Tea time!

When is it not time for tea?

This is a small teapot designed for gong fu tea brewing. This is the Chinese practice where you use a relatively large amount of tea leaves and brew for short periods (30 seconds to 1 minute, typically). YouTube can educate you more fully on this. Brewing this way definitely gets the best flavor out of your tea leaves.

I could go on all day about tea, but I’ll spare you. I’ll just tell you about the clay and firing that made this pot.

This teapot was fired in a small wood kiln at Pleasant Hill Pottery. I introduced charcoal during the cooling of the kiln. It produced some spectacular but subtle results on the base porcelain clay. The underside of this teapot is really beautiful. The pictures and video here don’t really capture it. The clay feels like polished stone.

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Dimensions: Approximately 1.5” tall x 4.25” wide

It holds 95ml.

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My pots are microwave, dishwasher and oven safe. I make them with stoneware clay and fire until they’re vitrified, around 2350°F.

If a pot you like is sold out, just email me and I can make you a similar one! I also take commissions of all sorts; please email me if you have an idea.

I ship with USPS and UPS and send tracking information after sending each order.

I ship internationally; it’s no problem, but it may require a little extra postage. It’s hard to estimate as it changes from country to country. For these international orders, I will contact you if there is a discrepancy between what you pay and the actual cost. 

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See the short video below of me handling this pot…