I want to purchase a Yixing Teapot from an online vendor for brewing
oolong tea.
I am interested in your opinions trusted online vendors who sell
them; ones that you personally have dealt with.
I want one that will brew no more than 10oz and I don't want to spend
more than $50.

Help!

On Feb 14, 10:46 am, "parislexi" wrote:
I want to purchase a Yixing Teapot from an online vendor for brewing
oolong tea.
I am interested in your opinions trusted online vendors who sell
them; ones that you personally have dealt with.
I want one that will brew no more than 10oz and I don't want to spend
more than $50.

Help!

Hey Parislexi,

This topic has been covered many times before on this forum. Search
this group for "Yixing" or "Yixing Teapot" and you should find what
you are looking for.

All the best,

Chris.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-CHINESE-YIXI... QcmdZViewItem

Check it out, and they have tons of others to choose from, I got a 1
liter pot for about $40, very nice.

Karl






parislexi wrote:
I want to purchase a Yixing Teapot from an online vendor for brewing
oolong tea.
I am interested in your opinions trusted online vendors who sell
them; ones that you personally have dealt with.
I want one that will brew no more than 10oz and I don't want to spend
more than $50.

Help!

On Feb 15, 9:18 am, "kid_kei" wrote:
On Feb 14, 10:46 am, "parislexi" wrote:

I want to purchase a Yixing Teapot from an online vendor for brewing
oolong tea.
I am interested in your opinions trusted online vendors who sell
them; ones that you personally have dealt with.
I want one that will brew no more than 10oz and I don't want to spend
more than $50.

Help!

Hey Parislexi,

This topic has been covered many times before on this forum. Search
this group for "Yixing" or "Yixing Teapot" and you should find what
you are looking for.

All the best,

Chris.

Chris: Tried that. Most of messages about Yixing involved cleaning,
seasoning, etc. Just wanted names of trusted online vendors from
which others had made purchases. Sorry for asking an
inappropriate, ,over-asked question. Thought this group was formed to
help all levels of tea lovers, not just the well-informed ones!

On Feb 15, 1:17 pm, Karl Sprenger wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-CHINESE-YIXI...DITIONAL-FOO-D...

Check it out, and they have tons of others to choose from, I got a 1
liter pot for about $40, very nice.

Karl



parislexi wrote:
I want to purchase a Yixing Teapot from an online vendor for brewing
oolong tea.
I am interested in your opinions trusted online vendors who sell
them; ones that you personally have dealt with.
I want one that will brew no more than 10oz and I don't want to spend
more than $50.

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Karl: Thanks, so much, for the recommendation. I will check out
this online vendor.

Chris.

Chris: Tried that. Most of messages about Yixing involved cleaning,
seasoning, etc. Just wanted names of trusted online vendors from
which others had made purchases. Sorry for asking an
inappropriate, ,over-asked question. Thought this group was formed to
help all levels of tea lovers, not just the well-informed ones!

I really wasn't trying to be mean at all. I just searched this group
with the phrase "Yixing Teapot" and this was the first link to appear:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...c2bb1ee5d98fa7

So i didn't think you had tried searching.

Hope you find a good one!

Chris.

On Feb 15, 4:24 pm, "kid_kei" wrote:
Chris.

Chris: Tried that. Most of messages about Yixing involved cleaning,
seasoning, etc. Just wanted names of trusted online vendors from
which others had made purchases. Sorry for asking an
inappropriate, ,over-asked question. Thought this group was formed to
help all levels of tea lovers, not just the well-informed ones!

I really wasn't trying to be mean at all. I just searched this group
with the phrase "Yixing Teapot" and this was the first link to appear:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.f...e_frm/thread/5...

So i didn't think you had tried searching.

Hope you find a good one!

Chris.

Chris: Sorry I over-reacted. I saw that link, but thought it was
information over-load! I just wanted a few brief recommendations -
talks about museums, etc. - too much.
Was looking only for names of online vendors that others had tried
recently and trusted. Anyway - I've already ordered one from an
online vendor that was highly recommended by several folks.

On Feb 14, 10:46 am, "parislexi" wrote:
I want to purchase a Yixing Teapot from an online vendor for brewing
oolong tea.
I am interested in your opinions trusted online vendors who sell
them; ones that you personally have dealt with.
I want one that will brew no more than 10oz and I don't want to spend
more than $50.

Help!



if you are looking for a simple yixing, you can go to purchase one in
china town, but you are looking for a beautiful and made by a artist..
then you have to take time to shop around. by the way.. I have a
online teastore recommand to you .

http://www.jardinduthe.ca/eng/access...xing/index.htm

I bought one from them.. their price is very reasonable. specially all
their teapots are made by an artist.

corine

try www.thefragrantleaf.com
www.jingtea.com
www.funalliance.com
www.imperialtea.com
www.allteapots.com

and many more.......

On Feb 18, 3:21 pm, "cup of tea" wrote:
On Feb 14, 10:46 am, "parislexi" wrote:

I want to purchase a Yixing Teapot from an online vendor for brewing
oolong tea.
I am interested in your opinions trusted online vendors who sell
them; ones that you personally have dealt with.
I want one that will brew no more than 10oz and I don't want to spend
more than $50.

