Please help identify teapot and any other information about the teapot is appreciated. What type of tea is ideal to brew in this teapot? Can I use this to brew green tea? Thanks.
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I believe the documents say it is an Yixing zisha pot but it also looks like a ChaoZhou pot. I'll let the experts chime in.
I would brew greens in a thin-walled gaiwan or glass/ceramic pot. You could try it in this pot but you might lose something in fragrance or taste. If you own it, you should do a side-by-side brewing comparison.
I would brew greens in a thin-walled gaiwan or glass/ceramic pot. You could try it in this pot but you might lose something in fragrance or taste. If you own it, you should do a side-by-side brewing comparison.
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Looks like Chao Zhou as it is made on a wheel. Do they even make wheel thrown pots in Yixing?
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Life is complicated.MarshalN wrote:It does say yixing wheel thrown pot.
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I saw a very similar pot in Paris, asked whether it was Chao Zhou, and was told that it was Yixing wheel-thrown, and that this was an old technique that had been abandoned and then taken up again.
However, the same woman also said that all high-fire TGY was just cheap old modern TGY that had been fired to allow for resale to gullible fools, and that TGY had historically never been allowed to oxidise more than 15%.
So maybe we should take the claim with a pinch of salt.
However, the same woman also said that all high-fire TGY was just cheap old modern TGY that had been fired to allow for resale to gullible fools, and that TGY had historically never been allowed to oxidise more than 15%.
So maybe we should take the claim with a pinch of salt.
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If the woman is the same from M3T, then I can assure you she's full of crap.Rayuela wrote:I saw a very similar pot in Paris, asked whether it was Chao Zhou, and was told that it was Yixing wheel-thrown, and that this was an old technique that had been abandoned and then taken up again.
However, the same woman also said that all high-fire TGY was just cheap old modern TGY that had been fired to allow for resale to gullible fools, and that TGY had historically never been allowed to oxidise more than 15%.
So maybe we should take the claim with a pinch of salt.
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That's what I thought.MarshalN wrote:If the woman is the same from M3T, then I can assure you she's full of crap.
In the last reportage I saw presenting her (in french), she was presented as one the 5 most tea experts worldwide...
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It is a zhu ni pot and the craft is wheel thrown as said.
Samll round pot in zhu ni which has a good feature of fluidity is perfect for TGY and green tea. In our city, we use yixing pot for green tea instead of gai wan, although gai wan is also good for green tea. So I guess if it is good with fluidity, you could use this for green tea.
We have different crafts for making teapots, such as half hand-made, all-by-handmade, wheel thrown and so on. All-by-handmade pots are the most difficult to make which have a good value of collection except for its practicality. As for wheel thrown pot, it is easy to reconize. Basically, it is very light and the surface is very smooth. In addition, it has so much circles inside the pot which looks like "wheels".
Hope that helps.
Samll round pot in zhu ni which has a good feature of fluidity is perfect for TGY and green tea. In our city, we use yixing pot for green tea instead of gai wan, although gai wan is also good for green tea. So I guess if it is good with fluidity, you could use this for green tea.
We have different crafts for making teapots, such as half hand-made, all-by-handmade, wheel thrown and so on. All-by-handmade pots are the most difficult to make which have a good value of collection except for its practicality. As for wheel thrown pot, it is easy to reconize. Basically, it is very light and the surface is very smooth. In addition, it has so much circles inside the pot which looks like "wheels".
Hope that helps.