collecting Chinese Oolong and Pu-Erh tea for many years, this happened
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Holy cow! Thats an impressive collection
that is not all of it 🤣
Thanks for sharing. It’s cool seeing what others are into. Probably have to get one sometime this year. No rush, but if I happen upon a nice shop I’ll be looking for one to replace my lost one, even if I hardly do much tea
for Chinese Gongfu (this just means well made/carefully brewed) tea use Xisha pots, wash the inside with a toothbrush and toothpaste when you get it and rinse well repeatedly, then never again.
when you are done brewing for the day, fill it with hot water and let it steep overnight then dunp the leaves in the compost (or use for other things). you want a patina inside. old pots can almost make tea with no leaves.
on the outside, let tea stains form. you can polish with a tea towel and water. the patina of use is beautiful and 'proof of work'. don't ever wash.
oh and one type of tea per pot. Eg 1 for pu-erh and one for wuyi mountain oolong and one for tanchung (dancong) oolong.
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for Japanese Sencha, oolong and black tea I use iron pots and keep them separate.
for hojicha (roasted bancha (second flush)) I use a Japanese clay pot.
* thank you to Mm-tai and Mm-san (Mr and Mrs Ng) for teaching me the way of tea. they are retired now but i think of them each day when I make tea and continue what they shared.
Great stuff. Thanks for the detailed overview and tips. Saved to a note on phone so I can find it in the future when time comes.
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Any good suggestions on where to buy some of these teapots? I get my tea from Beautiful Taiwan Tea but I haven’t found any new good teapots since I left Asia.
I see a lot of fake Xisha clay pots around in the average mall store. It may be possible to still find a good one accidentally in these places.
In Calgary where I am, if I was in the market for one, I'd go to a local tea shop owned by oldschool Chinese tea sellers.
eBay may be viable if you are willing to risk it.
A quick way to confirm quality is: lid fits deeply and it is not loose, inside of the pot is well made/smooth.
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GM. Holy moly! That's a lot of tea-ware!