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[pgho]

Bought this pot off a tea buddy. He said it is from 70's or 80's, but it looks new to me.

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Clay : HongNi
Shape : Apple (píngguǒ)
Made : 請飲 中国烏龍茶 (qǐng yǐn Zhōngguó wūlóngchá)
Filter : Single hole
Size : 130 ml

[TIM]

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Clay: Zini
Size: 80ml
Age/Year: 1970-1980
Walls: Medium
Pour: +/- 8 sec.
Filter: Single hole
Source: Essence of tea
Tea Pairing: Aged shēng

Perhaps you can find those cousins. Not sure when these from 90's, 2000. Really dont care.

[Poohblah]

These "please drink Chinese wulong tea" pots amuse me. You don't find, for instance, Japanese kyusu that read "please drink Japanese sencha." Unless somebody has a pot to prove otherwise.

[robot fingers]

Clay: Duan Ni
Size: Just under 100 ml
Age/Year: Modern- 2000's.
Walls: Thin.
Pour: Never considered timing the pour. Lid fits great, pour is lovely
no drips, cover hole and pour stops completely!
Source: TenRen in LA's Chinatown.
Tea Pairing: Aged oolongs
Info: It has a delicate build (thin walls) to it, but it's not a thrown piece (as it doesn't have the tell-tale rings inside). Definitely my favorite piece. When dry it has that hot rock smell to it. I know that typically a thicker wall is favored, but this is great for 1 or 2 people. I have several more and less expensive pieces, but this just hits all the right spots, both esthetically and practically...and it's so perfectly balanced.
I know TenRen has a tight relationship with the Lu Yu Tea Culture Institute in Taiwan and my guess is that this might have come from there although I don't see it on the Lu-Yu site archives.

[chrl42]

These "please drink Chinese wulong tea" pots amuse me. You don't find, for instance, Japanese kyusu that read "please drink Japanese sencha." Unless somebody has a pot to prove otherwise.

Because they are custom-ordered ones, Xiamen Tea Imp/Exp ltd is a huge company who mainly sells Oolong http://www.china-xmtea.com/

I think they made a order with F1 in mid-70's and in late-80's. F1 usually made custom-order ones to SE Asia, Japan, Taiwan and HK, but Xiamen is mainland so first custom ones made in mid-70's very famous. F1 picked 5 persons who made best SP at that time, yin-feng, qiao-ying etc..using the best hongni that was hardly left..even though they made not few, this SP easily hits over 5000 rmb nowadays.

[Poohblah]

Clay: Duan Ni
Size: Just under 100 ml
Age/Year: Modern- 2000's.
Walls: Thin.
Pour: Never considered timing the pour. Lid fits great, pour is lovely
no drips, cover hole and pour stops completely!
Source: TenRen in LA's Chinatown.
Tea Pairing: Aged oolongs
Info: It has a delicate build (thin walls) to it, but it's not a thrown piece (as it doesn't have the tell-tale rings inside). Definitely my favorite piece. When dry it has that hot rock smell to it. I know that typically a thicker wall is favored, but this is great for 1 or 2 people. I have several more and less expensive pieces, but this just hits all the right spots, both esthetically and practically...and it's so perfectly balanced.
I know TenRen has a tight relationship with the Lu Yu Tea Culture Institute in Taiwan and my guess is that this might have come from there although I don't see it on the Lu-Yu site archives.

If I'm reading it correctly, the chop says 留香茶藝 which means "lingering aroma; the art of tea." I'm not really sure what significance that has, but there you go. I would imagine that the font used in the chop is a dead giveaway that the pot is modern.

nice-looking pot nevertheless. I'm surprised the pour is so nice given the extra-short spout.

[robot fingers]

If I'm reading it correctly, the chop says 留香茶藝 which means "lingering aroma; the art of tea." I'm not really sure what significance that has, but there you go. I would imagine that the font used in the chop is a dead giveaway that the pot is modern.

Hey Poohblah,
Thanks for the translation. I was able to read "cha" but that was all!

I'm surprised the pour is so nice given the extra-short spout.

It is quite a surprising little pot. The little thing pours beautifully, without any dribble. Some clever artist has designed it so that the tea arcs out of the spout just right. Also, holding it in hand, you wouldn't think it could hold 100cc's. When I began using it, I assumed closer to 85cc's until I finally measured it.

[TIM]

Remake of a Fujian tea export gift Yixing. No idea what year, Anyone?
But the material is not bad, I was hoping....

[bagua7]

Clay: Duan Ni

That is functional pot for a shop that sells online funky stuff that I personally dislike, lol. Zodiac pots, what on earth...

The clay also looks nice, I like the fine texture and not the typical coarse one that is more commonly found online. Enjoy!

[Alex]

So not a teapot, but I wanted to show off my favorite new waste water bowl! I found this sweet bowl being used in a Chinatown shop to hold a bunch of cheap Yixing gongfu cups for sale. The owner was kind enough to let me move the cups to another display container and purchase the bowl for a very nice price. At first I thought it was waxed on the outside, but it's actually polished. After some use, the dull inside is beginning to glow a bit too. I love the shape and the curved bottom.

Wow that's insanely nice

[pgho]

Wow that's insanely nice

+1

[tingjunkie]

Thanks guys.

[pgho]

In the 1960's Factory-1 already custom made pots for a Malaysia tea dealer in Kuala Lumpur. This tea dealer, 高泉发茶行 {gāo quán fā chá háng} imports teas from China, does their own blending, probably roasting too and markets their teas to local consumers as well as the restaurants. One of their famous blend is 四季香 (4 seasons fragrant). The Malaysian name for the shop is Koh Chuan Huat Sdn Bhd (guess the owner is from Fujian in China, thus the Fujianese pronunciation)

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Clay : Hong-ni
Size : 120 ml /Shui Ping
Year : most probably a reproduction, but clay is very good
Fire : medium to high
Tea : aged sheng

(Sorry for the different shade of colours, pictures were at taken different times)

[chrl42]

That's not 60's GaoQuanFa. 60's custom one has 8-cup size (180ml)only, pre-CR seals (6-letter) and made of F1 Zhaozhuang Hongni. Shape also follows a typical export-Ping Di (stout) looking with 'helmet' lid

Compare with one

[pgho]

That's not 60's GaoQuanFa. 60's custom one has 8-cup size (180ml)only, pre-CR seals (6-letter) and made of F1 Zhaozhuang Hongni. Shape also follows a typical export-Ping Di (stout) looking with 'helmet' lid

Chrl,

Thanks for your help and those useful information. It is funny under the lid, it does say 八杯 (eight cups). And I measured again, it is 120 ml .... a very poor reproduction in that sense. Anyway, if it is 180 ml I would not have bought it .. do not need that size. Good thing, I did not pay much for it and it works for me.

{Note : To think about it, when I was a kid growing up in KL in the 60's the eateries (bak kut teh and fried noodle) that usually served tea used the bigger pots similar to the 180ml or bigger. If only I was into pots collecting then!