Jul 26th, '08, 17:18
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by Grubby » Jul 26th, '08, 17:18
So i have fallen in love with this pot:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Ben-Shan-Green-Clay- ... dZViewItem
But since i am quite inexperienced i would like to hear your advice before i shell out the money
For example, is green clay special in some way? For the worse or better.
And is it generally an ok buy? I am concerned about the properties of the pot, i absolutely love the way it looks but of course youre free to discus that too
Jul 26th, '08, 17:25
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by Geekgirl » Jul 26th, '08, 17:25
Oh yeah, I know what you mean! I fell in love with that one too, and bought it. Still waiting.
Jul 26th, '08, 19:10
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by hop_goblin » Jul 26th, '08, 19:10
Yes, I love this one as well, but it is too big for my purposes. Lu Ni is green zisha. It is considered a bit more rarer than hong ni if natural. Many green pots out on the market are artificially colored. However, this one looks to be natural colored clay. As for properties, they are generally the same as any other yixing. It should season nicely, especially if you are using dark teas.
Jul 26th, '08, 19:12
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by heavydoom » Jul 26th, '08, 19:12
we all know where that is from, right?
Jul 26th, '08, 19:43
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by Geekgirl » Jul 26th, '08, 19:43
Yes, it is definitely a bit big for one person. But hubby has been asking for more tea, plus I'm not a gongfu purist with my morning oolong, so have nothing against a slightly overlarge pot, a tiny bit less leaf per steep and more time on the steep-clock.
Jul 26th, '08, 20:10
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by Grubby » Jul 26th, '08, 20:10
Does Oolong count as dark tea?
Also good point about the size. Since it is for one person, i would probably be doing some wrong fu rather than gong fu, even though i do like my tea in big amounts
Not that this is downright terrible, but its definitely food for thought.
Jul 26th, '08, 22:56
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by chrl42 » Jul 26th, '08, 22:56
That pot is Ben Shan Liu Ni (original mountain green clay) Rong Tian Hu.
Original mountain means Huang Lung Shan (yellow dragon mountain) in Yixing, China which is supposed to be the first mountain yixing clay was thought to be found. Ben Shan Liu Ni originally is very sought-after clay and the one that's the most difficult to craft.
And on the clay, first the pot shows numerous dark dots which is a sign of iron content, is often shown in Liu Ni. Second that pot shows sort of greenish hint to it which means it's heated at enoughly high temperature..
That were my opinions so far..
Jul 26th, '08, 23:37
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by Salsero » Jul 26th, '08, 23:37
It's not your typical looking pot because of the light green color, but it would be fun to brew light oolong in it. For me the size would be too big for puerh or yan cha, but I usually drink larger amounts of baozhong, gao shan, tie guan yin, etc and this size would work for me.
Especially in light of the comments made by wiser heads than mine, I would not hesitate to buy this sweetheart as long as the size meets your needs.
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by Victoria » Jul 26th, '08, 23:59
I agree, it's a nice one. Like the color better
than most, which has been a stumbling block for me and yixings.
Jul 27th, '08, 09:15
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by heavydoom » Jul 27th, '08, 09:15
i find that the pouring snout is a bit too upright.
Jul 27th, '08, 12:47
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by Geekgirl » Jul 27th, '08, 12:47
heavydoom wrote:i find that the pouring snout is a bit too upright.
Funny, that's one of the things I like about it. Looking at my other pots, I can see it's a trend. Heh.
Aug 8th, '08, 10:06
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by Grubby » Aug 8th, '08, 10:06
I got the pot now!
The color is not as green as the picture would suggest, its much more light brownish. In order to look like that the picture must have been taking under special lighting conditions.
Other than that it looks exactly as the picture. The lid fits good, and when you put your finger over the hole in the top the pouring of water stops (i heard this was good don't know why).
It definitely seems of much better quality than my last yixing pot.
The only bad thing is that there is a small piece on the inside of the pot that is protuding from the rest - i tried to take it off but its stuck on good so i will just leave it there because i don't want to break the pot. Its of the same material as the pot so it's probably just one of the imperfections you can get with a hand made pot.
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by Victoria » Aug 8th, '08, 10:41
Will you post some pics for us?
Please?
Aug 8th, '08, 11:01
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by Grubby » Aug 8th, '08, 11:01
Unfortunately i don't have a digital camera
Aug 8th, '08, 11:16
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by Geekgirl » Aug 8th, '08, 11:16
Grubby wrote:I got the pot now!
The color is not as green as the picture would suggest, its much more light brownish.
I agree, but I took it outside just to be sure, and it seems to be exactly the same. Then I held it up to the picture on my monitor, and again- exactly the same color. But it does seem more tan than green to me too.
