ufengke Handmade Yixing Zisha Teapots,Oriental Purple Clay Teapot,Xishi Teapot For One Person,For Gift And Household,140ml

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Having said that, don't go crazy on looking for famous masters working with old clays unless you can really feel the difference that it does to a tea. To notice such intricacies usually requires a developed palate and experience. Zisha clay’s sandy quality makes it porous enough to allow the pot to breathe, pulling the tea fragrance into the walls of the pot. This enhances the tea drinking experience over time. The porosity also reduces the likelihood of mold formation and disburses excess heat in brewing. Most would recommend dedicating each teapot to a single type of tea. For example, one yixing only for white teas, another yixing teapot only for light oolongs, and another for dark oolongs. While it is, indeed, a good idea and we also recommend such an approach, it is not strictly necessary. If you take good care of your teapot by thoroughly washing it (using just water. You must never use detergents. If you absolutely must, you may use baking soda, but better if you don't), you can safely brew various teas in it without afflicting their tastes on each other. If anything, you can re-season the pot, and you'll be fine.

Reuse your tea leaves for two more infusions allowing them to cool to room temperature before pouring them out. Do this twice more to open the pores of the clay and reduce the scent and flavor of the clay. Zisha teapots come in many different shapes. Popular shapes include Xishi, Shui Ping, and Shi Piao. But don't let popularity cloud your judgement. Go for a zisha teapot that you personally love the most. What is Yixing?Do not use sandpaper or washing cloth to wipe the pot body. A very special tea towel should be used to wipe valuable pot body.

So if you see Qingshuini mentioned in case of a modern teapot, then be wary, because it doesn’t tell anything about what the teapot is made of, only what it tries to be (a light brown colored teapot). Lao Zini (老紫泥) This step is crucial, and is just as important as the raw ore material, if not even more. Yixing Zisha is famous for its double porosity structure, and it’s this step that determines the secondary porosity of the teapot. A good manual mud training also directly contributes to the patina development speed and the performance of the teapot. Source: Yixing clay comes from Yixing town in Jiangsu Province, situated in the delta of the Yangtze River. It's a compound clay rich in minerals such as kaolin, mica, quartz and has high iron oxide content. Used almost exclusively for making teaware, it plays one of the central roles in Gong Fu tea culture. The umbrella name for all the Yixing clays is Zi Sha, which means "purple mud". Pour the water out and choose the type of tea that you would like to enjoy in your new pot. Brew your selected tea with boiling water to start. Beggars did not say anything and insisted to go. The rich man became anxious, said: "I give you all the possessions. Would you like to exchange?" After the beggar heard, he just smiled and said: "If I could give up this pot, I would not beg to live any longer."Over the years, I have collected over hundreds of Yixing teapots (majority of them are fine artwork and quite many are masterpieces with a few "Peerless treasures" ). Based on my experience, Yixing teapots can be divided into the following 6 categories: If you live somewhere hot and/or humid, or you do not frequently use your tea pot, it is important to keep it dry. Failure to do this may make your teapot smell musty, and this unpleasant smell is not easy to remove. One of many Asian teapots on this list, the Yixing Zisha teapot was crafted with purple clay in 1948. Created by widely-regarded master craftsman, Gu Jingzhou, the teapot takes a traditional shape, being low-sitting and typically elegant. Once upon a time, there is a rich man fond of tea. He always meet friends with tea, no matter rich or poor. As long as someone comes to ask for tea to drink, he would treat them with hospitality. Markings: Many authentic Yixing teapots have markings or stamps on the bottom that indicate the potter or workshop that made it. These markings can help to determine the teapot’s age, as the style and placement of the markings have changed over time.

For many appliances, the more you use, the older they are, but the more you use, the better the purple clay teapot is. The pot body will be more and more shiny, smooth, beautiful and mild after frequent cleaning. Sometime between the late Song Dynasty to early Ming Dynasty, zisha clay was identified as an ideal material for brewing tea. The reason for this is its distinctive mineral content. The clay is rich in iron, quartz, mica, kaolin, hematite, isinglass, in addition to many other trace minerals. The iron contained in the clay helps sustain the temperature of the heated water, allowing for a very rich and complex infusion of tea. The quartz and other components leave mineral remains after the clay is fired at 1100-1180 degrees Celsius. This creates a distinctive double pore surface. This highly porous structure is the key element that makes Yixing ware indispensable for fine tea drinking. These many microscopic holes not only allow the pot to adapt to drastic changes in temperature, but also allow the tea to breathe which in turn brings out the fragrance, color and taste of the original tea leaf. The tea’s delicate oils are absorbed into the walls of the pot, creating yet another enhancement of flavor. Therefore, brewing one type of tea will give a distinctive character to your zisha ware. An explanation of how Yixing teaware is made CUSTOMS CHARGES: All commercial goods arriving from the UK are subject to VAT, Import Duty and a handling fee in the country receiving the goods.

Yixing clay is not very malleable, and its low plasticity doesn't allow it to be wheel-thrown. So, when you look inside of a teapot and see circular lines or other traces of wheel-thrown pottery techniques - it's not a good sign. A teapot with a name is something to be taken seriously. The Egoist teapot was commissioned by the N. Sethia Foundation, a UK charity. It is coated in more than 1,600 diamonds and 386 Thai and Burmese rubies. Its handle is carved from mammoth ivory, and its body is created with 18 carat yellow gold and gold-plated silver. There are two ways to prepare a zisha tea pot for use. One requires boiling the entire pot in water, but unless you are experienced with this process it is easy to damage the delicate structure of your pot. We recommend the method described below because it is both safe and effective. Yixing, also known as zisha, is a type of clay from Jiangsu province in China, commonly used to produce teaware such as: teapots, gaiwans, cups, mugs, tumblers and tea pets. Yixing zisha is written as 宜兴紫砂 in Chinese. The Chinese pin yin it’s written as: yíxìng zǐshā. How to pronounce Yixing? We think this is the closest we can get: ‘e-hsin’ What does Yixing/Zisha mean? However, thanks to modern technologies like electric kilns, which allow precise temperature controls, making Zhuni teapots become easier, but it is still harder to work with than any other kinds of Zisha.

This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please be aware of Type 1 and Type 2, and fake TianQing clay teapots (they are all over the internet). The quality of the jet matters when the force of its pressure should be able to "pierce" the tea leaves, extracting the taste from them. A jet that breaks and thereby loses pressure cannot accomplish such a task.Because Zhuni is soluble in water it doesn’t go through a weathering process, as the ore would be just washed away and nothing would be left of it. Instead, they let Zhuni age for a longer time. 3. Crushing — 粉碎 — Fěn suì The Zisha ore has to be crushed first The purple clay teapot originally is Chinese first hand-made clay handicrafts, and its raw materials' origin is in Yixing of Jiangsu Province. So it is also called Yixing purple clay teapot. The purple clay teapot is of function and ornamental. Older teapots have a distinctive patina from the infusion of tea oils and constant use which can dull the pitch. Many new teapots have a similar shine from a wax coating that is applied to protect the clay and make them look nice on the shelf. (see how to remove this coating below).