What Causes Cracks in Purple Clay Teapots?
What Causes Cracks in Purple Clay Teapots? Often, friends mention various issues such as cracked Teapots or detached bottoms, and these problems become more frequent during the winter months.In winter, the issue of “shock cracking” in purple c...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

A Pot of Tea Perfumes the Universe, Spring Flourishes Unfalteringly
A Pot of Tea Perfumes the Universe, Spring Flourishes Unfalteringly When purchasing a Purple Clay Teapot, enthusiasts typically fear two things the most: first, buying a fake purple clay pot; second, and also most feared, is buying a chemically-made Teapot. So how sh...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

Purple Clay Trivia: Three Classic "Duiqiu" Teapots in Purple Clay Art
Purple Clay Trivia: Three Classic "Duiqiu" Teapots in Purple Clay Art Over the past few hundred years, some works of purple clay have been passed down and innovated through generations, becoming world-renowned classics. The “Duiqiu Teapot” is one of the most typical exa...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

Making Pottery in Jianshui
Making Pottery in Jianshui The rain pattered in the courtyard as dusk fell into midnight. This was the first rain of winter in Jianshui, and Pottery makers dread the cold season. Even half-dry clay pieces feel like immovable ic...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

Song and Yuan Dynasty Tea Utensils in Vogue
Song and Yuan Dynasty Tea Utensils in Vogue At the age of 57, the Tea Seller practiced the way of tea cultivation. He brought his own tea utensils to the Xiangguo Temple area where he sold tea, built the Immortal Passage Pavilion, hung a tea fl...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

What are the health benefits of Liubao Tea?
What are the health benefits of Liubao Tea? ...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

Zuni clay is well known, but what about "zhusha"?
Zuni clay is well known, but what about "zhusha"? When we talk about zhusha now, it refers to a different concept than in the Ming and Qing dynasties. During those periods, “zhusha” referred more to the color, meaning a color similar to “zhusha,” rat...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

Learning to Maintain Your Tea Pot to Enjoy a Better Aroma of Tea
Learning to Maintain Your Tea Pot to Enjoy a Better Aroma of Tea People choose Yixing clay pots for drinking Tea, not only because they enhance the aroma of the tea but also because these pots can be “nourished.” Nourishing the pot refers to the jade-like luster th...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

Where Lies the Secret to Achieving an Effect Worth Hundreds of Thousands from a Teapot Bought for Just a Few Hundred Yuan?
Where Lies the Secret to Achieving an Effect Worth Hundreds of Thousands from a Teapot Bought for Just a Few Hundred Yuan? “Purple Jade Gold Sand” places purple clay on par with beautiful jade, indicating that purple clay possesses a unique texture, as warm and smooth as jade. Nourishing a Teapot is an elegant act during...

Tea News · May 06, 2025

Purple Clay Trivia: How is the clay refined, and how is coarseness evaluated?
Purple Clay Trivia: How is the clay refined, and how is coarseness evaluated? Purple clay ore is mined from underground mines that are over a hundred meters deep. Whether it's purple, red, or green clay, it is all referred to as “raw material,” which is as hard as stone and req...

Tea News · May 06, 2025