it's great that you made this video, 'cause Chaozhou red clay tea pots really needed to be known by more people. they are in reasonable price and good to use.

Wonderful and fascinating. Just binge watching and taking notes. Thank you so much Don!

Another great video, Don. Love it when you talk about teaware. It's an essential part of the tea journey. Keep it up! Hopefully you'll make some more videos on this subject, including yunnanese jianshui clay as well. I'm already looking forward for the video discussing ideal shapes for certain teas. Lovely pots in this one as well! I was absolutely amazed by the 7th and 3rd. I adore polygonal spouts so much :)

Wow, that second pot is absolutely gorgeous. I mean, they're all beautiful, but something about the style in that one really speaks to me.

wonderful! I love small tea pots. Im looking foward to your video on pots for different teas.

That was a great video! Thanks Don for the detailed informational!

GREAT vid, Don! Thanks for the lessons!

Allo p'tit minou!! Loved this video! And I have to say xishi is also my favourite shape. Something so beautiful about it.

This is so lovely, great video Don! :) Haven't experimented with different teaware materials much, but can imagine the clay tea pot will make a huge difference compared to the porcelain, as the latter has so much less flavour of its own. It's important to ensure that if using porcelain, it has no lead in it though, as studies have shown that's a majour contributor to heavy metals in your tea that people are so worried about! Yulia X

Very interesting information. Can't wait to hear more about different shapes of pots. My favorite one was second from the end - the most flat one - so cute :) From my own pots I did recognized that not all of them influence the tea in similar way. Some have very little effect, some from beginning have a big impact. What I also picked up is that after using my Shu Pu Erh pot for quite a long time - it really started to brew so nice tea that even a relatively low quality pu erhs get a really nice, round body when brewed in it. I drink so much of pu erhs that really don;t want to always go through most fancy stuff so I'm very happy that tea pot is making the everyday tea so much more special :)

These look gorgeous

Thank you for being a great teacher

I wonder if you could make a list for general tea recommendations for either clay versus porcelain versus glass? I’ve noticed you mentioned certain teas are better prepared in different tea ware. Thanks, love the channel!

and here I thought I wouldn't buy myself another pot for a while, but nooo, you must have posted those beauties, and now I need them! :D I just hope they won't be too expensive. Even though I don't mind paying for a good pot, I need to eat as well. ;)

oh... getting pretty geeky now. I love it.

These are incredible. Some day!

Very interesting! Thanks a lot!

I love these teapots. Are you planning on getting anymore of these? I see currently your website says you are out of stock.

Awesome video as always Don! Keep up the good work, learned something new again :) One question: I wanted to get myself a pot purely for Wuyi oolongs. Which clay and shape could you recommend for them :)?

Excellent video, Don. How does Jianshui compare to Chaozhao and Yixing? To what teas is it best suited?

Hi Don. Any incoming video on 潮州 teapot seasoning method? Your collection must be amazing :D

You should make a video comparing the taste of the smaller 105 ml pot with the larger one for dancong

Mei leaf is there anyway I could get a pot like pot #2 that pot just looks amazing with that handle thank you in advance, the website looks amazing as well

Where did you get the stand\boat that the tea pots are sitting on???

Could you make a video about japanese teapots? To be more specific the difference between yixing clay and tokoname clay and how it affects the tea. Oh and a video about reduction fired and oxidation fired teapots. That would be awesome! :)

Does the bowl used to display the pots at the beginning of the video have a name?

I have mostly Japanese cast iron teapots in my collection. I started it when visited Japan Town in San Francisco. They were very expensive. How do they compare to Chinese clay pots?

Could you do a video dedicated to Japanese teas and Japanese brewing styles?

Hi Don. Very informative video. :-) The last teapot from Master Wu is really beautiful. You said in the video that the 120ml is slightly too big and 100ml would be the right size. Would the 100ml be the perfect size for having gongfu style tea by a single person? Or is the size perfect for two? In other words what would be the right size for a teapot for two people and what for a single person?

Mei Leaf Would #3 cost about the same as the one in the shop?

Porosity. In my assumption I would say that a polished metal filter vs a rough metal filter would have the same porosity. Meaning there's no way to find out the porosity of yixing vs chaozhou unless you have a microscope and find out how much pores you actually have. Even though there are differences within the chaozhou pots. On the other hand the minerals and the electrons in each minerals in the clay may have a bigger impact than the porosity. Would be great to see if there was a way to measure the minerals lost from the tea itself and minerals that were infused from the clay. Really love the pots! Did not know about red clay/chaozhou pots until now!

Dear Don, could you give us some insights to how you store your (loose leaf) teas? so far there was only a post on the cakes, and i think a lot of people would be interested. and could you tell me what this ceramic spillage bowl/plate in the you put the pots on is called? best wishes, markus.

How do you feel about brewing over and over and filling up that silver/black thermos pitcher with tea and then pouring the tea out throughout the day, vs keeping just boiling water in and doing infusions throughout the hours? Assuming of course that someone like myself is more interested in the drinking rather than the actual making process. My gut tells me not only would brewing over and over to get it done be quicker and more efficient but I can ensure the water is still at boiling or almost boiling temperature (pu-erh) rather than eventually brewing with lower temperature as the hours go by?

Hello! How does yellow clay affect the flavor? I have a yi xing yellow clay pot, but haven't tried any other types - so I have nothing to compare with really. Should I notice a difference if I go and get myself a zi sha pot?

Don, in your experience, how would you say Jian Shui pottery compares to Yixing and Chaozhou?

Are you gonna order some Alladin’s lamp pot again? 🙏

Also, is that a OnePlus 3/3T that you are using to control the camera?

Are the shipping costs going to change?/ Will it be possible to choose different shipment options?

