The difference in a slip-cast and wheel made teapot is the strength too, a wheel made piece of clay is wedged and then formed on the wheel aligning the particles in the clay, and is able to be made of clay with more gritty pieces further strengthening the final product. Slip-cast needs very fine clay and it is less compressed than wheel made clay so it has less strength.
Spending money on good tea is more important than good pottery. A bad teapot may arguably make good tea slightly worse, but no matter how good your teapot is, it won't make bad tea any better. A $10-15 gaiwan and a simple $30-50 teapot can cover pretty much all your needs and last a lifetime. My collection of over 200 all kinds of teas from all over the world are covered by only 3 kyusuu, gaiwan and houhin. A little over $100 all of them, two kyusuu are handmade. If you wanna go fancy, no problem there, knock yourself out, but it's absolutely not necessary.
Totally true, it’s not a need. It’s just nice and helps to round out the experience. I definitely didn’t appreciate the breadth of teaware until we opened Tao Teaware though. The art, the history, the stories. All that being said get a nice $20-30 ruyao gaiwan and you’re set for life haha.
My new teapot is a traditional Kyoto style Houhin about 360ml, good for all types of teas, perfect for Gyokuro and flexible for types of tea around the globe. The artwork is Mishimazume style. I could even use it's cups (same look, same style) with a lid of a Fukamushi Kyusu like a Gaiwan, about 180ml. However I'm experimenting by brewing mostly Japanese and Chinese green tea with 350ml, using it like a big Gaiwan. Yeah the pot was 100€ plus the two cubs extra made by hand, so this fits as well.
Informative AND fun, I always get so excited seeing fellow 'younger generations' enjoying gong fu brewing and talking about yixing!!!!!!! I just found your channel and I love your vibes, dude
As some one who recently bought there first couple tea pots and gaiwans this is really great information and definitely makes me feel comfortable buying off your shop I've been wanting to get a pot to season for cooked pureh
My first teapot I was willing to spend $400, then I came to my senses. I am currently (not) using a $30~ dollar one I got on Amazon. I'm just back to my gaiwan when I gongfu. Probably will buy a $100~ teapot because I've always wanted one but none of this is needed. I got lazy the last 2 years and stopped gongfu brewing. I started western style or even grandpa style brewing and it's basically the same, to me anyway. The gongfu experience is great, though. Worth doing every now and then. Sitting back with some good tea after some hard work, it's just not beatable. The best advice for people just getting into tea is to avoid hype influencers....specifically the ones that think they can distinguish a brown sugar candy from a white sugar candy in the smell of a tea leaf. Never forget when he claimed to have leaves from a 1,600 year old tea tree.
Tip for those who get annoyed taking out tea leaves at the end of a session, when you’re done using your teapot or gaiwan, add any temp water inside with the tea and dump that mixture in a separate bucket, then in a toilet (so you don’t have to struggle or bring your teaware into the bathroom). Just a tip :)
When I went to a tea-ware/tea store in NYC, the owner recommended me a smaller $18 cup/mini-kettle set from Old Amsterdam Porcelain, since she's had a lot of broken gaiwans. Gaiwans are pretty cool, but the issue is that they apparently break all the time. *In Chinatown NYC -- they charge $10/gaiwan at discount ceramic stores, but $14/gaiwan at the specialty tea shops. I'm wondering if investing in a teapot as a beginner might actually save more money in the long run, since they seem to be built sturdier than gaiwans?
i don't think teapots are sturdier, i think they're just easier to use. gaiwan have a much more simple construction, but they're not as easy to hold-they'll usually get hot where you need to hold it, while a teapot has a handle and usually a more secure lid, so you're less likely to drop it. i broke the lid of my gaiwan when i wasn't using it, because there's nothing that was holding that lid onto that bowl aside from gravity, and then gravity just worked against it.
