We made these from a batch of pure Zhuni clay from Yixing's Xiao Mei Yao mine which has been aging for around 10 years. With this, we tried to fire it as high as possible without bubbling in the clay. Although this leads to more breakage in the kiln is also produces subtle wrinkles in the clay, often sought after by people who like zhuni pots. This batch has a poetic line carved on the base in the style of antique teapots.
These pots are very nicely made. The thin walls and this high fired clay are perfect for those teas that will benefit from allowing the top notes to shine. It's a matter of preference, but we'd recommend this for young sheng puerh, oolongs, even cleanly stored aged teas where you don't want the flavour to be muted.
These were half-handmade - with the clay pressed into a form to standardise the shape, then finished by hand and fired twice, finishing with a high temperature firing. Inside is a single hole filter/ multiple holes filter.
This clay has been tested with EDXRF testing, showing as pure with no chemical additives as is overwhelmingly common these days.
