Yixing and coffee

[bagua7]

Has anyone experimented with this combo, i.e. zhuni + Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kore Kochore.

I am serious. If no one I'll give it a go and report here.

[BW85]

If you do it I'd love to here how it went.

I love me some good coffee in the morning! ...but I don't think I could ever bring myself to put any in one of my yixings...

[tingjunkie]

I'd think you're much better off brewing the coffee in a normal way, then drinking it out of Yixing cups. I've tried mezcal in Yixing cups. Made the mouthfeel smoother, lessened the alcohol burn, but also took away too much aroma.

[kyarazen]

Has anyone experimented with this combo, i.e. zhuni + Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kore Kochore.

I am serious. If no one I'll give it a go and report here.

yixing used to make coffee wares in the early days. you would be rather lucky to be able to chance upon a nice set.

[Tead Off]

I'd think you're much better off brewing the coffee in a normal way, then drinking it out of Yixing cups. I've tried mezcal in Yixing cups. Made the mouthfeel smoother, lessened the alcohol burn, but also took away too much aroma.

Drinking out of Hagi cups has been mentioned as another way to smooth out coffee and alcoholic beverages.

[nada]

I don't drink much coffee (I don't like the effect) but I do love the taste and smell so occasionally indulge.

We did some tests a couple of months ago, using an yixing gongdaobei with a friend in China who is seriously into her coffee. As with tea, it thickened the mouthfeel and rounded any sharp edges in the flavour. I was pretty impressed... as was she - she sent her porcelain coffee dripper to a potter in Yixing and asked him to make her a few from good quality Zini.

[BW85]

I don't drink much coffee (I don't like the effect) but I do love the taste and smell so occasionally indulge.

We did some tests a couple of months ago, using an yixing gongdaobei with a friend in China who is seriously into her coffee. As with tea, it thickened the mouthfeel and rounded any sharp edges in the flavour. I was pretty impressed... as was she - she sent her porcelain coffee dripper to a potter in Yixing and asked him to make her a few from good quality Zini.

That's pretty cool... Yixing pour over cones!

[chrl42]

Yixing teapots were made for coffee for as early as early-20c. Most of them were exportations, though. I heard from someone Gu Jing-zhou's Tibi Tiliang was originally designed for coffee, too.

Looks like back then, they were eager to make name in overseas market...and it turns out that mainland market is truly where blesses the city of Yixing, financially.

[bagua7]

Thanks for the input. I'm not a coffee drinker at all, lol. But coffee is also a herb, and a yang one, and it is winter where I live...not nice getting up at 4am and brewing a cooling herb (tea) and go outside for meditation practice. So coffee is just perfect for warming up a lethargic body after a night's sleep.

I am using a stainless steel pot rather than Yixing. Used a 220mL duanni pot I got here and the difference was hardly noticeable since I am brewing an aged Indonesian Sulawesi (gee this thing is strong). A couple of cups every morning until the cold is over and back to my puerh stash.

Who would have thought Yixings were made for coffee as well!