Yixing Teapot

Season your teapot for years to come  Used in Chinese pottery since the Song dynasty (960-1279), Yixing clay, also called zisha or "purple clay," is excavated deep underground, rigorously processed, and skillfully crafted into teaware by the Masters. Typically red or brown, Yixing clay teaware is left unglazed to absorb traces of the brewed tea, attributing to the depth of flavor in brewed tea over time. If you enjoy a particular type of tea and use the same teapot for multiple tea sessions, the teapot will slowly soak up different tea flavors. Eventually, your tea brewed from the teapot will gain more complexity.  Our Yixing Teapot has high heat retention capabilities and is partially handmade with high craftsmanship to balance design and function by a husband and wife team of ceramists Tan Jun and Wang Ting. Ideal for teas best brewed near boiling temperature, like black tea, pu-erh tea, oolong tea, and other aged teas, this Yixing teapot will bring out the best from these teas.  A Y