Yixing Teapot Knowledge

Yixing Teapot or Glazed Ceramic: Which Should You Choose?

Compare Yixing clay teapots and glazed ceramic teaware by tea habits, cleaning and serving style, then choose a practical first piece.

What Size Teapot Do You Need? A Guide to Usable Capacity

Choose teapot capacity using cup size, serving style and leaf space. Learn why usable brewing volume can differ from the advertised capacity.

How to Clean a Yixing Teapot After Everyday Use

A simple Yixing teapot care routine: remove leaves, rinse gently, dry with the lid off and store carefully. Follow the maker’s instructions.

A Simple Gongfu Tea Session: Plan, Brew and Adjust

Start a manageable gongfu tea session with a small vessel, measured leaves and repeated infusions. Adjust one brewing variable at a time.

Fanggu Teapot Shape: What to Look at Before Buying

Learn how to assess a Fanggu-form teapot through its body, opening, lid, handle and pour, without confusing a shape name with a quality guarantee.

Yixing Clay Labels: Questions to Ask Beyond Colour

Understand how to read Yixing clay labels and ask for useful documentation. Colour, a stamp and a raw-material photo cannot authenticate a finished pot.

Buying Chinese Teaware Online: An Overseas Buyer’s Checklist

A practical overseas teaware checklist covering product evidence, measurements, packing, delivery questions and inspection when the parcel arrives.

Seven Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Yixing Teapot

A practical inquiry checklist covering capacity, clay, making process, photographs and shipping.

Yixing Teapots: Understanding Material and Form

A museum example introduces Yixing stoneware, vessel form and the questions to ask when choosing a teapot.