I'd love one of these, but would be terrified about the seasoning process - is that unfounded? I guess they've been in the kiln at five times the temperature of boiling water, and you would be pouring near boiling water into them to make tea, but still.

I love your Teaboat, where can I buy one? :)

What's the bowl thingo you're putting the pots on ?

1. There is no description/picture on the type of filter used for the teapot. 2. For a Gaiwan it's relatively easy to control steeping times for dan cong because you can pour our the contents within a second, however it is certainly not the case for teapots such as the Chaozhou and Yixing. I usually just start pouring early whilst others have thrown out the first and last part of the pour. What would you recommend?

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

tan ming sung Excellent points and we will put up some pictures of the filter on our website tomorrow. For totally full leaf we find that the pour is fast enough and there is no need for the middle pour method but if the leaf is a little broken then we usually discard the last seconds of the pour.

Need a video that's more a straight suggestion one that just says for each kind of tea what type of clay or teaware has the most persuasive use

that 2nd to last one would work well for purple bud

is Mei Leaf, 美 leaf?

Will the new website have currency exchange?

@mrcvry

7 жыл бұрын

Including taxes would be nice! 😉

I am so jelly

I don't have Instagram but I want to #5. I win if the pot is tuned to an A note)) Great sound and shape. Is it a 100ml too?

Hi Dan, love your video as always.. Is it possible to use in one ChaoZhou teapot: Dancong, Taiwan Oolongs like high mountain and Tie Guan Yie ? Thanks a lot...

@MeiLeaf

5 жыл бұрын

Sure you can mix things up. We made another video 'which teas work in clay' discussing creating an all-star pot for various tea types

@ferdinandludo8851

5 жыл бұрын

@@MeiLeaf - thanks for the reply Dan.. Appreciate it. Yes, saw that video a few times.. Very informative... in the future can you do a video on the appropriate teapot sizes for 1 person, 2 person, etc.. Or have i missed this video ? Thanks again!

Hi Don, did you change the steeping times for Gong Fu Brewing that are on the individual teas on your website? Got a batch of dragon pearl jasmin in front of me on the package it says 1st Infusion 5 seconds and on your website it says 25 secounds, generally the 1st infusion steeping times for gong fu brewing seem pretty high on your new website. Is there a reason behind that?

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

Yes we have been re-testing all the steeping times on the guides and we have extended a lot of the ball rolled teas but please brew as you wish, these are starting guidelines.

hey Don thank you for yet another great video. I have notes that in quite a few of your videos you have been using the tea plate or tray that you are also using in this one. I think it is really beautiful, and been wondering what it is called, if there is any tradition or history behind it, how and why it is used, and if and where I can purchase one? thank you again

@MeiLeaf

7 жыл бұрын

The tea tray is our own product called the Gong Fu Guru which you can buy at meileaf.com/teaware/gong-fu-guru-set/ This is water catcher useful during tea sessions as it allows you to brew freely and pour away tea - watch the tutorial at kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYul27p-eqjYfrA.html

@niklasebbe3887

7 жыл бұрын

I am not talking about the gong fu guru ( I already bought one of those, and very happy with it). I am talking about the specific one that you are using in this video, to put the pots on every time you are talking about them ?

@markuspohle3693

7 жыл бұрын

have you found out yet? i am also searching for this kind of spillage bowl/plate.

@niklasebbe3887

7 жыл бұрын

I found that it is called af tea boat

@markuspohle3693

7 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot!

Could you tell me, wehre you bought the brown yixing clay teapot, thats shown in the video? :-)

@MeiLeaf

5 жыл бұрын

They are from our shop at meileaf.com

the pictures are closer more viewable on the side camera. just FYI

If I had the money, I'd buy all of them

Have you ever tried a chaozhou red clay teapot alongside a similarly high-fired hongni yixing pot? That would seem the most like-for-like comparison to me, although this is a perilous rabbit-hole of a topic. Beware all ye who enter here haha.

Would be nice if you would try some herbal "teas" although a tea head wouldn't consider them being tea in meaning of the word. Or are you not into the world of herbals? Would love to hear from you!

@someonerandom256

7 жыл бұрын

McConvincing I would assume he is very knowledgeable about herbal teas from a medicinal standpoint, given his background. I know that to me personally, I am only interested in herbal teas for treatment, rather than for enjoyment.

@mcconvincingi8045

7 жыл бұрын

What is his background?

@someonerandom256

7 жыл бұрын

His father was a famous expert in Chinese medicine.

@rolandapruitt2548

7 жыл бұрын

McConvincing i and mother was an educator

"I'm conscious of time." Haha. No, you're not but that's why we love you.

I love your nerd face

there are really too much bad made and fake yixing teapot... impossible to buy one in confidence. it is really a pity

@MeiLeaf

6 жыл бұрын

Agree. Chaozhou is more reliable in clay sourcing.

@ronnieboomboom2040

6 жыл бұрын

yes, and quality is pretty the same ;-) That's why these teapot is my target

hot diggity pot number 2

@TraveltheRedRoad

7 жыл бұрын

also pot number 3

@TraveltheRedRoad

7 жыл бұрын

...allofthem

Nice toy to have wife factor to consider. ;)

Do you think it would be possible to streamline your videos? I bet the content is really interesting, but I don't have 45 minutes to sit through them, so I miss most of it. Thank you.

@Utkuak

7 жыл бұрын

feedback loop We are talking about tea education. Those who are genuinely interested WILL watch the videos in full - either in one go or in parts as they have the time. If the enthusiasm to learn as much as possible isn't there, catering to that audience is pointless.

One should watch videos 100% before voting thumbs up or thumbs down. Otherwise somebody like Trump gets elected. :-)

Tea taste affect by Chinese labor which not clean arm after pee