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[bagua7]

Do you train in Bagua Zhang or have an affinity for it? I apologize in advance if you have already answered this in an earlier post!

Yes. I suppose you too, but let's stay on topic, please.

[teaisme]

what's Bagua Bagua7?

georgous pot immortalitea

[tingjunkie]

A bagua is the name for a Tibetan fox in the witness protection program.

[Poohblah]

The bagua (八卦) are the eight divinatory trigrams, which themselves are parts of the 64 hexagrams of Yijing (or I-Ching) fame.

I am assuming that mr. or mrs. bagua7 identifies with the seventh trigram for some reason or another

[ImmortaliTEA]

Do you train in Bagua Zhang or have an affinity for it? I apologize in advance if you have already answered this in an earlier post!

Yes. I suppose you too, but let's stay on topic, please.

No I am a Wing Chun practitioner but am very familiar with Chinese Internal Martial Arts and was just curious but you are right this is all about tea so that's the last you will hear about it from me!

[ImmortaliTEA]

what's Bagua Bagua7?

georgous pot immortalitea

I appreciate it teaisme. It is actually my second favorite pot after my 40 ml Mou Luni shui ping from the 80's.

[ImmortaliTEA]

Do you train in Bagua Zhang or have an affinity for it? I apologize in advance if you have already answered this in an earlier post!

Yes. I suppose you too, but let's stay on topic, please.

No I am a Wing Chun practitioner but am very familiar with Chinese Internal Martial Arts and was just curious but you are right this is all about tea so that's the last you will hear about it from me!

or all about yixing teapots I should say not tea. lol

[bagua7]

Is that mou lu ni pot of yours the one that "was" sold at The Mandarin's Tea Room? I haven't seen that clay online aside from that source; lu ni is not easily available online away, especially the non-mixed stuff. You can find it as a mixed (tiao sha) type at Jing Tea Shop; I got one and it brews awesome tea but it is a very fussy "animal", it doesn't like anything you throw at it. I've decided to brew raw puerh in it since I hardly drink one particular kind of wu yi tea I used to drink, and I like the pot too much just to keep it on the shelf. So be it.

How about your lu ni pot, do you happen to use it for roasted tea?

[ImmortaliTEA]

Clay: I was told it's Mou Luni but not sure (please chime in?)
Size: 100 ml
Age/Year: 1990's
Walls: Medium Thick
Pour: +/- 6 sec. No drips. Great lid fit.
Source: Purchased from JTS
Tea Pairing: Possibly Aged Oolong or Roasted Taiwan Oolong
Info: When I originally ordered this teapot from Jing Tea Shop they told me it was around 60 ml which was exactly the size I was looking for and it was in a shape I love so I was ecstatic, however, when it arrived it was just slightly over 100 ml which was a pretty huge difference and slightly aggravated me since I already have over ten 100 ml teapots. They listed it as Ben Shan Mou Luni clay which I could possibly believe considering I saw chrl42 post a picture of a very similar looking clay in the Yixing Folks: Please Identify this pot... thread but if someone with some good yixing knowledge could please give their input I would greatly appreciate it.

[ImmortaliTEA]

Is that mou lu ni pot of yours the one that "was" sold at The Mandarin's Tea Room? I haven't seen that clay online aside from that source; lu ni is not easily available online away, especially the non-mixed stuff. You can find it as a mixed (tiao sha) type at Jing Tea Shop; I got one and it brews awesome tea but it is a very fussy "animal", it doesn't like anything you throw at it. I've decided to brew raw puerh in it since I hardly drink one particular kind of wu yi tea I used to drink, and I like the pot too much just to keep it on the shelf. So be it.

How about your lu ni pot, do you happen to use it for roasted tea?

Yes it is the small one they used to sell at The Mandarin's Tea Room and when I first purchased it about a year and a half ago I tried it out with multiple kinds of tea to see which variety that "she" responded to the best. My problem was the complete opposite of what you listed above, every tea tasted so amazingly clear, alive, vibrant, qi filled, and delicious that I honestly had the hardest time choosing the variety that I believed she would choose herself. After about 2 months of smelling the clay, tasting the difference it made to plain water, and brewing different teas that I love in it I was stuck between High Fired Anxi Tie Guan Yin (which is what Tim personally recommended and uses in it himself), Shui Xian's of 100 year bush and over only, or Aged Sheng Puerh 25 years or older. She eventually chose the Aged Puerh because the size was perfect for heavy gong fu sessions of very expensive old teas so that I could see how far these teas can actually go without drowning in all the puerh tea I drank. However, when it comes to the other Luni pot that i just posted last the greener looking version seems to be much more fussy like the Tiao Sha you are describing.

