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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by kyarazen » Apr 12th, '14, 10:55

Tead Off wrote: Very nice prizes! Tell us what you brew in each of them and why.
i'm the most flexible with all these pots as any good tea goes. currently using them more for catalytic purposes than to serve an absorb-tive role.

the pear skin sees the most usage right now, a nice dose of taiwanese teas, TKY, chawang, even some half aged gushu pu-erh. the patina's coming up and.. just so nice :P in comparison with another new piece
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the zini drinks mostly yancha, roasted dancong, particularly with yancha it deepens the tea and extends the "rocky yancha note".

the zhuni's currently making it rounds with sheng gushu pu-er of all ages, even with green tea/yellow tea

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by wert » Apr 12th, '14, 11:53

kyarazen wrote: Image
Extras! I shall not ask how many. :roll: :mrgreen:

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by the_economist » Apr 12th, '14, 12:17

kyarazen wrote: i'm the most flexible with all these pots as any good tea goes. currently using them more for catalytic purposes than to serve an absorb-tive role.

the pear skin sees the most usage right now, a nice dose of taiwanese teas, TKY, chawang, even some half aged gushu pu-erh. the patina's coming up and.. just so nice :P in comparison with another new piece
Image

the zini drinks mostly yancha, roasted dancong, particularly with yancha it deepens the tea and extends the "rocky yancha note".

the zhuni's currently making it rounds with sheng gushu pu-er of all ages, even with green tea/yellow tea
Great example of nice patina!

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by the_economist » Apr 12th, '14, 13:04

Here's my version of a side by side :)
One pot has been drinking a mishmash of roasted oolongs (Taiwan, yancha, tgy).

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by SilentChaos » Apr 12th, '14, 21:36

the_economist wrote:Here's my version of a side by side :)
One pot has been drinking a mishmash of roasted oolongs (Taiwan, yancha, tgy).

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by bagua7 » Apr 14th, '14, 04:09

Lovely pots H., k. & t. e.. Cheers silentchaos it loves the youngish sheng puerh I have been feeding her lately.

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by puyuan » Apr 25th, '14, 15:49

kyarazen wrote: i'm the most flexible with all these pots as any good tea goes. currently using them more for catalytic purposes than to serve an absorb-tive role.

the pear skin sees the most usage right now, a nice dose of taiwanese teas, TKY, chawang, even some half aged gushu pu-erh. the patina's coming up and.. just so nice :P in comparison with another new piece
Image

the zini drinks mostly yancha, roasted dancong, particularly with yancha it deepens the tea and extends the "rocky yancha note".

the zhuni's currently making it rounds with sheng gushu pu-er of all ages, even with green tea/yellow tea
The pear skin is truly terrific. For those interested, mr. Xu Sihai owns a teapot museum in Shanghai, he shows it in this program here -- http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10352/6c387e1c ... 9d6190350f

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by tingjunkie » May 6th, '14, 22:26

New pot rescued from the back of a dusty shelf in a Flushing shop. The older shop owner and his wife thought it was pretty funny that an American wanted to buy such a small pot. I asked if they had more similar ones to sell, but no such luck. Clay is a bit darker in real life. I'm not sure of the age, but if anyone wants to venture a guess, please do! No chop inside lid.
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Clay: Zi Ni. Med-high fired.
Size: 65 ml
Age/Year: Unknown- Late 80's/Early 90's?
Walls: Medium Thickness
Pour: +/- 5 sec. No drips. Good lid fit.

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by kyarazen » May 6th, '14, 22:41

nice! what was the price? i've the "tian-qing/hui-ni" version of this pot.
supposedly 80s. almost exactly the same pot except the outlet's single hole

will post up pictures later.
tingjunkie wrote:New pot rescued from the back of a dusty shelf in a Flushing shop. The older shop owner and his wife thought it was pretty funny that an American wanted to buy such a small pot. I asked if they had more similar ones to sell, but no such luck. Clay is a bit darker in real life. I'm not sure of the age, but if anyone wants to venture a guess, please do! No chop inside lid.
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Clay: Zi Ni. Med-high fired.
Size: 65 ml
Age/Year: Unknown- Late 80's/Early 90's?
Walls: Medium Thickness
Pour: +/- 5 sec. No drips. Good lid fit.

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by tingjunkie » May 6th, '14, 23:13

kyarazen wrote:nice! what was the price? i've the "tian-qing/hui-ni" version of this pot.
supposedly 80s. almost exactly the same pot except the outlet's single hole

will post up pictures later.
Just a song. I was quite lucky. Would love to see your "cousin." :D

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by wert » May 7th, '14, 07:55

tingjunkie wrote:New pot rescued from the back of a dusty shelf in a Flushing shop. The older shop owner and his wife thought it was pretty funny that an American wanted to buy such a small pot. I asked if they had more similar ones to sell, but no such luck. Clay is a bit darker in real life. I'm not sure of the age, but if anyone wants to venture a guess, please do! No chop inside lid.
14115722334_14500fcf83.jpg
13928743428_c719839bc5.jpg
14115724494_ffb9b5f53e.jpg
Clay: Zi Ni. Med-high fired.
Size: 65 ml
Age/Year: Unknown- Late 80's/Early 90's?
Walls: Medium Thickness
Pour: +/- 5 sec. No drips. Good lid fit.
A 5 sec pour is a treasure! 8)

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by William » May 7th, '14, 08:10

wert wrote: A 5 sec pour is a treasure! 8)
+1.

I leave the identification of the clay to people more experienced than me.
What I can say is that this teapot seems to me a bit underfired. I may be wrong, at least I hope for you. Usually, from my past experiences, underfired teapots are not so good.

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by Tead Off » May 7th, '14, 08:16

William wrote:
wert wrote: A 5 sec pour is a treasure! 8)
+1.

I leave the identification of the clay to people more experienced than me.
What I can say is that this teapot seems to me a bit underfired. I may be wrong, at least I hope for you. Usually, from my past experiences, underfired teapots are not so good.
What makes you say that?

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by tingjunkie » May 7th, '14, 08:54

As I mentioned, the clay is darker in real life than in the photos. Just too lazy to correct the color in editing. That might be why it could look under fired.

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Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

by William » May 7th, '14, 10:26

I deduced this, from how the light is reflected, by the teapot's surface, in the first and second picture. I may be wrong. :)

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