That was the don’t make waves from Master Huang in Qinzhou. Not sure if we’ll have that one again at the beginning of next year. Derek and I are choosing styles for the start of the year right now 😬
Using molds to make it. There are some who will say they are handmade if the master for the mold as made by that potter but that is typically more for mugs that gaiwans or teapots.
Yes. Go twice a week for about a year and a half to get a deal like this. OH! I just went to your Teaware shop. Now I see the benefits of skipping the second hand stores. Nice! @@TaoTeaware
I found my first one at a flea market for 7 dollars, each seller has a booth in this store and one of them was the stuff of a grandmother who passed away and she collected tea pots, there were all kinds and shapes but all of them were for western style tea until I looked on the bookshelf and boom there was a little clay gong fu pot by some toys, they thought it was a toy pot for dolls or something lol
"wheather it is a chouzhou or yixing doesn't matter" eh... disagree. if all you want is a pot to dip your toes in best bet is glass or porcelain. otherwise the type of clay or origin will change the taste. my first pot was yixing purple. a good pot for fermented tea but with other teas it made them bland. reciently i found a nixing pot and works well for black, green olong, even chinese green teas. preserves the flavor, thickens the tea and adds a bit of the taste of the clay giving it a refreshing zing to it.
The difference in a slip-cast and wheel made teapot is the strength too, a wheel made piece of clay is wedged and then formed on the wheel aligning the particles in the clay, and is able to be made of clay with more gritty pieces further strengthening the final product. Slip-cast needs very fine clay and it is less compressed than wheel made clay so it has less strength.
The essence of an artist in 3D form, teapots as sculptures: yes! 👌👌
Spending money on good tea is more important than good pottery. A bad teapot may arguably make good tea slightly worse, but no matter how good your teapot is, it won't make bad tea any better. A $10-15 gaiwan and a simple $30-50 teapot can cover pretty much all your needs and last a lifetime. My collection of over 200 all kinds of teas from all over the world are covered by only 3 kyusuu, gaiwan and houhin. A little over $100 all of them, two kyusuu are handmade.
If you wanna go fancy, no problem there, knock yourself out, but it's absolutely not necessary.
Totally true, it’s not a need.
It’s just nice and helps to round out the experience.
I definitely didn’t appreciate the breadth of teaware until we opened Tao Teaware though. The art, the history, the stories.
All that being said get a nice $20-30 ruyao gaiwan and you’re set for life haha.
That's part of the fun, people who can afford fancy tea normally won't be lacking fancy pots.
My new teapot is a traditional Kyoto style Houhin about 360ml, good for all types of teas, perfect for Gyokuro and flexible for types of tea around the globe. The artwork is Mishimazume style. I could even use it's cups (same look, same style) with a lid of a Fukamushi Kyusu like a Gaiwan, about 180ml. However I'm experimenting by brewing mostly Japanese and Chinese green tea with 350ml, using it like a big Gaiwan. Yeah the pot was 100€ plus the two cubs extra made by hand, so this fits as well.
Informative AND fun, I always get so excited seeing fellow 'younger generations' enjoying gong fu brewing and talking about yixing!!!!!!! I just found your channel and I love your vibes, dude
As some one who recently bought there first couple tea pots and gaiwans this is really great information and definitely makes me feel comfortable buying off your shop I've been wanting to get a pot to season for cooked pureh
Awe. Thank you 🙏🏻
That’s what we’re going for, from one tea friend to another. ☺️
My first teapot I was willing to spend $400, then I came to my senses. I am currently (not) using a $30~ dollar one I got on Amazon. I'm just back to my gaiwan when I gongfu. Probably will buy a $100~ teapot because I've always wanted one but none of this is needed. I got lazy the last 2 years and stopped gongfu brewing. I started western style or even grandpa style brewing and it's basically the same, to me anyway. The gongfu experience is great, though. Worth doing every now and then. Sitting back with some good tea after some hard work, it's just not beatable.