[tst]

Have a few questions about several pots I found.

The seller says she bought them in Taiwan during the 90s from "specialist tea shops" (not sure how I feel about this part). Sizes range from 100ml to 200ml.

Anyone have any ideas about clay type or what the chops say? I appreciate it. Sorry for the poor quality images ... only able to work with the images sent to me

[Poohblah]

Most of those chops are upside down and are the generic "Yixing, China" chop. The rectangular chop is rotated sideways and I'm having trouble reading all of it. I can't comment on the clay.

[bagua7]

They listed it as Ben Shan Mou Luni clay which I could possibly believe considering I saw chrl42 post a picture of a very similar looking clay in the Yixing Folks: Please Identify this pot... thread but if someone with some good yixing knowledge could please give their input I would greatly appreciate it.

Personally I think it is a tiao sha lu ni.

Ben shan clay is much lighter (let's wait until chrl42 chimes in and confirms this) in colour and with a marked beige/whiteish tone. A couple of examples:

Yes it is the small one they used to sell at The Mandarin's Tea Room and when I first purchased it about a year and a half ago I tried it out with multiple kinds of tea to see which variety that "she" responded to the best. My problem was the complete opposite of what you listed above, every tea tasted so amazingly clear, alive, vibrant, qi filled, and delicious that I honestly had the hardest time choosing the variety that I believed she would choose herself.

Don't forget that the shui ping shape is very forgiving with teas (yin and yang balance, a very earthy pot), and preferred by many for that reason. It is a very versatile shape. I like that shape a lot for that very reason plus the fact that they tend to pour like Napoleon cannons.

About the other question you asked:

They listed it as Ben Shan Mou Luni clay which I could possibly believe considering I saw chrl42 post a picture of a very similar looking clay in the Yixing Folks: Please Identify this pot... thread but if someone with some good yixing knowledge could please give their input I would greatly appreciate it.

Here's that thread:

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 5&start=15

Here's your pot listing:

http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-jing-tea- ... piao-2.cfm

Yes, I know how you feel about wrong capacities being delivered after the initial description. This is a poor business practice that needs to be corrected. In my case, it seems to be the opposite: I tend to get smaller pots than advertised but I also have pots larger than what I was after.

For example, here's the tall lu ni pot I got:

http://www.jingteashop.com/pd-jing-tea- ... -lnxgl.cfm

Listed as 110mL but really is 90mL. Well in here I can't complain, I like the reduced size.

Yikes! I also dislike the lightning tricks used by JTS since they don't reflect the true colour of those pots. That lu ni of mine is much darker in real life and a far cry from that ben shan look it's got.

In any case, online shopping is always a gamble...unfortunately.

I hope you enjoy both pots, which is what matters in the end.

[ImmortaliTEA]

Clay: I believe it's Hong Ni. High Fired. (Please Chime in again? lol)
Size: 90 ml
Age/Year: Early 2000's
Walls: Thin to Medium
Pour: +/- 6 sec. No drips. Perfect Lid Fit.
Source: Gift from a good friend
Tea Pairing: Light Roasted Wuyi Yan Cha, Taiwan Oolong
Info: This teapot is very unorthodox when compared to other high fired yixings. Normally, I'm used to a high fired teapot being very similar to porcelain, in that preserves aroma and shows the true character of the tea leaf instead of muting off flavors like more porous clays. The interesting thing about this teapot is that it is high fired and it preserves the aroma wonderfully, but it also mutes off flavors like a slightly more porous teapot all at the same time. When it comes to high quality zheng yan light roasted Yan Cha, I have not found a better teapot.

[the_economist]

This pair of teeny tinies has been sitting in the cupboard for awhile. Finally had the time to take the zisha out for a spin.


Both are 40ml, nice pours, single hole, probably 90s.