Recommend A Tea Pot?

[beforewisdom]

Hi all,

Would anyone care to recommend a tea pot?

I use mostly sencha from O-Cha.

I would like the pot to be able to make 16 fluid ounces ( 2 cups ) of tea at a time.

Thanks

Steve

[debunix]

Are you looking for the one true pot that will serve all your tea needs forever, or deliberately taking the first step down the slippery slop to TAD* by asking about just one pot/use at a time?

*Teaware Acquisition Disorder, a highly contagious, highly pleasing condition that is quite prevalent hereabouts....

[Alex]

Grab a Tachi Masaki Banko pot or

http://www.hibiki-an.com/product_info.p ... cts_id/818

[beforewisdom]

debunix, blue pill please, the one true option

[debunix]

My favorite sencha pot is a high-iron clay, unglazed interior, 150mL kyusu from Petr Novak. He does occasionally make larger pots, and probably would happily do so upon request.

Because it is unglazed I do restrict it to sencha and occasional chinese greens, something like it may not be the best 'one true pot' if you will be brewing up other teas in it.

I've also brewed up sencha successfully in Tokoname kyusus, glazed kysusus & pots of various provenance, gaiwans, and even my plastic kamjove thingies. But if you will brew it up often, my recommendation is an artisan unglazed kyusu of smaller volume because sencha should be drunk quickly after each infusion, so several smaller infusions are going to taste a lot better than one larger infusion that takes a while to drink and starts to 'go off' by the end of the session. If you're lucky enough to be sharing regularly with a partner, however, the larger pot may be perfectly appropriate.

Check out the 'Ode to the Kyusu' topic for more ideas.

[bryan293]

For a great starter pot, I recommend a nice, basic, kyusu with front mounted stainless steel mesh strainer. Very easy to clean and typically very cheap (~$20).

[Chip]

One screen to brew them all!!!

Kyusu with a good screen for all sencha types.

[BioHorn]

Grab a Tachi Masaki Banko pot or

http://www.hibiki-an.com/product_info.p ... cts_id/818

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[piratesdrinktea]

This one from o-cha https://www.o-cha.com/Fukamushi-Teapot-16513.html is cheap, holds a decent amount (12 oz, so I half fill when I'm just brewing for me, and when I want to brew for 3 or 4 people I just use a little extra tea and then top off the cups with a little more hot water...sacrilege?) is unglazed but has a hard enough clay that it's very easy to clean, and has a very fine screen which is good for fukamushi-cha and also much easier to clean than looser screens that get more leaves caught in them.

I have one of these at work and one at home. Every time I clumsily drop and break the top, I order a new one, so I'm glad they keep it in stock! As far as I'm concerned this is the only pot you need (for any green tea).