I am relatively new (one year now) to the world of loose leaf tea. I've been drinking lots of black in the morning, young pu'erh in the afternoon, and usually finish the day out with some good milk oolong in the evening. Anyway, I've been collecting some pots from various sources and have found some pieces that have been very artistic and neat to me.
Now, my disclaimer: I've been very bad at handling teapots in recent weeks. I've been doing this for the last year now and I've not broken a single tea ware. However, recently, I've dropped two lids of two very beautiful teapots which have left them chipped around their inner rim. Not a big deal, but these were extremely well crafted pots. And I really enjoyed them more when they were whole. It has been a huge learning experience. My lover actually started the trend. She dropped my young pu'erh teapot's lid once and chipped it. And then she did the same to my glass teapot and broke the knob off the top. I gave her a little bit of grief, so now she can give it right back! Anyway, through this, I've learned that I need to have a more proper setup to where I can be less rushed and more meditative about the process in order to take better care of my current and future teapots. *giggle*
I've seen some posts where some teapots have had their entire lids crack all the way across. So I feel blessed in not having that experience...yet!
Anyway, this post isn't so much about tea, and me, as much as it is about asking for help identifying possibly through a photo, the type of material that was used in this particular teapot:
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt11 ... kpot01.jpg
http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt11 ... kpot03.jpg
May not be everyone's ideal teapot, but I really like it, and am trying to get a better idea since this is my first "red clay" teapot. Happy tea'ing!
Aaron
