Yixing pot for Chinese reds

[bagua7]

What type of yixing would you recommend to brew this variety, i.e. Keemun.

Cheers.

[bagua7]

I found this Yixing Zisha Shi Piao on eBay:







Is it worth buying by judging from the pics?

Price is $20 USD

[wyardley]

I had one vendor suggest a very tall, narrow cylindrical pot with straight sides for reds, (these specific pots were on the small side, and really, you couldn't imagine most other types of tea fitting them), but that's just one person's opinion.

[britt]

I have used one Yixing from Jing Tea Shop that they recommended for red tea. It is made of Pin Zi Ni which looks like the normal Yixing purple clay. It worked well but I still prefer brewing Chinese and Taiwanese black teas in moderately thick and heavy porcelain.

This is the Yixing I sometimes use for red tea:

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This is the porcelain I prefer for red tea:

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[wyardley]

This is the porcelain I prefer for red tea:

I should probably mention that I almost never use Yixing for hongcha - whether because I don't brew it that often or just because it seems to make sense to use porcelain. I usually use a porcelain gaiwan - thin or medium-thin, but I imagine something with thicker walls / better heat retention would be ideal.

[TIM]

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1001 ... 4498.1.jpg

Tall, thick, and wide body is my Chinese Red Yixing

[bagua7]

Thanks for your replies, but I still have an addiction for Yixings, cute little toys.

Tim, what's your pot's capacity?

[Tead Off]

This is the porcelain I prefer for red tea:

I should probably mention that I almost never use Yixing for hongcha - whether because I don't brew it that often or just because it seems to make sense to use porcelain. I usually use a porcelain gaiwan - thin or medium-thin, but I imagine something with thicker walls / better heat retention would be ideal.

I use everything for hongcha. Yixing, Chao Zhou, Tokoname, Bizen, and, porcelain. It all depends on how much I want, how many others are drinking with me, and, full bodied or light. My Bizen teapot is the clear winner surprisingly enough. I imagine that gaiwan must get awfully hot with hongcha if you are brewing gong fu.

[britt]

This is the porcelain I prefer for red tea:

I should probably mention that I almost never use Yixing for hongcha - whether because I don't brew it that often or just because it seems to make sense to use porcelain. I usually use a porcelain gaiwan - thin or medium-thin, but I imagine something with thicker walls / better heat retention would be ideal.

I use everything for hongcha. Yixing, Chao Zhou, Tokoname, Bizen, and, porcelain. It all depends on how much I want, how many others are drinking with me, and, full bodied or light. My Bizen teapot is the clear winner surprisingly enough. I imagine that gaiwan must get awfully hot with hongcha if you are brewing gong fu.

I have a Bizen kyusu I haven't been using. Maybe I'll try it if I can remember where I stored it.

The gaiwan does get quite hot, but it's flared quite a bit at the top so works well. The built-in spout also helps, as I can just grab the edges with two fingers and not worry about dropping the lid while pouring.

[Tead Off]

The gaiwan does get quite hot, but it's flared quite a bit at the top so works well. The built-in spout also helps, as I can just grab the edges with two fingers and not worry about dropping the lid while pouring.

That's cheating.

[brandon]

I recently rediscovered this pot for Chinese reds thanks to this thread - tall and thick walls.

Drinking - of all things - red tea from Yixing.

Thanks for the pairing advice chaps! Been on a red tea kick since having Sun Moon Lake Assam for the first time a few months ago.

[Tead Off]

Thanks for the pairing advice chaps! Been on a red tea kick since having Sun Moon Lake Assam for the first time a few months ago.

I love that tea. I got mine from Nada (Essence of Tea).

[GoTea]

Its just my opinion, but I think a firey red clay suits chinese red tea.