How To Get Perfect Tea With The Yi Xing Teapot

For tea lovers, getting to know the teapot that holds one's favorite drink is just as important as learning about the drink itself.

Traditional Chinese pottery is known worldwide for its intricate designs and fine quality. One of the most famous types of Chinese teapot would have to be the Yi Xing teapot. With artifacts that have been excavated to date back to the Ming Dynasty, the history of the Yi Xing teapot is as rich as the tea that you boil in it.

How To Use The Yi Xing Teapot In The Chinese Tea Culture

The Yi Xing teapot is traditionally used to prepare black tea, oolong tea, and the aged pu'er tea. For those who are fond of green tea and white tea, the teapot is also suitable. However, the water should be permitted to be less hot (down to about 85 degrees Celsius; between 170-180 F) before it is poured into the teapot.

The Yi Xing teapot soaks up a little bit of the tea essence into the pot's material while it is brewing. After an extended use of the teapot, it will acquire a coating that will keep hold of the flavor and the color of the tea. That is why one must never use soap when cleaning this type of teapot. In order to clean it, one must use fresh hot water and allow it to air dry. For the expert tea cognoscente, he only steeps one particular kind of tea in a Yi Xing teapot in order to help preserve the richness of the flavor that it has absorbed.

It must be noted that this particular type of teapot is much tinier if you compare it to the Western teapots. That is because the tea is frequently brewed for just a few seconds before it is brought to the guests. The tea leaves are used again for a number of times. Keep in mind that the first brew of the tea leaves is used to clean the tea the teapot and the cups and is not meant for drinking.

In traditional Chinese culture, the teacups usually contain an amount that is at most one ounce of liquid, and is drunk before the cup is continually filled. This allows the tea to cool more quickly yet still be consumed before it becomes cold.

Drinking tea with a Yi Xing teapot can be a culturally rich and enjoyable experience. Having one can make your tea time something to look forward to.


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