yixing mug

[Monkey in China]

Hi, I'm new to the tea world.

My dad brought from China about 2 years ago a strange looking tea mug that I now know to be a yixing mug (with a lid and all). Are there any special ways to prepare teas with it? Do you recommend using it?

I hope I can use it, I'm not a big fan of (useless) decorative ornements.

[CynTEAa]

Hi there!

Any chance you can post a pic of this Yixing mug? Would love to see it. Does it have a lid and saucer?

-CynTEAa

[Monkey in China]

Sadly it's at my home and I won't be able to get to it for about 2 weeks (I'm in a college dorm in an other city)

But here is a pic that looks alot like it :





Mine's color is a bit darker with chinese characters written on it.

[Wesli]

You can stick an infuser cup in it and make tea that way.

[Monkey in China]

Anybody knows the size of the infuser sold on adagio for the Glass mug ?

[Wesli]

Thought I'd toss up a few images for you to get an idea of how I use mine.

[Monkey in China]

thx for that. Pictures actually made me recall i got a mug with infuser (no lid) laying somewhere back at home, I'll see if it fits in the yixing.

[Wesli]

No problem. One thing you need to know about yixing is that it is a very porous clay, and absorbs many flavors from the tea you brew in it. So naturally, you don't want to be mixing of the flavors of a variety of teas. For this reason, yixing must be dedicated to a very small spectrum of teas. Mine (from the images above), I have dedicated to jade oolongs, or lightly oxidized oolongs.

For this reason I also have a glass infuser that I use to brew the whole spectrum of teas:

[CynTEAa]

Thanks for posting the pic. The Adagio stainless infuser is 3 5/8" tall x 2 3/8" diameter on the bottom. The top lip is a bit wider.

Fukamushi is right. It should be dedicated to a very small spectrum of teas....and certainly no flavored teas.