Yixing pots without a filter

[taitea]

i.e. one-holed

Do they pour faster than ball-filter or multi-holed pots?

I expect the answer will be inconclusive as usual, but let's discuss this anyways!

[Smells_Familiar]

don't have one but i'd think that they would pour more slowly. less space for the tea to pour through which also means less space for the tea leaves to have to cover to clog the pot= quicker to clog.

[heavydoom]

why you asking?

[nada]

I have a few. Usually they tend to clog unless you put larger leaves nearer the top.

With older pots you don't usually have a choice of filters, but I wouldn't buy a new pot without a filter unless the pot was something really special.

[Maitre_Tea]

Yeah, I feel that single-hole teapots are more "old school," such that you don't really see them anymore. I have a few single-hole teapots, but they were bought in the later part of the 20th century, during the 70s I think

[wyardley]

i.e. one-holed

Do they pour faster than ball-filter or multi-holed pots?

I expect the answer will be inconclusive as usual, but let's discuss this anyways!

Didn't you just post exactly the same question 3 months ago?

http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?t=6182

If you didn't feel that the responses there answered your question, why not resurrect that thread instead of starting a new one?

I don't know why you expect there could be a conclusive answer... like most things in tea, it depends (and is also a matter of personal taste)! Depends on the type of tea you're brewing (especially what size the leaves are, and how much broken up leaf there is), the way you pour water into the pot, and how much leaf you're using.

All of the different types of spout (no filter, multi-hole filter, golf ball filter) have their advantages and disadvantages. I wouldn't buy / not buy a pot because of the type of filter it has or doesn't have, but it's certainly something to consider when deciding what type of tea to brew in a given pot.

Yeah, I feel that single-hole teapots are more "old school," such that you don't really see them anymore. I have a few single-hole teapots, but they were bought in the later part of the 20th century, during the 70s I think

I have bought a number of teapots made recently that have single hole filters. Sometimes it's because they're easier to make or cheaper, and sometimes it's because the artist is making the pot in the style of an older pot.

[Maitre_Tea]

Actually, what kind of filter there is might depend on what kind of spout it has. If a spout is kind of narrow, maybe it's not possible for it to have multiple holes for a filter...
does what I say make sense?

[wyardley]

Actually, what kind of filter there is might depend on what kind of spout it has. If a spout is kind of narrow, maybe it's not possible for it to have multiple holes for a filter...
does what I say make sense?

Yes, at least for multi-hole filters....
A lot of the single hole spout pots I have are < 100 ml, so that would make sense. I have some small pots with narrow spouts that have golf ball filters, though.

[tenuki]

I have a no filter yixing I use for baozhongs, works fine for those but small leaves do tend to mess it up unless you are skilled.

[taitea]

I guess I could have merged this with the previous topic, but I tend to forget which topics were actually created, and what I have only discussed in the chat, etc...

[Cinnabar Red]

I wonder which teas improve memory. I can certainly use one .

[orguz]

I use single hole pots and actually prefer them I brew tea with bigger leafs and also tea whose leafs are all broken, this tends to clog the and slow the pour. I use a bamboo pick or just blow into the spout opening for unclogging. Using a single holed pot allows all of the tea liquid to pour out completely, the golfball/fly eye filter will not drain out its content 100% residual tea from previous steep effects the taste of subsequent brews.