Does anyone know of a traditional but large chinese/japanese clay yixing/kyusu teapot that will hold ~24oz min of water/tea, but preferably, 1.0 L or 34oz? Pondering making the switch to traditional teaware... But I need a vessel that will meet my volume requirements...
-Joel
Large (700mL-1.0 L) but traditional-type clay teapots?
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What would you brew in it?joelbct wrote:Ah, I found a 1 quart, all-white porcelain/china teapot at Bed Bath and Beyond- Actually looks decent, costs $35. The mesh is china/ceramic/same material as the teapot. Didn't buy it yet, but I may, if nothing else turns up...
The manufacturer was called Chaipin or Chaipan or something...
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I definitely agree with Fuka, tetsubins are really cool, you get a quality brewing product in a larger size.
The larger clay/stoneware pots diminsh in quality as the size increases, IMHO. I have a really big yixing pot someone gave me as a gift. Really a piece of crap, and the materials used are substandard I bet. It looks nice on my tea shelf with most of my other oversized teapots that I never use. But it is not well made at all.
The larger clay/stoneware pots diminsh in quality as the size increases, IMHO. I have a really big yixing pot someone gave me as a gift. Really a piece of crap, and the materials used are substandard I bet. It looks nice on my tea shelf with most of my other oversized teapots that I never use. But it is not well made at all.
Metal?
Hmm I may just stick with my
<-----glass bodum carafe for the time being...
I do plan on getting a matcha bowl, a sencha teapot, and maybe a couple gaiwan or yixing for china greens... This tea habit is getting expensive!
Hop-Goblin, the 32oz BB&Beyond-sourced pot I was going use for Sencha, and a separate one for China Black...
The thing is, I need a large pot because I like to drink 24 oz of tea over an hour or so... This may seem like a barbarically large quantity of tea (greedy American!) but what can I say, it is compulsively delicious.
I suppose alternatively, I could just have 3 traditional-sized pots going simultaneously...
Hmm I may just stick with my
<-----glass bodum carafe for the time being...
I do plan on getting a matcha bowl, a sencha teapot, and maybe a couple gaiwan or yixing for china greens... This tea habit is getting expensive!
Hop-Goblin, the 32oz BB&Beyond-sourced pot I was going use for Sencha, and a separate one for China Black...
The thing is, I need a large pot because I like to drink 24 oz of tea over an hour or so... This may seem like a barbarically large quantity of tea (greedy American!) but what can I say, it is compulsively delicious.
I suppose alternatively, I could just have 3 traditional-sized pots going simultaneously...
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Joel, I forget, do you make multible infusions with the same tea leaves? Because if you did, a smaller pot would make just as much tea.
Just kinda curious...
I make 200 ml steeps, but for sencha, I can get 5 steeps which equals one liter. The 5 steeps is a stretch for most tea drinkers, but 3-4 anyway.
Just kinda curious...
I make 200 ml steeps, but for sencha, I can get 5 steeps which equals one liter. The 5 steeps is a stretch for most tea drinkers, but 3-4 anyway.
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Multiple steeps also reduces the cost considerably. I've been doing 6 or 7 infusions of this Yutaka Midori sencha lately. It's just so good I hate to throw the leaves out. And I also enjoy the change in intensity and flavors as you go through multiple steeps.
The bad thing is that you have to keep going back to your kettle or Zoji.
The bad thing is that you have to keep going back to your kettle or Zoji.
Chip, I generally do just 2 steeps for Sencha, unless it is a very expensive tea. But I usually do the first steep for 2 minutes, then the second for 3 minutes, which is slightly longer brewing times than some might recommend, so I think I get the full flavor out of the leaf nonetheless.
I enjoy the slightly milder taste of a second steep, but I usually find a third to be too washed out.
And I found a 30oz kyusu from o-cha, not the prettiest thing ever, but it should work.
I usually drink 20oz of sencha at a time, about 700mL, so I would only need a full 1 L if brewing tea for multiple people, which is nice to be able to do as well...
Still, it would be nice to find a medium sized, attractive kyusu for my daily sencha, I could probably work with a 12-15oz (~350-450mL) capacity, but 9oz (~250mL)is just too small
Again, I brew the larger amt because I usu. put the leaves in a tiny tupperware in the fridge for a few hours before the 2nd infusion... Too much work to do 2 infusions back to back
I enjoy the slightly milder taste of a second steep, but I usually find a third to be too washed out.
And I found a 30oz kyusu from o-cha, not the prettiest thing ever, but it should work.
I usually drink 20oz of sencha at a time, about 700mL, so I would only need a full 1 L if brewing tea for multiple people, which is nice to be able to do as well...
Still, it would be nice to find a medium sized, attractive kyusu for my daily sencha, I could probably work with a 12-15oz (~350-450mL) capacity, but 9oz (~250mL)is just too small
Again, I brew the larger amt because I usu. put the leaves in a tiny tupperware in the fridge for a few hours before the 2nd infusion... Too much work to do 2 infusions back to back
BTW I am going into Manhattan tomorrow to be at the taping of the Daily Show and planning on stopping by Ito En beforehand, I remember they had a fine selection of teaware... Might find a decent kyusu.
And perhaps the $128 dragon yixing from sevencups is on the list too, at some point. Beautiful pot...
And perhaps the $128 dragon yixing from sevencups is on the list too, at some point. Beautiful pot...