Various types of purple clay are used to make purple clay pots, and the types of Tea people drink are also diverse. However, which type of tea is most suitable for a pot made from a specific kind of clay? This can be something worth paying attention to or not, depending on your own attitude.

Now, let's mainly discuss Black Tea, Pu'er, Tieguanyin, and Green Tea:

Pots made from duan clay, original green mountain clay, light-colored Tianxing clay, light-colored bluish-gray clay, and qing purple clay are absolutely unsuitable for black tea, Pu'er tea, and dark tea. Especially in the case of original green mountain clay and duan clay, if these pots are used to brew dark tea, the pot walls will absorb blackish tea stains, leading to artificial blackening. Zhu clay and red clay pots: these can be used for all teas, but they are better suited for brewing Tieguanyin and other Oolong teas.

Pots with small openings are unsuitable for brewing Tieguanyin.

Pots made from low-temperature fired bottom groove clear clay are moderately suitable for any type of tea!

Pots made from dark-colored Tianxing clay and dark-colored bluish-gray clay are more suitable for black tea.

Pots made from ordinary purple clay and dark purple clay: these are better for brewing Pu'er, black tea, and dark tea. Other teas can also be brewed in larger capacity pots, but they are not suitable for green tea.

Duan clay and light-colored clays are suitable for green tea (Biluochun, Longjing, and Maojian).

Pots with smaller capacities are more suitable for brewing green tea.

Pots with larger openings are more suitable for brewing Tieguanyin.

High-temperature fired bottom groove clear (liver color) clay pots: these are more suitable for black tea and Pu'er.

Jiangpo clay pots: these are more suitable for Tieguanyin.

Pots made from old purple clay: these are more suitable for black tea. Purple clay pots used for brewing Tieguanyin are usually particularly lustrous due to the rich aromatic oils in the Tieguanyin leaves.

Yixing black tea is quite special, as it generally has an excellent effect on pot maintenance. The tea water is not deeply colored, but the aromatic oil content in the leaves is relatively abundant.

It is important to note that golden duan, old duan, original green mountain, and grayish clays (light-colored clays) should not be used to brew teas that produce blackish tea juice. Zhu clay pots need to be handled carefully in winter, paying attention to temperature differences. Hot water should not be poured into them abruptly; instead, warm them up first. This is because Zhu clay has a very high contraction ratio, and thermal expansion and contraction can easily cause cracking.

A single pot should ideally be used to brew one type of tea. Only suitable teas can maximize the effectiveness of a purple clay pot.