which kind of teaware do you prefer?

[pintre]

hello, everyone, this is maria from China, i'm a freshman here...
hope we can communicate some feelings and experience of brewing tea
and teaware here. let us do a samll study first...

Which kind of teaware do you like most?
1. porcelain teapot
2. transparent glass teapot
3. iron teapot
4. zisha clay teapot

[auhckw]

To me it depends on what tea I am making and also what mood am I in. Sometimes I prefer to see the colour of my tea, so I go for glass/porcelain. Sometimes I feel like drinking slightly altered tea therefore I will use zisha.

Ultimately, I would prefer
5. Artist/Designer/Expensive Teapot
It just gives the kick

[entropyembrace]

I´m enjoying Tokoname clay lately!

[debunix]

A variety.

Glass, porcelain, ceramic, and thought not preferred, inevitably some plastic finds some way into my brewing.

[IPT]

Personally, I prefer Zisha, but I do occasionally use porcelain teapots.

[britt]

Clay Tokoname or Banko kyusu for all Japanese green tea, Japanese oolong, and Japanese black tea.

Porcelain for Chinese and Taiwanese green tea and high mountain oolong.

Zisha for all darker oolongs from China and Taiwan.

Thin, light Duan Ni or porcelain for Chinese and Taiwanese white tea.

Porcelain for Chinese and Taiwanese black tea.

[Proinsias]

porcelain gaiwan
clay pots

[Alex]

Porcelain gaiwan for everything these days.

[TwoPynts]

Until I am able to expand my collection, it is either a porcelain tea pot or gaiwan, or a little glass pot.

[nonc_ron]

I guess I'm stuck in a rut. It's not that don't have lots of Tea Pots. (10 -12)

But, I keep this on the stove all the time, around the clock. I have three Tetsubins, small, medium and large but they have the enamel lining and don't belong on a stove.

[Victoria]

I prefer Tokoname clay, but I use all of the ones on your list depending on the tea or my mood.

nonc_ron - you need to up-scale a bit, I think. Or are you just boiling water in that?