These pots are made from Duanni original Yixing ore. This ore comes from Yixing's Huang Long Shan mining area. This has been stone ground, hand-sorted, and left to rest to improve plasticity. As with all of our teapots, it is pure, unmixed with chemicals or adulterants.
These were fired in a wood kiln in Yixing that fires once each month. Each firing takes three days to complete. The pots are placed inside a protective container called a 'xia bo', as used in ancient times to protect the surface from becoming glazed with ash. The wood firing creates a unique finish on the surface, a slight shine & seems to make the water taste smoother and more refined when brewing tea.
The pot itself is half-handmade - pressing the clay by hand into a form to construct the shape of the body, handle and spout, which are then joined together by hand.
