Yixing Teaware and the Gongfu Tea Ceremony | The Tea History Podcast | Ep. 10

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More Ming Dynasty tea history this time. Further innovations from China's tea artisans further improves the taste and experience of tea. The famous "zisha" clay teapots and tea ware from Yixing, Jiangsu province are introduced as well as their role in the Gongfu Tea Ceremony.
As the second half of the Ming Dynasty starts to wind down, the Europeans will soon be knocking on China's door. They too will discover the goodness and greatness of tea with historic consequences.
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15 июл 2021

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@colinellesmere 3 года назад

Makes great sense to have different tea pots you never wash with any detergent for different teas.

@magicmomo2498 3 года назад

As an manchurian, the historic intermixing with Han Chinese. I always wonder if have Chinese ancestory

@napoleonfeanor 6 месяцев назад

A DNA analysis can probably give you more insight

@colinellesmere 3 года назад

Puer tea is still sold very commonly in tea cakes. All tea shops selling tea display a whole range of tea cakes - more so than loose tea. The brick form is less common but also regularly seen. I wouldn't know if loose leaves were more common than cake overall. From observation it seems fairly even. Big buyers selling tea on from outside generally buy loose, but for individual sales, tea cakes of 315gm I would say are mostly common. Certainly very popular as presents. In regard to the tea ware Jianshui 建水 in Yunnan has a flourishing trade in clay tea pots. Unglazed but fired and all hand made without a potters wheel. At source you can buy an average one for about 70$. Would these be similar to Yixing pots?

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 года назад

Hey C, how's it going? I read that the town of Jianshui still has more clay reserves, whereas Yixing, after all these years has used up most of their clay. I also read Jianshui is pure clay with less sand content than Yixing, making it feels smoother to the touch (but perhaps less structural integrity compared to Yixing. One other selling point is that Jianshui clay comes from the same soil that puerh tea trees grow in. I myself don't own one yet. I should invest in one (or two). Hope you're well.

@colinellesmere 3 года назад

Hello Laszlo. So it is the same as Yixing ware. I can't say I've noticed the purple colour. I might be going to Jianshui in a couple of weeks actually. I'm planning on starting from there on a 70 day bike trip NE. No fixed plan. Who knows I might make Jilin or Heilongjiang. But Vivid means the rural checks can be very tiresome. I just checked out this website for dollar price comparisons. I reckon bulk buying your get the 120$ pots for around 300-400yuan. Add in ship at 200yuan a kilo nd you have your work cut out to make a living. www.puerhshop.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=26. But sending one or two on is easy enough. I bought two as presents for old school friends in the UK two years ago. Beautiful things they are. But some of the potters. They work in horrible conditions. Dark garage like workshops. As they were nearly all small family owned businesses these conditions were by choice. My guess is they all had nice houses somewhere.

@napoleonfeanor 6 месяцев назад

Tea made a great leap forward? 40 million tea leaves were spoiled

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 6 месяцев назад

Good one, friend!

@thewisetzar5363 3 года назад

Enjoy your holiday mate

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 3 года назад

Just got back....had a great time. Nice to get away from the ghastly heat down here in LA.

@lollo4711 2 года назад

I must really confirm that Yixing teapots are the best for tea. Except for Dancong - there Chaozhou tea pots are mandatory. But as I really drink a lot of different teas every day, porcelain is the most practicable. It´s a pity that there are no pictures shown :(

@ChinaHistoryPodcast 2 года назад

That's a lot of extra work and I don't have the resources to make a whole video. Maybe one day. Thanks for mentioning the Chaozhou teapots.

@napoleonfeanor 6 месяцев назад

Broke: kong fu Bespoke: gong fu