Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!

[chrl42]

Ain't she purty though?

A Factory-1 made in 1990, pot looks so small.

[ImmortaliTEA]

Some pure, heavy walled purple sand (Zisha). From the late 90's.
These group of "China, Fujian tea company's gift" are all hand made, with heavy lid proportion and size varies. The lid fits are too tight so the pour is a bit slower.

The Huang Long Mountain original mine zisha lid was half the weight of the body! Good for some newer roasted ShiuXian.

Very nice Tim! You always seem to find some wonderful Zi Sha. I love the effects this type of clay brings out in Aged puerh and High Roasted Yan Cha. It is right up there in the top 2 for me right after Ben Shan Mou Luni and hopefully I'll be able to experiment with more than just the one authentic Zi Sha pot I have in the future if my financial situation will allow it.

[needaTEAcher]

You always seem to find some wonderful Zi Sha.

Literally, had the same thought, followed by .

[ImmortaliTEA]

Clay: Qing Shui Ni. Low Fired. Very Porous.
Size: 100 ml
Age/Year: 1980's
Walls: Medium-Thick
Pour: +/- 10 sec. No drips. Ok lid fit.
Source: Vancouver Chinatown
Tea Pairing: Teenaged' Sheng Puerh. 1994 & Younger.
Info: This is an extremely porous low fired, pear shape qing shui ni teapot. It thickens the mouthfeel of my teenaged puerh to a more than syrupy consistency (almost gluelike but in a good way lol), which is a great plus. It also completely mutes those rare touches of astringency that occasionally show up in puerh of this age bracket but I guess you could just call them traces of youth rather than astringency because that is probably a much more accurate descriptor. This clay also works very well for High Fired Yan Cha but I have another shaped teapot of this same clay seasoned for that and will post pictures of it as not my next pot post but in two more posts because I have a Hong Ni Shi Piso that I already have prepped for my next post and was curious if anyone had anything to say about the specific kind of Hong Ni because I haven't seen much like it!

[ImmortaliTEA]

Clay: Hong Ni. Medium (Mid) Fired.
Size: 90 ml
Age/Year: Modern- late 2000's.
Walls: Thin
Pour: +/- 6 sec. No drips. Good lid fit.
Source: Another gift from a friend.
Tea Pairing: Shou (Shu) Puerh. Try only to use 10 years or older but sometimes some younger Shou slips by.
Info: This teapot shows how wonderful Hong Ni can be. I believe that Hong Ni is one of the most versatile clay types and probably has one of the largest range of different teas it can make a delicious brew of. I rarely drink cooked puerh just because to me it usually lacks the complexity that aged sheng almost always shows.on top of that I feel that the Cha Qi is almost always miniscule in comparison to it's aged sheng counterparts. The only exceptions to this for me would have to be the aged puerhs that are a blend of raw and cooked together such as the Large Brick on TMTR or the famous 8592 of Menghai, which is by far my favorite cooked puerh even though it has raw blended in. However, I do drink some high quality cooked puerhs every once in a while so I figured I might as well have at least one pot dedicated to this type of tea, even if it's mostly just for those two teas I mentioned above and maybe the Lotus Scent from Bana that slightly resembles the famous WNGL but is probably a slightly different tea altogether although still great!

[ImmortaliTEA]

Clay: Qing Shui Ni. Medium-Low Fired.
Size: 100 ml
Age/Year: 1980's.
Walls: Thin
Pour: +/- 4 sec. Slight drip down front of spout if turned completely 90 degrees when pouring which is usual for the way these 80's lids fit, especially on a Ju Lun Zhu shape. So-So lid fit.
Source: Vancouver Chinatown
Tea Pairing: Newer High Fired Shui Xian.
Info: This clay is very similar to the Pear shape I posted two teapots ago. The main differences lie in the fact that this one is fired a little higher and it has much thinner walls. It does very well with all Medium-High fired Yan Cha, but does especially well with Shui Xian (in particular especially the 2011 Wuyi High Fired Old Bush Shui Xian from the Mandarin's Tea Room and I can't recommend this as well as all of their tea and teawares enough. I believe their quality is the standard to beat when it comes to online Chinese High Quality Tea shopping). I just want to apologize for the boring fact that all of my teapot posts have the exact same background and aren't taken with the best of cameras but it's all I have right now and I wanted to post as many as I possibly could so thank you all for your continued support and all of your wonderful and caring welcomes to Teachat.

