> It's really hard to find a good yixing pot in Los Angeles, outside of
> Chinatown, but even there they don't have the really good stuff half
> the time.

Danica, you seem to imply that there are good Yixing pots to be found
in Los Angeles in the Chinatown. If so, please whisper the places to
me. Thanks.

Phyll


Danica wrote:
> > Well.... I tend not to buy such things in the first place. I suppose
> > this is not possible if you mail order pots (which is why I don't do
> > it).
>
> It's really hard to find a good yixing pot in Los Angeles, outside of
> Chinatown, but even there they don't have the really good stuff half
> the time. Mostly cheap commercial-made pots, etc. So I am relegated
> to vendors I trust on the Internet. I made a lot of mistakes before I
> found good people.
>
> I think the less-than-perfect-fit is not a big problem. A bigger
> > problem is if it drips or pours poorly, or if the spout is easily and
> > often blocked, or some such.
>
> My first biggest pot problem is ones where you block the vent and the
> spout continues to pour. I guess that means it's not air-tight. Then
> drips, then bad clay. I don't buy bad clay anymore but I recently
> bought a studio copy of a Jiang Rong peach and it pours continually
> even when I block the vent. And the pot wasn't cheap!
>
> > If you have one of these.... are there teas that you don't normally
> > drink but wouldn't mind using a pot for that once-in-a-while brew?
> > Or.... give it away as gifts to people who can't care less (and will
> > most likely end up as a wall ornament)?
>
> Funny you say that, the other bad-vent pot is a lovely dense zisha clay
> that makes really good puer tea. It holds the aromas well. The third
> is made of a zhuni type clay (it has a high pitched ring) and makes
> good oolongs and green tea.
>
> But I wonder if they had better air-tight quality if the tea would be
> better? Any thoughts?
>
>
> > MarshalN
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