Yixing pot filters
How are they relevant? What does a ball filter do that a non-ball filter doesn't? Are there other types?
Re: Yixing pot filters
There are some metal filters with a wire that holds it into the teapot spout, sort of like a flattened ball filter. Useful for pots with just an open single hole if you want to brew choppy teas in them.taitea wrote:How are they relevant? What does a ball filter do that a non-ball filter doesn't? Are there other types?
I have a ton of single hole spout pots (especially older ones), and most of them work fine with the teas I brew in them. But other than being somewhat of a pain when stuff gets caught in them, I do think the ball type filters are pretty good.
Lately I've been liking the flat filters better. Ball filters always seem to leave quite a bit of tea in the pot no matter how hard I shake it and tilt it back and forth when pouring. Flat filters don't have a little ridge getting in the way of gravity trying to do it's job.
Yesterday I did a little test with two different pots, one with a ball filter and one with a flat. I was using shu, and there was quite a lot of small pieces in both pots. After every infusion, the pot with the ball filter had quite a bit of tea left in it after pouring and the pot with the flat filter was empty. Also, the tea from the flat filter pot always had less little bits of leaf in it. I think this happened because the leaves piled up more over the holes of the flat filter and acted as a filter themselves.
Yesterday I did a little test with two different pots, one with a ball filter and one with a flat. I was using shu, and there was quite a lot of small pieces in both pots. After every infusion, the pot with the ball filter had quite a bit of tea left in it after pouring and the pot with the flat filter was empty. Also, the tea from the flat filter pot always had less little bits of leaf in it. I think this happened because the leaves piled up more over the holes of the flat filter and acted as a filter themselves.
Hello!
Yixing was first one-hole only until 19C, several-hole was invented.
Ball type was invented in 70s supposedly by Wang Xiao Lung (son of Wang Yin Chun), like previous post to prevent leaves get stuck.
Merit of one-hole, other's opinions, is it earns less stain than many-hole. Personally I prefer flat holes tho..
You can get a metal filter or net for free! in yixing stores in China if you ask em.
Yixing was first one-hole only until 19C, several-hole was invented.
Ball type was invented in 70s supposedly by Wang Xiao Lung (son of Wang Yin Chun), like previous post to prevent leaves get stuck.
Merit of one-hole, other's opinions, is it earns less stain than many-hole. Personally I prefer flat holes tho..
You can get a metal filter or net for free! in yixing stores in China if you ask em.