[ImmortaliTEA]

By the way,
If anyone on here has or bought the 66 ml "Please Drink Chinese Oolong Tea" Zi Sha teapot from the Mandarin's Tea Room and was willing to let it go for either money or a trade I would be willing to give up a pretty penny or pretty much any teapot in my collection for it. I have a thing for 50-70 ml teapots and I also love Zi Sha purple sand so if anyone was interested in some sort of deal for this I am extremely open to almost anything. Please PM me thank you!

[MarshalN]

Clay: Qing Shui Ni. Medium-Low Fired.
Size: 100 ml
Age/Year: 1980's.
Walls: Thin
Pour: +/- 4 sec. Slight drip down front of spout if turned completely 90 degrees when pouring which is usual for the way these 80's lids fit, especially on a Ju Lun Zhu shape. So-So lid fit.
Source: Vancouver Chinatown
Tea Pairing: Newer High Fired Shui Xian.
Info: This clay is very similar to the Pear shape I posted two teapots ago. The main differences lie in the fact that this one is fired a little higher and it has much thinner walls. It does very well with all Medium-High fired Yan Cha, but does especially well with Shui Xian (in particular especially the 2011 Wuyi High Fired Old Bush Shui Xian from the Mandarin's Tea Room and I can't recommend this as well as all of their tea and teawares enough. I believe their quality is the standard to beat when it comes to online Chinese High Quality Tea shopping). I just want to apologize for the boring fact that all of my teapot posts have the exact same background and aren't taken with the best of cameras but it's all I have right now and I wanted to post as many as I possibly could so thank you all for your continued support and all of your wonderful and caring welcomes to Teachat.

I like this one. What kind of vendor is this? Did he tell you it's from the 80s, or is that your guess?

[chrl42]

Looks like independent (as opposed to the official Dragon Kiln) wood-kiln fired 80's imitation of Qing dynasty Japan-exported Ju Lun Zhu. I have a similar one..are there black dots (caused by wood-firing) on the skin? Independent kilns don't have a clean environment nor high-end skills, looks like it's low-fired as well..just guessing...

[wyardley]

I like this one. What kind of vendor is this? Did he tell you it's from the 80s, or is that your guess?

I don't know if it's this exact one, but assume it's this vendor
http://store.thechineseteashop.com/Old_ ... 0r-021.htm

[Drax]

I just want to apologize for the boring fact that all of my teapot posts have the exact same background and aren't taken with the best of cameras but it's all I have right now and I wanted to post as many as I possibly could so thank you all for your continued support and all of your wonderful and caring welcomes to Teachat.

No need to apologize! The photos are great, thank you for sharing them. I've especially enjoyed your comments on how you've found them working with various teas.

[MarshalN]

Looks like independent (as opposed to the official Dragon Kiln) wood-kiln fired 80's imitation of Qing dynasty Japan-exported Ju Lun Zhu. I have a similar one..are there black dots (caused by wood-firing) on the skin? Independent kilns don't have a clean environment nor high-end skills, looks like it's low-fired as well..just guessing...

Firing looks ok on this one - not too low, anyway. I like pots like this. I actually think pots that are fired too high lose the spirit of zisha - early texts explicitly talk about sandy clay, and these days they're more "clay" than "sand".

[chrl42]

I like this one. What kind of vendor is this? Did he tell you it's from the 80s, or is that your guess?

I don't know if it's this exact one, but assume it's this vendor
http://store.thechineseteashop.com/Old_ ... 0r-021.htm

Looking at the stamp and so on. Looks like the same one I purchased some 3~4 years ago. 80's imitation from none-official kiln. Size 110ml. Difference with the real Qing dynasty Ju Lun Zhu is,

1. It's mold-used
2. The clay is not older than 80's (not Factory-1 or #4 mine)
3. The price is way too high

[ImmortaliTEA]

Looks like independent (as opposed to the official Dragon Kiln) wood-kiln fired 80's imitation of Qing dynasty Japan-exported Ju Lun Zhu. I have a similar one..are there black dots (caused by wood-firing) on the skin? Independent kilns don't have a clean environment nor high-end skills, looks like it's low-fired as well..just guessing...

Yes there are black dots!

[ImmortaliTEA]

I like this one. What kind of vendor is this? Did he tell you it's from the 80s, or is that your guess?

I don't know if it's this exact one, but assume it's this vendor
http://store.thechineseteashop.com/Old_ ... 0r-021.htm

Wow yeah that looks like the exact same one but I can't be sure because I didn't personally buy it myself. My father has many business associates who travel quite frequently and he tells them all that I am big into Chinese teas so a lot of them pick stuff up for me when they are in different Chinese Tea Shop regions as a favor to my father such as this one from Vancouver. Thanks for finding the source for me though I appreciate it.