Looking for new teapot

[Maitre_Tea]

I inherited a small 100 ml yixing teapot from my grandmother a few months ago. It had a wonderful coating of patina and it served me well...but I broke the handle when I dropped it. So I'm looking for a new teapot. Any suggestions for a small yixing teapot that's suitable for high mountain oolongs? Nothing too expensive please...

[shogun89]

I inherited a small 100 ml yixing teapot from my grandmother a few months ago. It had a wonderful coating of patina and it served me well...but I broke the handle when I dropped it. So I'm looking for a new teapot. Any suggestions for a small yixing teapot that's suitable for high mountain oolongs? Nothing too expensive please...

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[Salsero]

I inherited a small 100 ml yixing teapot from my grandmother

Dang, what do you have to do to get a grandmother with a yixing pot! The best I could have gotten from mine would have been a cabbage shredder for making sauerkraut!

[britt]

So I'm looking for a new teapot. Any suggestions for a small yixing teapot that's suitable for high mountain oolongs? Nothing too expensive please...

I'm not sure you'll be able to find a cheaper Yixing that is suitable for high mountain oolong. I had a lot of trouble finding one that worked well with this type of tea. The pot should be very thin and light, somewhat compressed, and it may help if it is mounted on three or four feet. All of these qualities aid cooling, which is necessary for best results with greens, whites, and high mountains. You don't necessarily need all of these, but each seems to help. The best clay for high mountains seems to be zhuni, modern zhuni, or hong ni but I think the thin and light qualities are more important than the clay, especially in the lower price range.

I've had better luck brewing high mountain oolong in cheaper Taiwanese pots than I have had with most of my much-more-expensive Yixings. These don't meet your criteria of being genuine Yixings, but many cheap "Yixings" aren't genuine either. For reference, here is an example of a $25 Taiwanese pot that worked reasonably well with high mountain oolongs. It took quite a bit more money to better it with a suitable Yixing. It is available at The Fragrant Leaf.

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Another option is a gaiwan. This should also be thin and light for best results with high mountain oolong. This one is $29 at Jing Tea Shop. I have the discontinued version and it works very well with lighter teas.

[Maitre_Tea]

Thanks everyone! I repaired the teapot using some epoxy I got from Home Depot. I also bought a new teapot from a local store (read about it on my blog!) so it's a win-win-lose. The loser being of course, my wallet. Here's a photo of the beautiful thing...I don't know what tea to dedicate for this though, so any suggestions people? Would Wuyi teas work? Or maybe Pu'Er?