Small Shuiping Teapot

$205.00

Name: Small Shuiping Teapot
Capacity: 83ml
Material: Tian Qing Ni

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Categories: Teapots, Yixing Zisha Teapots Tags: teapot, tian qing ni, yixing, zisha

Description

Name: Small Shuiping Teapot
Year: 2000s
Volume: 83ml +/- ( To the brim. With tea, after the tea leaves expand, depending on the grams of tea used, 65ml +/- or less.)
Material: Tian Qing Ni
Seal: Chen Chun Hong
Lid Seal: Chen Chun Hong
Handle Seal:
Filter: 10 holes
Pouring time: 8s +/-

(Small Shuiping Teapot)

This studio crafted these pots from pure Yixing clay, without any additives. Their pots are half-handmade.

This pot uses Tian Qing Ni clay, a kind of Zini. This clay goes well with darker teas. This clay is more sandy than Di Cao Qing. But it also depends on the mesh used to sieve the ore.

The clay has some yellow specks on the surface, which are lipini clay specks. Tian Qing Ni ore is found just below the Lipini layer.

While the pots from this studio are not entirely perfect, their craftsmanship is exquisite. When compared with older teapots from Factory One or earlier periods, the craftsmanship of this studio’s modern pieces shows remarkable improvement, particularly in the precision of the lid seal and the smoothness of the pour.

The shape of this pot is very versatile. However, since the pot is relatively small, you may need to find a workaround to accommodate large tea leaves, as in the case of some gushu Sheng puer tea.

For the most part, the lids on this studio’s pots fit tightly and seal well, though a slight drip may occur if you tilt the pot too quickly to a vertical position with certain shapes.

What teas pair with this clay?

We’ve tested this pot with roasted Wulongs, aged Wulongs, and aged Sheng Puer (and also Shu Puer), and both the shape and the clay perform beautifully across different teas.
That said, I recommend experimenting with different teas to find which ones pair best with the clay. In the end, it’s the tea that decides which teapot suits it best. So enjoy the process of finding the perfect match according to your palate.

Opening the teapot (before first usage)
Since these teapots are brand new, they may have some powder inside (this is quartz sand used during firing to prevent the lid from sticking to the body). There may also be traces of clay residue. Rinse the pot with boiling water 2 or 3 times, or until the water runs clean.