"Ba Le Shui PIng" Yixing Teapot

Teapot style name: "Ba Le Shui Ping" Style Yixing Teapot 芭乐水平壶

Clay type: Da Hong Pao 大红袍泥

Artist: Huang Yu

Craft: Fully handmade

Strainer type: 9-hole strainer

Capacity: 180ml

Diameter of body: 7.5cm, & 5cm on the opening

Height without the lid: 5cm

The Ba Le Shui Ping teapot is characterised by its full, elegant, and well-proportioned design. It has a steady and balanced structure with a beauty that combines softness and strength, the lines are smooth and aesthetically pleasing, with a rounded body and a long, stright spout that flows naturally. 

Compared to the standard Shui Ping teapot, this model is slightly taller, with a more balanced centre of gravity, making it more comfortable and ergonomic to handle. Named for its resemblance to the guava fruit (Ba Le), the Ba Le Shui Ping teapot features a lively and intriguing design.

The Da Hong Pao clay is one of Red Clay family, which is extremely rare and high density of exquisite quality with a high degree of crystallisation. The clay is from the collection of Huang Yu's family since 90s.  Genuine Yixing glay is a limited natural resource from the Yixing region in Jiangsu Province, known for its unique mineral composition and porous nature.  Families always collect clay not only the preservation of a rare material for future use but also with time, stored clay can mellow and become easier to work with, enhancing its quality for future pottery-making.   

The teapot is extremely well finished which already has the smooth surface and shining looking, over time tea would give the teapot a highly pleasing bright red colour and the tea is soft, smooth and great tasting. 

Only one in stock, so the pot photographed is the pot you will receive.

Please Note:
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Preparation Before Use
Yixing Teapots should be prepared before using the first time. This is called "opening the pot". It removes the dust/sand from firing the teapot.

We recommend rinsing the teapot under warm water two or three times, then wipe gently inside and outside of the pot with a new non-scratch sponge scourer to remove sediment trapped in the unglazed clay. 

Then, filling the teapot with boiling water, wait for 10 minutes, empty the pot; repeat one more time, the new Yixing teapot is ready for use.

Daily cleaning and seasoning

Empty the leaves after each use, rinse with boiling water, drain, wipe water away with clean soft cloth, and then lid off, place the body upside, let it air dry for one or two days. 

Do not ever use any detergent or soap than water to clean the pot. 

Do not let the potcome into contact with other strong smell such as cooking fume, cigarette smoke, perfume.