I think price usually corresponds to the quality you get... I would not expect that a complicated shape like this one would as low as 599 – if fully handmade. Still clay and workmanship looks reasonably good for a price like this.hopeofdawn wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 11:55 amHello - I took a break from tea forums for awhile, but recently a pot caught my eye and I was thinking of getting it. However, the downgrading of Yinchen's reputation on this forum and elsewhere is making me pause - this is a pretty pricey pot (for me at least), and I don't want to be taken for a ride.
Just to be clear, I like the design and I don't care if it's a masterwork or whether it pairs well with a particular kind of tea (I have several other yixing from various sources and have never been able to taste the differences in tea when using them). I just want to make sure that a) this looks like it could be an authentic handmade pot and b) it's made out of real yixing zhuni/zisha clay and not something else. If anyone wants to weigh in on whether they think a pot like this is worth the asking price, I'd definitely appreciate it as well.
https://yinchenstudio.com/collections/y ... apot-260ml
I do not know what the obsession with fully handmade is anyways – if you like it and the price doesn't hurt you, then get it.