A very rough Yixing pot

[jextxadore]

So today I picked up a pot for HKD350 (~USD45). I'd seen it a few days ago and just fell in love with its look. To me, it looks how pu-erh tastes…if that makes sense to anyone outside of my head.

Interestingly, there was only one pot with this texture. Does anyone have any more information on this kind of clay?

[debunix]

To me, it looks how pu-erh tastes

It is a very attractive pot, but I have to leave review of the clay to others, as my experience with Yixing is very limited. But I can agree with 'looking like how puerh tastes'--a mix of the coarse (earthy, sometimes sharply herbaceous to bitter) and the smooth (long-lasting sweet and fruity notes), that seems more than the sum of those parts.

[jextxadore]

Well, having used it all night with pu-erh:

Its heat retention is quite amazing, my hands noticed early on…

The texture makes it very pleasant to use, because you don't get that nail-scratching-on-a-blackboard feeling that makes you want to kill yourself.

The handle's angle is perfect — I can put my middle finger through it, put my thumb on the lid and let gravity do the rest. I get a perfect pour and the lid doesn't leak.

The spout is short, which I love — pouring is actually controllable. I find with longer spouts, especially those that end further away from the body (as opposed to just curving upwards), pouring starts very suddenly and you have to move quite far away from the target to get an accurate pour. Then a tea leaf gets stuck in the spout and you drip all over the place So I'm really enjoying this.

[chrl42]

It's the Wide-mouthed Shi Piao..looks like Tiao Sha (sorted clay)..got a seal?

[jextxadore]

[chrl42]

thought it looked by a familiar artist..not.

It seems ball clay-added mixed clay..

[jextxadore]

So how does that affect its properties as a teapot?

[dan88]

thought it looked by a familiar artist..not.

It seems ball clay-added mixed clay..

Is it Tang Zhiping 唐志平 artist?

[chrl42]

thought it looked by a familiar artist..not.

It seems ball clay-added mixed clay..

Is it Tang Zhiping 唐志平 artist?

I was thinking about Jiang Fang-hong..

[MarshalN]

彩雲制陶 - seems like a company name

[Poohblah]

彩雲制陶 - seems like a company name

"Bright Cloud Pottery Mfg. Co."?

[jayinhk]

http://7788zsh.997788.com/s491_6857460_0/

[jextxadore]

360? Wish I could have that one too!

[jayinhk]

It is a cool-looking pot, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them in person with SilentChaos. I won't comment on the clay either as I am nowhere near as knowledgeable as some of our pot-loving (lol) members. According to j'adore, it makes good tea, which is what matters in the end, non?

[jextxadore]

It is a cool-looking pot, and I'm pretty sure I've seen them in person with SilentChaos. I won't comment on the clay either as I am nowhere near as knowledgeable as some of our pot-loving (lol) members. According to j'adore, it makes good tea, which is what matters in the end, non?

Well yes, but I have nothing similar with which to compare this pot my glass teapot, I now realise, basically outputs cold tea (compared to the heat retention of clay). The gaiwan is only slightly better because I can get water in and tea out faster, but it's so much smaller that the procedure changes a bit.