One tea, one teapot

[Chip]

1 pot to rule them all

a LotR's fan in Malaysia!

i'd much rather be 'mortal men' and get 9 pots

I just checked Auhckw's IP and it turns out Malaysia is code for Mordor. Auhckw, come on ... really now ... his name is Sauron!

[tingjunkie]

I try to abide by this "one pot, one tea" rule, but sometimes a deal you can't refuse comes along and you end up with "two pots, one tea." I currently own two excellent pots for light TGY, and I really don't want to get rid of either one.

[auhckw]

1 pot to rule them all

a LotR's fan in Malaysia!

i'd much rather be 'mortal men' and get 9 pots

I just checked Auhckw's IP and it turns out Malaysia is code for Mordor. Auhckw, come on ... really now ... his name is Sauron!

I need to get this then

[TwoPynts]

Or this one!


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[Proinsias]

I've got a few clay pots for:

aged sheng
young sheng
shu
wuyi yancha
qimen
darjeeling
dan cong
Japanese green

but I do mix them about sometimes, young sheng in my shu pot, maybe greenish oolong in my Japanese green pot or aged oolong in then aged sheng pot.

To be honest most tea is brewed in either a 60 or 100ml gaiwan.

[beecrofter]

The get around for this is to use a glass pot .

[Nenugal]

I have only one teapot, a 130 ml porcelain one. Mostly I use one of my 3 gaiwans, ranging from 70 ml to 160 ml, or a 150 ml easy-gaiwan with metal strainer (for Japanese greens). I'm trying hard not to be bitten by the yixing bug.

[isaac]

I have a bridge to sell you, but you'll need this other one for foot traffic as well....

I can see the humour in your point

The answer by the purists would be that the bridge is not porous and thus would not absorb the smell of leather from your feet. The reason why the one tea one teapot adage came about was that the tea would be absorbed by the porous clay. To avoid changing the flavours of later teas, the tea used by a teapot should be consistently similar.

However some pointed out that a porcelain or glass teapot can serve the job admirably if you prefer "many teas one teapot". It is fuss-free and the focus is on the tea. Others will point out that the same tea has a different taste in different teapots. Still others consider the type of water too.

Thus: one tea, one teapot, one water.

A marketer's dream

[IPT]

Gosh... this hobby has no end...

You aren't kidding!

[britt]

One pot for each type of tea is as far as I go. I do have two pots for some teas, but the main reason is to have different sizes available. I'll use either of my Dan Cong Yixings for any Dan Cong, the dedicated Wuyi pot for any Wuyi, one dedicated pot for all aged Taiwanese oolongs, etc. This may not be ideal, but as someone else pointed out it's not just money, but storage space as well. For those who drink Chinese tea, Japanese tea, matcha, etc. the cost and space issues can become pretty serious!

Porcelain can definitely relieve us of this fate, for those who don't care about using clay. I use both, but have found myself using porcelain gaiwans more and more for a wider range of teas, not just greens as I originally intended.