Oct 16th, '14, 10:16
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by vink » Oct 16th, '14, 10:16
Anybody knows a bit more about the Yixing they sell? Because right now I'm waiting for my first Kyusu from o-cha and I know I'll have a gift certificate at Camelia Sinensis this christmas
I firstly planned on buying myself a better Kyusu for home from Camelia but I recently started to look at Yixing and it seems a bit tricky to know where to get them online. So I'm wondering if I should buy a Yixing from them and buy a kyusu online since prices can be a bit cheaper for similar quality or buy a Yixing online and buy the Kyusu from Camelia. Can't seem to find a reliable list of yixing seller in here. I want the Yixing for brewing oolong and don't want to spend too much either (under 100$)
Any tips or recommendations?
Thx
Oct 16th, '14, 11:55
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by steanze » Oct 16th, '14, 11:55
A yixing pot can make your oolong better or worse, depending on 1) the quality of the clay and 2) the match between the pot and the tea. So if you want to get a yixing to make better oolong you need to get some experience with clay quality and teapot/tea pairing. This is hard to do without trying some pots in person - I suggest that you start looking at the Official/different yixing show off topic.
You also need to decide whether you will use your teapot for greener or darker oolongs, because the two pair a bit differently with yixing pots.
I gave a quick look to Camellia Sinensis' yixings. While many of their other products seem really nice, their yixings are way too big - you'd want a pot around 70-150ml, and 150ml is already too big if you are drinking alone. The quality of the clay also does not seem great. You can do better getting a pot on the TeaSwap section of this forum.
Oct 16th, '14, 13:16
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by Poseidon » Oct 16th, '14, 13:16
In my expirence, you arent going to get a true yixing unless you spend 80-200+ dollars. Anything below is *usually* less quality clay/ unknown clay and may not be made well. I have 4 or so less quality "yixing" pots and two are useable when doing gong fu. Only one of those two has a nice seal.
If you know you want a nice pot, I second the tea classifieds on this forum. This little family will take care of you. If not, some of the Xu Huigin pots seen to be priced nice and look nice. Other than that, I dont know their quality until its in my hand.
Good Luck!
Oct 16th, '14, 13:50
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by steanze » Oct 16th, '14, 13:50
Poseidon wrote:
In my expirence, you arent going to get a true yixing unless you spend 80-200+ dollars. Anything below is *usually* less quality clay/ unknown clay and may not be made well. I have 4 or so less quality "yixing" pots and two are useable when doing gong fu. Only one of those two has a nice seal.
If you know you want a nice pot, I second the tea classifieds on this forum. This little family will take care of you. If not, some of the Xu Huigin pots seen to be priced nice and look nice. Other than that, I dont know their quality until its in my hand. Good Luck!
+1
The small qing shui ni shi piao and "xu bian gu hu" (fanggu) by xu huiqin seem reasonable for the price - although it is always hard to judge the clay from pictures, especially without a close-up image of the clay. I say again that it's crucial that you first choose what kind of oolong you want to drink. While these pots could work for darker oolongs, I wouldn't use a qing shui ni pot for greener oolongs - it could be worse than a gaiwan because it will absorb some of the delicate aromas of the green oolong
Oct 16th, '14, 14:29
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by Chris418 » Oct 16th, '14, 14:29
I have 3 pot from
Camellia Sinensis and they are very nice! They have regular yixing and yixing gong fu pot too.
But i chose em in store between the "batch" of same pot!
It's very a guess buying a pot with internet.
Oct 16th, '14, 14:39
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by .m. » Oct 16th, '14, 14:39
not a yixing, but in case you brew roasted oolongs, you may perhaps consider the 100ml lin's ceramics purion teapot from camellia sinensis (if they get it back in stock)
Oct 16th, '14, 14:46
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by Poseidon » Oct 16th, '14, 14:46
.m. wrote:not a yixing, but in case you brew roasted oolongs, you may perhaps consider the 100ml lin's ceramics purion teapot from camellia sinensis (if they get it back in stock)
+1 I agree on the medium of the pot. I personally use a porcelain shui ping 100 ml pot and prefer it more than almost any pot that I have.
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