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Teapot for Black Tea
I'm a little curious whether or not you using a yixing teapot would work for black tea. If that's the case, what should I look for? Should it be a compressed shape? Should it be Black Clay? I usually drink keemun and lapsang souchang, but I'm also interested in Yunnan Gold
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I've got one for qimen and one for darjeeling, I'm thinking one for Assam next. The potters of yixing use their famous teapots to brew yixing black/red tea. You can't really argue if they're doing it.
I wouldn't think shape would matter too much. I head towards thicker and darker clay as I figure a light clay will end up dark anyway and due to the temperatures that black/red can endure thick clay seems a good choice.
I wouldn't think shape would matter too much. I head towards thicker and darker clay as I figure a light clay will end up dark anyway and due to the temperatures that black/red can endure thick clay seems a good choice.