Used Yixing

[TIM]

I don't want to spend months on this, so I have decided on getting something new from ZishaTeapot.co.uk because many times in this forum this vendor has come up and has had positive reviews about their products. And they look real nice too. Does anyone have an idea what I should look for...

Thanks,
Heinz

ZishaTeapot.co.uk is pretty good, I bought two teapots from them which are quite nice. The clay certainly has great quality so does the craftsmanship. I am actually going to purchase another one from them soon.
You may PM the site owner from teachat.

You might just get a TeaChat discount from Chen. Since we promo her here with top ranking!

If you are serious about this, ( puerh and oolong, aged or young ). I would suggest commissioning a serious of 5, 90mls. Just if you are serious about tea.

[HeinzFrick]

commissioning a serious of 5, 90mls. Just if you are serious about tea.

I don't understand what you mean, please explain...thanks

H

[brandon]

Tim says:
You should ask Chen to make you a set of 5 teapots, possibly Shui Ping style, in different clays, all 90 ml size. You can experiment with them, and then dedicate them to different types of tea later on.

Like:
Green oolong
High fire oolong
Green puerh
Aged puerh
Black tea

[TIM]

commissioning a serious of 5, 90mls. Just if you are serious about tea.

I don't understand what you mean, please explain...thanks

H

Yixing clay originally is called 5 color clay, because it has 5 major color/property variations. Chen's is from a reputable potter's family (3 generations?) So if you are serious about what youre talking (shown in your posts and stories). Perhaps it's best to commission (custom order) a set of five different clay yixings with the same volume, same production date, but different shapes to your choice of Oolong and puerh. This will help you learn and understanding what we are gaga'in about here.

[tingjunkie]

commissioning a serious of 5, 90mls. Just if you are serious about tea.

I don't understand what you mean, please explain...thanks

H

Yixing clay originally is called 5 color clay, because it has 5 major color/property variations. Chen's is from a reputable potter's family (3 generations?) So if you are serious about what youre talking (shown in your posts and stories). Perhaps it's best to commission (custom order) a set of five different clay yixings with the same volume, same production date, but different shapes to your choice of Oolong and puerh. This will help you learn and understanding what we are gaga'in about here.

Yes, and please let me know what price they give you, because I was considering doing this too!

As far as the puerh made using oolong you mentioned, sometimes oolong such as wuyi is compressed into cakes or bricks like puerh. It's still 100% oolong though.

The good news is that a good pot for cooked puerh is probably the easiest to come by. You want something fairly porous in order to absorb any musty or fishy aromas common with that tea. I'd look for something about 90ml-120ml in either medium fired zi ni, or medium to high fired duan ni. Stay away from high fired hong ni or zhu ni.

[HeinzFrick]

Exelent info....thanks all...

My life is way to complicated to do the 5 teapot thing, however it does make sense and for sure will try it later.

I thought pu-erh was just the name of the process used, and named after the town it was transported to and sold in...way back when, however I am sure I am wrong about this.

What is the difference between zi ni and duan ni, and are different colors of the clay available? (thanks tingjunkie for that info...)

Thanks all...

H

[tingjunkie]

Just read this article: http://www.realchinatea.com/how-to-choose-teapot.html

I think it is an excellent beginner-level article which will have enough basic information for you to make an informed decision on your first purchase. If you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole, I recommend spending a bunch of hours using Google, and the search feature here.

[tingjunkie]

...also this thread for good basic info on clay: http://teadrunk.org/viewtopic.php?id=47

[Alex]

Just read this article: http://www.realchinatea.com/how-to-choose-teapot.html

I think it is an excellent beginner-level article which will have enough basic information for you to make an informed decision on your first purchase. If you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole, I recommend spending a bunch of hours using Google, and the search feature here.

Superb link right there for beginners TJ

[HeinzFrick]

Great! reading it now...thanks.

H

[HeinzFrick]

Thanks, have read all the links you all posted, all are very interesting, thank you. So I think I should continue this in a new topic or find a better suited topic to post more questions in such as Tea & Teaware. Can someone point me to the correct thread to continue...thanks...

Heinz

[tingjunkie]

Thanks, have read all the links you all posted, all are very interesting, thank you. So I think I should continue this in a new topic or find a better suited topic to post more questions in such as Tea & Teaware. Can someone point me to the correct thread to continue...thanks...

Heinz

I'd be shocked to find that 95% of questions you may have haven't been covered all ready. Spend some good time with the search feature first. That's how I began leaning about Yixing, and it provided a wealth of info.