Category: Tea Pots

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Owl’s New Silver Teapot from Yunnan Sourcing

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Years back, I borrowed two silver teapots. With those pots, I did plenty of testing to see what teas tasted best in silver teapots. Eventually, I returned those teapots and made do with a silver tea cup and my silver gaiwan. Thankfully, silver teacups also influence the tea’s taste. I never bought my very own silver teapot as they tend to be: Yunnan Sourcing finally dropped some small silver teapots in the 50ml to 100ml range. In the past, they have had plenty of 120ml, but that is still too big for me. I quickly sniped a 100ml Persimmon Silver… Continue reading, hoot!

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Umi Tea Sets’ Teapot and Shou Mei

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One popular site for teaware sets is Umi Tea Sets. They got practical tea sets, silver, miniature, novelty, but also loose leaf teas. Umi Tea Sets sent me one of their lovely teapots as well as a Shou Mei, so let’s get the whole set up a test run. Umi Tea Sets Teapot This cute lotus pot has a 150ml capacity and ergonomic kyusu design. I am left-handed and these right-handed kyusu pots tend to end in disaster for me, but the side lid knob that is offset makes it easier for me to get the right angle to pour,… Continue reading, hoot!

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Comparing Silver Teapot to Silver Teacup and Regular Teaware

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From my previous experiments, I found silver teaware produces an effect to change the taste of tea, especially with sheng, black, and funky teas. Silver cuts down the bitterness and other harsh elements such as over roasting, funky storage. The effect also works with silver-lined teacups. Silver teapots are expensive, usually at least $300, but a silver teacup is priced around $50 (sometimes as low as $20). That said, we are going to compare a silver pot to a silver cup and why not mix it up with silver on silver action too. Comparison Tasting Method I am using a… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teaware Tea Owl Tuesday – Pocket Pipe Kyusu from Teaware.House

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This Teaware Tea Owl Tuesday is the Pocket Pipe Kyusus from Teaware.House. I own three of them out of the 8 options available. The one I use the most is the Black Magda. These little guys clock in at 70ml. The coloured ones are unglazed inside, whereas the white Ruyao one has a glazed interior. I like these little pots. They aren’t hard to pour despite being a left-hander pouring a right-handed pot, but also the Black Magda teapot pours fast like at around 5 seconds. What is most appealing is the size and price. I’ve taken this teapot on… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teaware Tea Owl Tuesday – Crimson Lotus Tea’s Budget Jianshui Bian Xishi Teapot

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This was one of those teaware purchases I didn’t think about, I just pulled the trigger as I knew these teapots would sell out fast. Crimson Lotus Tea briefly sold Budget Jianshui Zitao teapots back in 2018. These teapots are “seconds” so the price was slashed due to the imperfections of the teapot. I talked to Crimson Lotus Tea afterwards, and there were issues like the spout wasn’t aligned and other blips. The kind of thing if you paid that $120 and spotted, you might make a fuss about. I snagged the Matte black Bian Xishi style. In retrospect, I… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teaware Tea Owl Tuesday – Kitchenables Ceylon Glass Teapot

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Today’s piece of teaware is Kitchenables’ Ceylon Glass Teapot. The first impression is this glass teapot is perfect for a crowd of thirsty tea drinkers. Kitchenables Ceylon Glass Teapot Specs 40oz / 1200ml Size Hand Blown Borosilicate Glass Stainless Steel Removable Fine Mesh Filter and Lid Stovetop safe Dishwasher safe Comes with a hot pad I quite like the tall skinny profile of the Kitchenables Ceylon Glass Teapot. It looks modern and a bit different than the typical glass teapot. Pros Tight fitting parts – The lid, filter, and teapot snap on and off with ease. There is no rattling… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teaware Tea Owl Tuesday – Bitterleaf Tea’s White Jianshui Zitao Shipiao Teapot

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I seem to have a collection of awesome performance jianshui clay teapots. First up is Bitterleaf Tea’s White Jianshui Zitao Purple Clay mini teapot in Shipiao shape. As per Bitterleaf Tea, “Each of these teapots are made from 100% Jianshui zitao purple clay. Although it’s called purple clay, zitao is actually considered a 5 colour clay, consisting of purple, red, white, yellow and green/cyan. These pots are made from naturally occurring white clay.” I purchased this clay teapot mostly due to the fast pour time of 4-5 seconds and perfect size of 95ml. At the time I was in hunt… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teaware Tea Owl Tuesday – Bitterleaf Tea Sugarbomb Left-handed Kyusu

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Bitterleaf Tea’s teaware moves fast. It seems like they only have a piece or two of each variant of their product listing. Once that mass email gets sent out, the teaware disappears. I’ve had tea pets disappear out of my cart in less than an hour. That said, heck is Owl gonna talk about a teapot that obviously you can’t get your hands on? Because I like this teapot. This is the Bitterleaf Tea’s Sugarbomb Left-handed Kyusu teapot. It is 90ml. Regular readers might know that I am left-handed. I will buy anything left handed because they are rare finds… Continue reading, hoot!

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Teaware TeaOwl Tuesday – Blue Clay Teapot with White Teas

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Welcome to Teaware TeaOwl Tuesday! Today I want to talk about one of my favourite teapots that I get questions about – Oolong Owl’s blue clay teapot. I have seasoned it to white teas. This little teapot has been a surprise favourite. I purchased it years ago at my first World Tea Expo, paying a wholesale price for a single pot. It is blue. Sometimes it is hard to tell, as the camera likes to shift it black. I have no idea what this clay is. It is thick walled, tight dense appearance, and retains heat like crazy. It is… Continue reading, hoot!

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Sunday Tea Hoots 39 – Anniversary Octopus Teapot

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April 13th was my 5th wedding anniversary to my Tea Hating Husband. Both this year and the day we got married landed on a Friday, haha! I didn’t receive wood or silver, which are the traditional anniversary gifts (who makes that stuff up?), I got an octopus teapot. From afar, it looks more like a work of art than a teapot. Before I was a big owl obsessed person, I quite like octopi as they are tasty and strange looking. Admittedly, it functionally is a questionable as the lid is small so it is hard to add tea leaves or clean. The… Continue reading, hoot!