The best advice for people just getting into tea is to avoid hype influencers....specifically the ones that think they can distinguish a brown sugar candy from a white sugar candy in the smell of a tea leaf. Never forget when he claimed to have leaves from a 1,600 year old tea tree.
Tip for those who get annoyed taking out tea leaves at the end of a session, when you’re done using your teapot or gaiwan, add any temp water inside with the tea and dump that mixture in a separate bucket, then in a toilet (so you don’t have to struggle or bring your teaware into the bathroom). Just a tip :)
Or instead of dumping in the loo, cold brew! 😀🫖
I prefer to think of handmade pots as snowflakes :) great pots, great content
Ooooooh snowflakes are a good analogy 🤓
When I went to a tea-ware/tea store in NYC, the owner recommended me a smaller $18 cup/mini-kettle set from Old Amsterdam Porcelain, since she's had a lot of broken gaiwans. Gaiwans are pretty cool, but the issue is that they apparently break all the time.
*In Chinatown NYC -- they charge $10/gaiwan at discount ceramic stores, but $14/gaiwan at the specialty tea shops. I'm wondering if investing in a teapot as a beginner might actually save more money in the long run, since they seem to be built sturdier than gaiwans?
i don't think teapots are sturdier, i think they're just easier to use. gaiwan have a much more simple construction, but they're not as easy to hold-they'll usually get hot where you need to hold it, while a teapot has a handle and usually a more secure lid, so you're less likely to drop it. i broke the lid of my gaiwan when i wasn't using it, because there's nothing that was holding that lid onto that bowl aside from gravity, and then gravity just worked against it.
Amazing video happy i come across this video
在中国，饮用红茶最好的茶具不是景德镇的瓷器和潮州的茶壶，最好的是宜兴的紫砂壶。因为宜兴的茶壶是完全用手掌拍打出来的，所以透气性很好，当然价格也会比较贵。而瓷器一般更适合喝新鲜的绿茶。
hi what tea pot are you holding in the intro the one with the script? it looks beautiful.
That was the don’t make waves from Master Huang in Qinzhou.
Not sure if we’ll have that one again at the beginning of next year.
Derek and I are choosing styles for the start of the year right now 😬
@@TaoTeaware thx for the quick answer could you tell me what the shape of the pot is called maby ill find an alternatve
What stops gaiwan from being handmade?
Using molds to make it. There are some who will say they are handmade if the master for the mold as made by that potter but that is typically more for mugs that gaiwans or teapots.
Love the Chaozhou apple pie! Excellent video.
Me too! I’m so excited that we got them 💜
Dude you make such great content! love it!
I appreciate that! Thanks so much Robert. 🙏🏻
I have 3 good quality tea pots. I paid about $5 each. But it took me more than 4 years of looking at second-hand stores to make these great finds.
Wow!! That is quite the feat. 🤯
Yes. Go twice a week for about a year and a half to get a deal like this.
OH! I just went to your Teaware shop. Now I see the benefits of skipping the second hand stores. Nice! @@TaoTeaware
I found my first one at a flea market for 7 dollars, each seller has a booth in this store and one of them was the stuff of a grandmother who passed away and she collected tea pots, there were all kinds and shapes but all of them were for western style tea until I looked on the bookshelf and boom there was a little clay gong fu pot by some toys, they thought it was a toy pot for dolls or something lol
"wheather it is a chouzhou or yixing doesn't matter"
eh... disagree. if all you want is a pot to dip your toes in best bet is glass or porcelain. otherwise the type of clay or origin will change the taste. my first pot was yixing purple. a good pot for fermented tea but with other teas it made them bland. reciently i found a nixing pot and works well for black, green olong, even chinese green teas. preserves the flavor, thickens the tea and adds a bit of the taste of the clay giving it a refreshing zing to it.
Pour cup? Nope. Fairness cup.
Um, nice shirt lol
👀 thanks!
Why do you mix other words with English, it makes t difficult to undertand what you're saying.