Kung Fu Cha Teapots - How a teapot improves over time with use

Hello my Cha Ren (Chinese for "Tea People / Tea Friends")

Being a Chinese tea lover, I wanted to share with you in a series of photographs how a teapot changes over time with use.

As we've talked about in previous blogs, good quality Yixing teapots have a fine finish and solid texture, a four percent water absorption rate, very low thermal conductivity, and a double air hole design which enhances the pot's brewing properties. The more you use and polish it after a tea session, the more the natural shiny appearance of it will improve. This is partly due to the presence of natural oils in the tea.

Below are pictures of the same batch teapots which are +20years old. One has never been used, one has been used for about 2 months and one for more than a year.

Hmmm, let's see the results....

Teapot Never Used

Teapot has been used for two months

Teapot has been used for more than one year

Can you tell the difference by the appearance!? And we use them to make the exact same Pu-erh tea.

Cheers,

George

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