Tea Articles
Yellow stalks, green sprouts, blue sky, dropping hillside
August 19, 2025
Hanwa's Hand-painted Work / Volume: 180cc / Masterpiece Yellow Robe, Six Years of Imperial Dust, One Day the Heaven and Earth Disintegrated. Not without a word to warn the younger generation, a bit embarrassed, to see friends. Every time I attend official banquets, I think about tomorrow, gradually listening to rural sounds to recognize myself. What a blessing is poetry's comfort and congratulations, returned east with blooming flowers of peaches and plums in spring. Li Shi's Hand-painted Work / Volume: 140cc / Grade A Green Seal, ancient and elegant.
The sun surrounds the city walls, bamboo messages bring peace.
August 19, 2025
"The sun has never been as widely talked about, and the word 'sunny' is mentioned most frequently this year. On the other hand, the word 'cloudy' has never been so eagerly anticipated. However, people have gradually come to accept that sheep are now a part of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. As Spring Festival approaches, those who spent the past three years at home during Lunar New Year celebrations, all long for the moment when they can return home safely. The sheep is a harbinger of peace at home; it's also a pleasant surprise if there isn't one."
Purple clay, segment mud, original green (which one is more breathable)
August 19, 2025
Ceramic Artist from Nanjing, China / Handmade piece / Volume 280ml / Excellent 'Cultural Revolution' purple clay form / Elegant antique style, short neck, rounded shoulder, flowing lines, handle, no carved decoration, delicate yet not slender. It fully displays the aesthetic of ceramic lines and the artist's own refinement, dynamism, and elegance. This is a model for the ceramics of intellectuals. Pure Classic style lantern from Ming dynasty/ Handmade by Li Xiaolong's apprentice / Volume 160ml/ Excellent
Transparent lacquer, golden layer, purple lacquer, sloping lacquer
August 19, 2025
The pine stump is carved out of a piece of real pine, through various sculpting techniques. It presents the old and twisted bark in a realistic style, as well as the stiff and unyielding branches of the tree. This creates a powerful and elegant image that resonates with the viewer, and makes them reflect on life's impermanence.
Purple sand maintenance emphasizes technique, overworking is not acceptable.
August 19, 2025
Cleaning a purple sand teapot is quite particular, cannot blindly "laborious", mastering the method can better care for the pot. At the same time, using a purple sand teapot without paying attention to cleaning, over time, there will be some tea dregs deposited inside, and stains such as oil on the surface. It not only affects its beauty, but also appears unhygienic conditions, which in turn affect our health.
Learning how to brew tea with a glass cup brewing green tea
August 19, 2025
Choose a single good tea, prepare a 150-200ml transparent glass cup to brew the tea. Start brewing: 1. Boil water, after boiling, cool down to 85°C~90°C for standby. 2. Warm the cup, pour in one-third of hot water into the glass cup, slowly rotate to let the hot water warm up the entire interior of the cup, then pour out the water.
Base layer clean, down slope mud, segment mud, small coal kiln red clay
August 19, 2025
Aged three friends, all handmade from original materials. The bottom of the teapot is made from mud powder, and the surface is covered with a layer of green mud paste. 380cc large teapot symbolizing upright and resolute character. With bamboo and plum blossoms, it's called the "aged three friends". Its noble character has caused countless writers and scholars to fall in love with it. This teapot was carefully selected from bottom-cleaning mud paste production, made from a segment of pine tree as body, bark patches and sturdy, pine twigs curled up on top, needles write form also written meaning, shape and spirit are perfect.
The amount of time and number of times for brewing tea
August 19, 2025
When brewing tea normally with tea sets, it is generally acknowledged that three brews are the standard. In general, soluble matter in tea leaves can be released about 50% during the first brew, and around 30% during the second brew, and around 10% during the third brew.
Do you know these cold facts about celadon?
August 17, 2025
A general glass vessel is about three or four days to make. If only five or six tools are used, it can also be made, but the "flavor" of a hundred and more tools cannot be done. Xu Hantang made one "duguo" pot, including a seal, with as many as 118 tools.
The double air hole structure of celadon teapot is mysterious.
August 17, 2025
First of all, double pore refers to the pores formed by the mineral combination surface of purple clay soil and the internal pores of the tiny mud particles.