We found this batch of Benshan Lüni from a clay merchant in Yixing as original ore and arranged the processing ourselves - crushing, manual sorting, stone grinding and manual working of the clay to ensure its authenticity and to be able to offer pots without any additives in the clay.
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. We offer these with a choice either single hole filter or multi hole filter.
This clay has been tested with EDXRF testing, showing as pure with no chemical additives as is overwhelmingly common these days.
