing some old cooked puer from last night.
Andrew
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Yes.... you are right. Even the mighty Tet cannot be used on a direct flame for long periods of time.
Anytime.... Do start a new thread when you're ready. We better not steer this thread too off topic... hahahahaha...
Cheers!!
OCTO
I have the same feeling about old liuan...Andrew S wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 2:24 am
I've been playing with big pots for old tea for the last few months as well; definitely a different experience to my usual <160mL pots... But while I've tried old puer and old liubao in the big pot style, I have not yet tried old liuan... It feels like a small pot tea for me, for some reason.
Me too! I have found it difficult to brew yancha in larger pots, but that might be because I get a bit scared about the amount of leaf needed
Nice clay, and the spout shape is very good!
This is great! Maybe we should have threads to collect carvings around the same theme... one thread for huts under cliffs, one thread for bamboo, ...
Here is another hut under cliffs:
@steanze
That’s a great idea. I would love to learn more about carvings on Yixing. I noticed mid to large size pots are commonly with carvings. We need to recruit those big pot clan members to show their collections
This sounds like a plan! Can probably start off with Bamboo, Birds, Huts/Cliff and Flowers.
Hello, I'm currently interested in this teapot and want some opinions about this!! I'm fairly new to the tea world so I have no idea if this is real or not, or is it worth the price
Updated from the seller: it's made from duan ni clay
Here is the link( for more picture and info):
https://www.etsy.com/fi-en/listing/1114 ... apot-f3765
Updated from the seller: it's made from duan ni clay
Here is the link( for more picture and info):
https://www.etsy.com/fi-en/listing/1114 ... apot-f3765
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It’s a real teapot but it looks slipcast out of some yellow mystery clay. It might be fun for decorating a shelf but I wouldn’t consume anything from it.teapotter wrote: ↑Sun Aug 14, 2022 2:37 amHello, I'm currently interested in this teapot and want some opinions about this!! I'm fairly new to the tea world so I have no idea if this is real or not, or is it worth the price
Here is the link( for more picture and info):
https://www.etsy.com/fi-en/listing/1114 ... apot-f3765
@teapotter I agree with @Baisao While nowadays there are supposedly some regulations in China concerning food safety, not too long ago, lot of the yellow clay fake yixing would have been spiked with pigments containing various heavy metals...
@Baisao Thank you for the reply, then I assumed that would be the same case for this teapot also?
Here is the link( from the same seller as well):
https://www.etsy.com/fi-en/listing/9658 ... apot-f2136
Here is the link( from the same seller as well):
https://www.etsy.com/fi-en/listing/9658 ... apot-f2136
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