Cobalt blue my favorite tea pot color. Spectacular near or in sun
light. Why is it impossible to find a 'white' clay teapot or cups
when they should be dime a dozen? Something as simple as slurry
greenware, fired and glazed. I suppose some accountant thinks color
makes a difference. I'm not aware of any Yixing clay that turns
bisque when fired. I've seen some ugly yellow that would look better
white especially for interior surface. Nothing wrong using shot
glasses with your gongfu pot for color education. I think there is
beauty in simplicity. My unglazed yixing pots have calligraphy but
its like riding a bus downtown and not speaking the language. The
color in a glass pot is different than the color in a white cup. I
prefer a diffusive transparent background versus hard reflective
background.

Jim

"Alex Chaihorsky" wrote in message . com...
good reason. i think another reason is you can enjoy the color of the tea
better. i like white color cups or mugs for tea. :-)

I agree 100%. I cannot stand colored mugs, especially black ones.. The only
thing you can drink out of them is coffee with milk. I am also irritated by
most of the contemporary Chinese gaiwans and other tea china that are always
painted with something . Even when it is just a little bit of cobalt blue. I
was lucky enough to buy some small gaiwans in China that are just snow-white
and I am very happy with them because IMHO the color of tea does not
tolerate any other color near it. It is most noble and beautiful in its
solitude. For similar reasons I really do not like calligraphy on teapots
and other things made of yixing clay. Yixing clay color and texture are
cheapened by these.

Sasha.