THE WORLD'S BEST TEAPOT...

[Guest ShaQuaNew]

Teapots are an interesting subject. I showed Roger's idea of the best teapot to Lan and she said, "No, glass not good for teapots." I said, "what do you mean, it looks great." Lan said, "the best teapots are made from earth, [meaning clay]."

[Guest ShaQuaNew]

Sorry guys, making tea is not my department. Ping handles that for us. My department was purchasing the right clay teapot and cups and saucers. She agrees that clay is best.

 

I don't know if I got the best, but since it came in a leather storage case with velvet lining and a certificate with a Registered Number, I figure I either got screwed or I got a nice clay tea set.

 

Either way, Ping likes it, so that is all that really matters to me.

 

[Tony_onrock]

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When we were in China last fall we drank many cups of tea at laopo's friend's house in Yuxi, Yunnan. I had never seen these Piao pots before but I soon realized that this was ther best tea making device I had ever seen.

It consists of 3 parts; outer pot, inner pot and lid. You put the tea in the upper chamber and pour your water into it. When it's done to your liking you press a button which releases the tea into the lower/outer pot. So you can wash the tea first, dump that out, and brew to your liking. Add more water to the upper chamber and keep going until the tea is exhausted. If there is a more efficient, easier way to make tea I cannot imagine it. It says it will also make coffee the same way. The unit is very high-quality, made in Taiwan. We first found them at a fancy tea store in Yuxi for 100 RMB, at the Wal-Mart there they were 70 RMB and finally in Lijiang we found them for 30 RMB. I just checked a online tea site here and they were $44.50... On the company website there are many different models but in China we only found one everywhere, model GL-865-500cc.

 

http://www.piao-i.com/enweb/product/product.htm

 

 

110 V. or 220 V power needed?

 

Steve

 

Got mine from Ikea and it cost RMB 97.

[rogerluli]

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When we were in China last fall we drank many cups of tea at laopo's friend's house in Yuxi, Yunnan. I had never seen these Piao pots before but I soon realized that this was ther best tea making device I had ever seen.

It consists of 3 parts; outer pot, inner pot and lid. You put the tea in the upper chamber and pour your water into it. When it's done to your liking you press a button which releases the tea into the lower/outer pot. So you can wash the tea first, dump that out, and brew to your liking. Add more water to the upper chamber and keep going until the tea is exhausted. If there is a more efficient, easier way to make tea I cannot imagine it. It says it will also make coffee the same way. The unit is very high-quality, made in Taiwan. We first found them at a fancy tea store in Yuxi for 100 RMB, at the Wal-Mart there they were 70 RMB and finally in Lijiang we found them for 30 RMB. I just checked a online tea site here and they were $44.50... On the company website there are many different models but in China we only found one everywhere, model GL-865-500cc.

 

http://www.piao-i.com/enweb/product/product.htm

 

 

110 V. or 220 V power needed?

 

Steve

 

Got mine from Ikea and it cost RMB 97.

 

Okay, okay I concede that the whole thread is a LIE...

 

No doubt THE BEST TEAPOT is the clay Yixing...

 

http://www.holymtn.com/teapots/yixing.htm

 

http://www.yixing.com/index.html

 

of which I have about 20 myself... But here's the deal...If you're at work or in a hurry or don't want to futz with all the steps needed to really properly brew tea then just use something like the glass Piao which is quick, simple and allows you the advantage of easily brewing for a precise time and then releasing the tea into the lower chamber...with the clay Yixing you have to pour it off into another pot...etc, etc....Now for those who insist that they can tell the difference between food cooked with regular salt or sea salt... go for the Yixing at all times and be free to lord it over us lesser mortals who do not share your elevated sense of taste...

Edited August 28, 2007 by rogerluli (see edit history)

[warpedbored]

Since ceramics are some what porous it makes sense. A well used tea pot would have some flavor soaked into the pores.

[rogerluli]

Since ceramics are some what porous it makes sense. A well used tea pot would have some flavor soaked into the pores.

 

Legend has it that eventually you can brew "tea" without using any leaves...

 

Of course each pot can ONLY be used for one kind of tea for this trick...

[chilton747]

Since ceramics are some what porous it makes sense. A well used tea pot would have some flavor soaked into the pores.

This is very true Carl. I have been using the same ceramic cup for the last 2 years and drinking tea only from my wife's home town. I use the old hot water in the cup process. The tea definitely tastes better than drinking it from any other cup. My cup is "well seasoned."

[rogerluli]

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When we were in China last fall we drank many cups of tea at laopo's friend's house in Yuxi, Yunnan. I had never seen these Piao pots before but I soon realized that this was ther best tea making device I had ever seen.

It consists of 3 parts; outer pot, inner pot and lid. You put the tea in the upper chamber and pour your water into it. When it's done to your liking you press a button which releases the tea into the lower/outer pot. So you can wash the tea first, dump that out, and brew to your liking. Add more water to the upper chamber and keep going until the tea is exhausted. If there is a more efficient, easier way to make tea I cannot imagine it. It says it will also make coffee the same way. The unit is very high-quality, made in Taiwan. We first found them at a fancy tea store in Yuxi for 100 RMB, at the Wal-Mart there they were 70 RMB and finally in Lijiang we found them for 30 RMB. I just checked a online tea site here and they were $44.50... On the company website there are many different models but in China we only found one everywhere, model GL-865-500cc.

