Yixing Hand-made Purple Clay (Zi Sha) Tea Set Anxiang 5 Pieces

宜兴 紫砂原矿紫泥 暗香 虚扁壶 5头茶具200ml 

Yixing Hand-made Purple Clay (Zi Sha) Tea Set Anxiang

茶壶 Tea pot(inch): 5.5 * 4 * 3

茶杯 Tea cup(inch): 2.5*2.5*1.5 * 4piece

Yixing Hand-made Purple Clay (Zi Sha) Tea Set Anxiang

Yixing teapots are intended for pu’er, black, and oolong teas. They can also be used for green or white teas, however, the heat retention characteristics of Yixing make the brewing process extremely difficult; and in such cases, the water must be heated to no greater than 85 °C (185 °F), before pouring into the teapot. A famous characteristic of Yixing teapots is their ability to absorb trace amounts of brewed tea flavors and minerals into the teapot with each brewing. Over time, these accumulate to give each Yixing teapot its own unique interior coating that flavors and colors future brewings. It is for this reason that soap is never recommended for cleaning Yixing teapots, but instead, fresh distilled water and air drying. Many tea connoisseurs will steep only one type of tea in a particular Yixing teapot so that future brewings of the same type of tea will be optimally enhanced

Yixing teapots are smaller than their western counterparts as the tea is often brewed using the gongfu style of brewing: shorter steeping durations with smaller amounts of water and smaller teacups (compared to western-style brewing). Traditionally, the tea from the teapot is poured into either a small pitcher, from which it is then poured into a teacup that holds approximately 30 ml or less of liquid, allowing the tea to be quickly and repeatedly ingested before it becomes cooled or into several teacups for guests.

Yixing has a long history as the “Pottery Capital” of China. It was there during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) that the world's first teapots were created... First, when the tea is brewed in teapots made from the special “Zisha” (purple sand) clay, a tiny amount of tea is absorbed in the interior. That season the pot. The first Yixing teapots originated west of Taihu, the great lake in the Jiangsu province around 100 miles from Shanghai. They became a favorite of the Chinese intellectual class for their naturalism in both material and form. The distinctive reddish stoneware teapots came to be considered the best for brewing tea.