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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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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!