Which yixing for oolongs and puer?

[Jadee]

My next investment will probably be a new teapot and I'm thinking about a real yixing teapot for oolongs (I prefer gaoshan and tie guan yin). I would go for a size arround 100 ml (120 ml max).

What yixing would you recommend?

And another quostion ... should I buy a matching yixing cup to go with?


Then later I would be interestin in buying a yixing for (young) shu puer. Which one shoud be the best?

Online international shipping shops, please

[kyarazen]

My next investment will probably be a new teapot and I'm thinking about a real yixing teapot for oolongs (I prefer gaoshan and tie guan yin). I would go for a size arround 100 ml (120 ml max).

What yixing would you recommend?

And another quostion ... should I buy a matching yixing cup to go with?


Then later I would be interestin in buying a yixing for (young) shu puer. Which one shoud be the best?

Online international shipping shops, please

gaoshan/tky i had nice experiences with something tall like a "mei ren jian" - google search -> 美人肩宜兴 or a "ba-le/xian piao" red clay.

shu-pu is always round and big volume for me...

and i dont think a matching yixing cup is necessary, just simple reasonably delicate/thin porcelain works very well..

[Tead Off]

My next investment will probably be a new teapot and I'm thinking about a real yixing teapot for oolongs (I prefer gaoshan and tie guan yin). I would go for a size arround 100 ml (120 ml max).

What yixing would you recommend?

And another quostion ... should I buy a matching yixing cup to go with?


Then later I would be interestin in buying a yixing for (young) shu puer. Which one shoud be the best?

Online international shipping shops, please

Depends on if you are into roasted or green oolong. I like Zini for roasted oolongs, and red, thin clays for green oolongs. Rounder shape is good for both, but many different shapes will do, too.

If you have to have a pot for shu, I would recommend duanni or porcelain. Duanni clay will often mellow out some of those cantankerous shu cakes.

[Poseidon]

*For Oolong*
I would certainly take these guys advice. A taller round pot like a "dragon egg" is what I see a lot of people using. You want enough room for the rolled tea to be able to open. I personally use a Shu Ping Style yixing in a few sizes and ive never had a problem unless the ratio of tea to water gets above 2:1(tea:water).

[theredbaron]

That is an almost impossible question to answer. You will have to test the pot with different teas over a period of time to see which tea suits the pot best.
If it is your first pot i would always advise to buy a higher fired Hong Ni pot, a clay which i find most forgiving, and suitable to all teas.
Drinking alone my favorite size is around 80 ml, any more and its a bit too much tea for me. And - the larger the size the more tea, which can get costly especially for rarer teas.

[steanze]

If it is your first yixing, some advice on the specific teapot in addition to the teapot type (clay, shape, size) will be useful. Round/tall, hongni/zhuni looking ~100ml pots can range from poorly made low quality pots to wonderful pots. And the price doesn't really help much, because you can find bad pots at high prices.
For oolong something along these lines should work well:
http://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product/ ... uct_images
I am not an expert in old shuipings though, so you might want to hear the opinion of other more knowledgeable members who can tell you whether they think it's authentic. Clay quality seems ok but it's not that easy to tell from the pictures.
I have never ordered from that vendor, so I don't know how's their customer service.

[drinking_teas]

I've heard good things about this pot for Shou: http://www.origintea.net/early-80s-yixi ... unzhu-70ml

I have a pot from Origin and it's wonderful. Use the code FinSale for 15% off.

[chrl42]

For rolled Oolongs, high-fired, thin Shui Ping teapots will fit. Size ranges around 90~150ml. I tend to give TGY smaller space than Gaoshan though.

Puerh teapots might vary...I think they are more forgiving choosing a teapot..personally I like a bit porous teapot for Puerh, a bit thicker one...Factory-1 clays at best.

[Jadee]

I like green oolongs so I would go for thin clay. It would be my first yixing. So far I was using gaiwans for puer and a porcelain teapot and sometimes thin gaiwan for oolongs.




I don't have a clue about clay and what to chose, so I'm aasking the more experianced members for some advice

[bagua7]

...and the advice has been given already by some those experienced members you are referring to.

Here are some more examples:

1. Tall zhuni 1

2. Tall zhuni 2

3. Rounded zhuni (I use this one for Taiwanese oolongs)

4. 'Tallish' rounded zhuni (My second pot for Taiwanese oolongs)

Good luck.

[Jadee]

Thank you