 

http://www.piao-i.com/enweb/product/product.htm

 

 

110 V. or 220 V power needed?

 

Steve

 

Got mine from Ikea and it cost RMB 97.

 

Okay, okay I concede that the whole thread is a LIE...

 

No doubt THE BEST TEAPOT is the clay Yixing...

 

http://www.holymtn.com/teapots/yixing.htm

 

http://www.yixing.com/index.html

 

of which I have about 20 myself... B) But here's the deal...If you're at work or in a hurry or don't want to futz with all the steps needed to really properly brew tea then just use something like the glass Piao which is quick, simple and allows you the advantage of easily brewing for a precise time and then releasing the tea into the lower chamber...with the clay Yixing you have to pour it off into another pot...etc, etc....Now for those who insist that they can tell the difference between food cooked with regular salt or sea salt... go for the Yixing at all times and be free to lord it over us lesser mortals who do not share your elevated sense of taste...

 

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to say that your tea pot isn't good, or even that it isn't the best. I don't know one way or the other. All I was saying is that I purchased what Ping prefers. I enjoy drinking tea, but I am no connoisseur.

 

When I was in Guangzhou earlier this year, Ping and I were in a local supermarket. There was something similar to a picnic table that was set up in the tea section. There was a young lady there preparing samples of different types of tea on a cup by cup basis.

 

Ping and I sat down on two of the stools and the lady prepared and served several different teas for all three of us to sample and discuss. It was a pleasant diversion after we had gone through the produce section and bought a dozen or so different kinds of fresh fruit to take back to our hotel.

 

You can definitely spend your life in China walking around to different tea stores sampling tea... In fact in Lijiang, Yunnan there must be 1,000 tea shops alone... Of course REST ROOM facilities are NOT as abundant...

[hakkamike]

There is a place in Plano Tx that sells tea pots on Ebay, I got Lusheng a poster set last year and they still have them(pretty neat)

Tea Pot Posters

[rogerluli]

There is a place in Plano Tx that sells tea pots on Ebay, I got Lusheng a poster set last year and they still have them(pretty neat)

Tea Pot Posters

 

The poster is neat Mikey... But now it's time to start collecting the real thingie... There are always a bunch on ebay or this will get you started too... http://www.yixing.com/quickorder.html

[dnoblett]

I checked ebay and there is only one site offering them

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Piao-I-500cc-Glass-Mug...oQQcmdZViewItem

 

for $13.80 + 6.50 shipping from China

http://stores.ebay.com/Dragon-Tea-House has them too at a reasonable price. ($8.90 for the 500cc one) Edited August 31, 2007 by dnoblett (see edit history)

[DMikeS4321]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Piao-I-500cc-Glass-Mug...oQQcmdZViewItem

 

for $13.80 + 6.50 shipping from China

http://stores.ebay.com/Dragon-Tea-House has them too at a reasonable price. ($8.90 for the 500cc one)

 

Sorry for the shameless commercial plug, but my trading company, Phoenix-Dragon, sells the same pot for $8.45 but without the huge shipping cost (Dragon Tea House charges $8.50 for shipping, but shipping from China only costs 12.15 RMB and we include it in our price. We ship to anywhere in the U.S. for $2.30).

 

Our pot is a genuine Kamjove and has the advantage of using a stainless steel mesh strainer as opposed to regular steel (rusts and leaches iron, I'm sure). Kamjove also uses a spring loaded silicone seal instead of the gravity steel ball stopper that tends to leak.

 

We also handle a complete line of Chinese (ONLY Chinese) teas, all organic and natural (Certificate of Origin available!) purchased directly from the growers. Lao Po is very well connected in the tea business and has taught me more than I could ever have learned on my own.

 

Contact me via PM if you are interested!

 

Best Regards

[dnoblett]

Sorry for the shameless commercial plug, but my trading company, Phoenix-Dragon, sells the same pot for $8.45 but without the huge shipping cost (Dragon Tea House charges $8.50 for shipping, but shipping from China only costs 12.15 RMB and we include it in our price. We ship to anywhere in the U.S. for $2.30).

 

Our pot is a genuine Kamjove and has the advantage of using a stainless steel mesh strainer as opposed to regular steel (rusts and leaches iron, I'm sure). Kamjove also uses a spring loaded silicone seal instead of the gravity steel ball stopper that tends to leak.

 

We also handle a complete line of Chinese (ONLY Chinese) teas, all organic and natural (Certificate of Origin available!) purchased directly from the growers. Lao Po is very well connected in the tea business and has taught me more than I could ever have learned on my own.

 

Contact me via PM if you are interested!

 

Best Regards

Post us a link, CFL members always want to help out other CFL members! I can find you listed on http://www.alibaba.com, but do you have a website? Edited August 31, 2007 by dnoblett (see edit history)

[dnoblett]

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110 V. or 220 V power needed?

 

Steve

You boil the water in tea kettle or pot normally on your stove like you do for a tea bag, then you poor the hot water into the pot pictured either over loose tea, tea leaves, flower tea, or even coffee grounds. The pot pictured does not plug into a wall outlet.

[Guest ShaQuaNew]

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As our forefather's knew, the best tea is made not in a pot, but in a harbor...

 

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