Volume: Approximately 300ml
This tea caddy (tea container) was made from a special blend using only Yixing clays. This clay includes aged and processed Yixing clays blended together in various amounts, shaped and then fired to get the results pictured above. Clays in the mixture include: Tianqingni, Dicaoqing, Zhongcaoqing, Qingduan, Zhuni, Zhuni Dahongpao, Benshan Lüni, Huangjin Duan, Xiao Hongni, Baiyuduan, Jiangponi.
Yixing clay recipes like this, made from various amounts of original ore clay, have a long history in the industry, with many antique pots made with recipes consisting of more than one kind of Yixing clay.
This tea caddy is known as "half-handmade" as the sculptor uses a molding tool to shape the body, and uses his hands for details and for smoothing out the body. In fact, no machine was used in it's shaping as the use of the tool is entirely manual.
Preparation Before Use
Yixing Teapots should be prepared before using the first time. This is called "opening the pot". It removes the dust from firing the teapot.
We recommend rinsing the teapot under warm water two or three times, then filling the teapot with boiling water and emptying it out two to three times. After this the teapot is ready for use.