Help!

if you are looking for a simple yixing, you can go to purchase one in
china town, but you are looking for a beautiful and made by a artist..
then you have to take time to shop around. by the way.. I have a
online teastore recommand to you .

http://www.jardinduthe.ca/eng/access...xing/index.htm

I bought one from them.. their price is very reasonable. specially all
their teapots are made by an artist.

corine

Thanks, corine. At this time, they have only a few available, but I
will continue to visit the site in the future.
There is no chine town 'area' where I live.

On Feb 19, 7:58 am, wrote:
... www.allteapots.com
and many more.......

Thanks, so much, JoAnn for these sites. I overlooked these when I
spent most of the evening Friday searching the web. I found one
Yixing and one Japanese Kyuusu that I liked(within my budget!), and
I purchased them. However, I plan to purchase 2 more Yixing pots: one
for China my white teas and one for my China unflavored green teas in
the near future.
And I must say, the allteapots.com site has several unique ones that I
will definitely consider!

On 2007-02-19, parislexi wrote:
On Feb 19, 7:58 am, wrote:
... www.allteapots.com
and many more.......

Thanks, so much, JoAnn for these sites. I overlooked these when I
spent most of the evening Friday searching the web. I found one
Yixing and one Japanese Kyuusu that I liked(within my budget!), and
I purchased them. However, I plan to purchase 2 more Yixing pots: one
for China my white teas and one for my China unflavored green teas in
the near future.

Most people would suggest using a porcelain (or glass) gaiwan or
porcelain teapot for white or green teas (especially white). The
conventional wisdom is that the Yixing pots are not ideal for brewing
such teas most of the time, because they retain heat so well.

w

On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Will Yardley
wrote:
On 2007-02-19, parislexi wrote:

On Feb 19, 7:58 am, wrote:
...www.allteapots.com
and many more.......
Thanks, so much, JoAnn for these sites. I overlooked these when I
spent most of the evening Friday searching the web. I found one
Yixing and one Japanese Kyuusu that I liked(within my budget!), and
I purchased them. However, I plan to purchase 2 more Yixing pots: one
for China my white teas and one for my China unflavored green teas in
the near future.

Most people would suggest using a porcelain (or glass) gaiwan or
porcelain teapot for white or green teas (especially white). The
conventional wisdom is that the Yixing pots are not ideal for brewing
such teas most of the time, because they retain heat so well.

w

Will:
This is GREAT information for me to know!
And it will save money for me, since I already have a porcelain
gaiwan AND a porcelain teapot.

Barbara

On Feb 20, 2:16 pm, "parislexi" wrote:
On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Will Yardley
wrote:



On 2007-02-19, parislexi wrote:

On Feb 19, 7:58 am, wrote:
...www.allteapots.com
and many more.......
Thanks, so much, JoAnn for these sites. I overlooked these when I
spent most of the evening Friday searching the web. I found one
Yixing and one Japanese Kyuusu that I liked(within my budget!), and
I purchased them. However, I plan to purchase 2 more Yixing pots: one
for China my white teas and one for my China unflavored green teas in
the near future

I would add that a gaiwan renders a truer flavor of the tea, and you
should compare your teas brewed in a gaiwan to the teas brewed in the
yixing pot to make sure you have the right pot for the right tea.
They can vary a lot. I have teas that brew much more interesting,
complex flavors in a gaiwan, and teas that are improved in pots.
Mostly oolongs, although I do have one zhuni type pot that seems to do
a good job with lower quality longjing (it improves the flavor and
longevity of simpler teas, although the best teas still taste better
brewed in porcelain).

Good luck!

Parislexi: I also echo Will Yardley's opinion. A Yixing pot is not
the ideal vessel for delicate white/yellow/green teas. A gaiwan is.

joann: thanks for the links...I like looking at the pictures at
allteapots.com...especially the African and the hand-thrown teapots!
There are some nice Yixing too.

Phyll

On Feb 20, 11:35 pm, "Danica" wrote:
On Feb 20, 2:16 pm, "parislexi" wrote:





On Feb 20, 1:53 pm, Will Yardley
wrote:

On 2007-02-19, parislexi wrote:

On Feb 19, 7:58 am, wrote:
...www.allteapots.com
and many more.......
Thanks, so much, JoAnn for these sites. I overlooked these when I
spent most of the evening Friday searching the web. I found one
Yixing and one Japanese Kyuusu that I liked(within my budget!), and
I purchased them. However, I plan to purchase 2 more Yixing pots: one
for China my white teas and one for my China unflavored green teas in
the near future

I would add that a gaiwan renders a truer flavor of the tea, and you
should compare your teas brewed in a gaiwan to the teas brewed in the
yixing pot to make sure you have the right pot for the right tea.
They can vary a lot. I have teas that brew much more interesting,
complex flavors in a gaiwan, and teas that are improved in pots.
Mostly oolongs, although I do have one zhuni type pot that seems to do
a good job with lower quality longjing (it improves the flavor and
longevity of simpler teas, although the best teas still taste better
brewed in porcelain).

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