Purion question.

[Frank]

Hi everyone. I am new to this board. I have look through all the previous posts about Purion and it seems no one has asked this question. (Unless of course I missed it) I am interested in acquiring a Purion teapot from Lin's. Does the Purion tea ware fall under the same constraints as Yixing as far as only using one type of tea per teapot? And if so, what are the constraints as far as "type". Does that mean I should only use it for oolong or only use it for puerh? Or does it mean that I should stick to one type of oolong; for example only using it for TGY? If you own a set of Purion tea ware, please let me know of your experience. Thanks much.

[MarshalN]

Mostly people use purion for boiling water. What exactly are you looking at?

[teaisme]

I think he is looking at the teapots and cups made of purion.
http://www.aurlia.com.tw/index.php?opti ... 77&lang=en

I love the 100ml pot and matching cup. On their website...check...they recommend it for heavier charcoal fired teas, blacks, aged teas, and puerh (really curious whether this would be good with a young sheng but I will not try).

I have tried 2-3 different greener hmt taiwanese oolong in it and can say I agree with what others have told me about it not being very suitable. I also tried 2 heavy roasted teas and was very pleased. Aged tgy and aged dancong were also good. The set I have at home though is dedicated to aged puerh now and I think it is a very good match. One puerh I had when brewed in porcelain had a distinct dirt taste. After brewing in the purion the dirt taste pretty much vanished. I will also like to note these pots seem to make the aroma a little more potent, smelling the lid and leaves is always a pleasure.

I wonder about how fast these things season. They really don't seem to season very fast. Therefore if you get one I would not worry too much about mixing teas in the beginning until you find a tea/teagroup that you want to dedicate it to. Exceptions to this may be wet stored puerh, young sheng, and higher quality very flavour potent green tgy, lapsangs, stuff like that.

I could imagine this as a great pot for the higher quality lapsangs.

[Frank]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the Purion teaware. When you refer to aged puerh, do you mean aged sheng puerh?

[Tead Off]

Mostly people use purion for boiling water. What exactly are you looking at?

Many think the virtues of Purion extend to the teapots and tea caddys along with their water storage containers.

[teaisme]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the Purion teaware. When you refer to aged puerh, do you mean aged sheng puerh?

Yep aged sheng. I have not tried aged cooked in it , but I do imagine it would suit it pretty well, aged or not.

[Kaja2737]

I also have a question about purion. I'm thinking about buying purion Lin's ceramic kettle to get better water taste. But I wonder is total dissolved solids number in water getting lower after a time while using it?

Thank you.

[Tead Off]

I also have a question about purion. I'm thinking about buying purion Lin's ceramic kettle to get better water taste. But I wonder is total dissolved solids number in water getting lower after a time while using it?

Thank you.

TDS is a measurement of the mineral water you use. It is inherent in the water and the kettle doesn't change this figure. You can't see this in the water until you heat it. Then you see the sediment separate out leaving scale in your kettle. The scale is not harmful to you and the body dissolves it as they are just minerals. My stainless steel kettle makes a lot of noise when the scale builds up in it. The water I use is high in TDS. I have to clean the kettle more than usual using this particular water. I don't know how scale tends to react in a Lin's kettle but I would imagine it builds, too.

[gingkoseto]

I have one of the third one in the front row. I like its rough hand feel. It seems even more porous than yixing. Actually I feel mine is seasoned quite fast, but probably because I use dark color tea for it most of the time. On the other hand, even after it's seasoned, it still has the rough look. Probably that's what teaisme means about they don't seem to season fast?

I don't strictly follow the yixing tea typing rule, but so far I feel like to use the purion teapot mostly for dark oolong and sometimes sheng puerh. It's big opening makes it quite convenient for yan cha, and its modern steel fine strainer makes it convenient for puerh.

[Kaja2737]

I thought that purion changes water with minerals from purion... and I wondered if after a time quantity of this minerals decrease?

I want to use kettle only for boiling water and keep it warm, not for putting tea leaves in it...

[teaisme]

I kinda thought a new one took more then it added

Maybe after heavy use then it will start to add a little more then take...?

just guessing

[Tead Off]

I thought that purion changes water with minerals from purion... and I wondered if after a time quantity of this minerals decrease?

I want to use kettle only for boiling water and keep it warm, not for putting tea leaves in it...

Kaja, if you do a search on teachat, you will find some info from users of Purion kettles. Many people claim a change in taste from the water boiled in the kettle as well as tea made from the pots. With good clay, it is usually the iron content that effects the water. This has nothing to do with TDS. Japanese tetsubin (cast iron kettles) also effect the taste of the water. More importantly, is the quality of the water you are using. There is a lot of info on teachat that you can read as well as other places on the web.

[David R.]

Be careful though with items changing the taste of tea. A good kettle can have a very nice effect on tea (water), and a good teapot can also do the trick, but the two combined can lead to a different outcome.

... and I wondered if after a time quantity of this minerals decrease?

As far as I know, the clay is made of these minerals, so as long as your kettle/teapot has walls, the mineral effects goes on.

More importantly, is the quality of the water you are using.

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Amen.