Green clay yixing toxic?

[britt]

Basically we are adrenaline junkies for using Chinese teaware, aren't we?

What to do then? Stop drinking tea?

There is excellent Taiwanese teaware available, including gaiwans and Yixing-type gong fu pots, and Taiwan's record for safety is very good.

[bagua7]

Yes I know. Check stuff on Flickr:

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I was thinking of Chinese Yixings. However Taiwanse also make toxic teapots usually sold at night markets and worth $2. Good for holding stationary.

[isaac]

hmmm just to conclude my contribution about the green clay teapot - the funny smell is totally gone, in its place is a fragrant tky smell. The pot is very beautiful with a lovely shine.

The shop allowed me to exchange it for another after viewing the condition.

It was with reluctance that i let it go. It's technical quality is excellent - i have yet to come across another like it - smooth pour, non-drip, etc. Also i understand that it was a showcase piece from Zhu Dan's exhibition in 2002 which was thereafter kept in the storeroom all these years. It came with a set of four teacups.

[finddream2020]

First, I will say Green clay yixing is not toxic. If it has additives, it won't be natual clay, but not toxic since the extremly high temperature can cause a chemical reaction. So dont worry about that, you can use this teapot, but it isn't a natual yixing clay.
Second, natural green clay is quite rare these years, that's why all the green clay teapots in my online teapot shop are out of stock since a long time ago. By the way, this clay is quite expensive now.
Finally, not all the green clay is fake or add additives, but this clay, as I mentioned, is quite rare. So I don't suggest buying this kind of green zisha teapot.
Hope that will be helpful!

[ajiaojiao]

I make the yixing teapot .I think it is possible.This clay is little .
I'm very glad to see more then people like yixing teapot ,but you didn't know the clay and culture.
why it's called "xi shi"?why chinese people like it ? "xi shi "called "dao ba xi shi''，please watch it carefully ,it looks like a woman's breasts,so when you hold it ,you will feel the warm about women.

[auhckw]

I make the yixing teapot .I think it is possible.This clay is little .
I'm very glad to see more then people like yixing teapot ,but you didn't know the clay and culture.
why it's called "xi shi"?why chinese people like it ? "xi shi "called "dao ba xi shi''，please watch it carefully ,it looks like a woman's breasts,so when you hold it ,you will feel the warm about women.

Oh my... I have never associate my teawares in this manner...

[Alex]

please watch it carefully ,it looks like a woman's breasts,so when you hold it ,you will feel the warm about women.

....untill you realise you're not holding a xi shi. And you are in fact holding a pair of women's breasts. At which point you could comment on what a lovely resemblance to a pair xi shi teapots they are.......



Although personally I've had no luck with that line.

[Tead Off]

please watch it carefully ,it looks like a woman's breasts,so when you hold it ,you will feel the warm about women.

....untill you realise you're not holding a xi shi. And you are in fact holding a pair of women's breasts. At which point you could comment on what a lovely resemblance to a pair xi shi teapots they are.......



Although personally I've had no luck with that line.

It only works in China.

[Alex]

please watch it carefully ,it looks like a woman's breasts,so when you hold it ,you will feel the warm about women.

....untill you realise you're not holding a xi shi. And you are in fact holding a pair of women's breasts. At which point you could comment on what a lovely resemblance to a pair xi shi teapots they are.......



Although personally I've had no luck with that line.

It only works in China.

That explains the injunction

[isaac]

....untill you realise you're not holding a xi shi. And you are in fact holding a pair of women's breasts. At which point you could comment on what a lovely resemblance to a pair xi shi teapots they are.......

Although personally I've had no luck with that line.

You mean the line: "I saw a teapot of that shape"

[isaac]

I make the yixing teapot .I think it is possible.This clay is little .
I'm very glad to see more then people like yixing teapot ,but you didn't know the clay and culture.
why it's called "xi shi"?why chinese people like it ? "xi shi "called "dao ba xi shi''，please watch it carefully ,it looks like a woman's breasts,so when you hold it ,you will feel the warm about women.

I believe you could be right. I saw a teapot that is quite curvy and of a delicate sensuous shape.

I must emphasize: you can admire one teapot but it is better to admire two breasts.

[JBaymore]

Teachat goes........


PG-13

[auhckw]

How can an off topic thread go without and off topic picture?

[rdl]

How can an off topic thread go without and off topic picture?

auhckw, any further info on this pot?
- Clay type (zhu ni, hong ni, zi ni, duan ni, zisha, etc.) Low/Med/High fired?
- Size of pot in ml or oz.
- What year/decade the pot was made.
- If the pot is thin-walled, medium, or thick-walled.
- How long is the pour?
- Where you acquired the pot.
- What type of tea you make with it.
- What qualities the pot has on tea. i.e. Why do you like to brew a certain tea in it, and what does it do for that tea?

[ajiaojiao]

,This is chinese culture - implicative. Yixing teapot have a long historye . Are you know"zhou yi"? With the passage of time, we couldn't understand that connotation.Environment changed! Chinese people fell the yixing teapot also too difficult to understand. Yixing teapot 's spirit is people culture.If maker like the plentiful full chest, he will make the plentiful full "xi shi".When you "yang hu"-keep teapot ,you will fine the teapot change gentle as a jade.You hode on the teapot ,your wife couidn't feel unhappy,but you touch the women's breast.your wife will go away .