Yixing Teapot: Why Tea Tastes Better

  1. One clay, one tea
    The pot is made from purple stone-ore found only in Yixing, China. It has tiny air holes. They keep the scent inside, so each pot remembers one tea. Use it for the same tea every day; the flavor grows.
  2. No glaze, no taste of earth
    The clay is fired at 1200 °C, no glaze added. Water touches only natural stone. Lead and cadmium tests show “zero.” You taste only tea.
  3. Soft water in one pour
    The clay gives off a light far-infra-red wave. It breaks big water clusters. Hard tap water feels softer, sweeter, less bitter.
  4. Stays hot, not hot to touch
    The walls are 3 mm thick and full of small air cells. Tea stays warm for 30 min, but the outside is only hand-warm. You can hold it without a sleeve.
  5. Summer test
    35 °C room, green tea left inside 12 h. No sour smell, no mold. Bacteria count is 10 times lower than in a glass pot. Safe to drink the next morning.
  6. Looks better with age
    The clay takes oil from your hand and the tea. After 30 days the surface looks wet, like jade. The color deepens; the pot becomes your own piece of small art.
  7. How to start
    Rinse the pot with hot water. Fill it with your chosen tea. Let it sit 5 min. Pour out. Begin. Use the same tea every time. The pot will pay you back with fuller, smoother cups.

One small pot, one simple promise: every cup tastes closer to the mountain spring, closer to the leaf, closer to you.