Ziye Shipiao Teapot

$142.00

Name: Ziye Shipiao Teapot
Capacity: 143ml
Material: Di Cao Qing

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Categories: Teapots, Yixing Zisha Teapots Tags: di cao qing, teapot, yixing, zisha

Description

Name: Ziye Shipiao Teapot
Year: 2000s
Volume: 143ml +/- ( To the brim. With tea, after the tea leaves expand, depending on the grams of tea used, 117ml +/- or less.)
Material: Di Cao Qing
Seal: Lin Han Peng
Lid Seal: Lin Han Peng
Handle Seal: n/a
Filter: 7 holes
Pouring time: 7s +/-

(Ziye Shipiao Teapot)

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

This pot uses Dicaoqing clay from the Huang Long Shan area. This clay is quite versatile; for that reason, it pairs well with many different teas. The appearance of the clay is not as coarse as Tian Qing Ni or Jiang Poni, but it’s very oily and contains less sand.

This clay has been aged for nine years. They fired the pot at a temperature range of 1190–1200 °C.

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. While its opening is narrower than that of our Ai Pan Teapot, it remains wide enough to comfortably handle a range of leaf sizes.

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 Wulongs, Red tea and various kinds of Sheng Puer ( and also Shu Puer), and both the shape and 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. Simply rinse the pot with boiling water two or three times, or until the water poured out is clean.