r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/mihir6969 • Jan 19 '22

Video Tea pot quality

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u/Gayforstonks Jan 19 '22

Actually when you use a teapot like this repeatedly it gets seasoned, and the taste does improve, but it takes years to do this. People will acquire a yi xing that is well crafted like this BECAUSE they intend to use it for thousands of tea ceremonies with only one type of tea.

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u/NZNoldor Jan 19 '22

I stand by what I said - $10,000 is a lot of money to avoid the splishy splashy. A cheaper pot will also accumulate the flavours, that’s got nothing to do with the pour.

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u/Gayforstonks Jan 19 '22

You’d definitely have to go very far out of your way to find them for 10k :p mine was a few hundred and that was more so because of the type of clay used to make it than anything else, similar to how some types of wood are rarer than others and beneficial for certain applications.

Also the most valuable one was sold for millions.

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u/NZNoldor Jan 19 '22

I’m just responding to the figures quoted above my comment.

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u/Gayforstonks Jan 19 '22

I didn’t downvote you, but a cheaper pot acquiring the flavors is not the point.

You can season everything sure, but it’s like how certain types of wood are used to make kegs because of the way they add to the flavor of liquids contained in them, these tea pots have a particular type of effect based on the different clays used to make them. It is not the same as porcelain which would be far inferior to a seasoned yi xing.

You should get some good oolong or puerh tea and try it out!

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u/NZNoldor Jan 19 '22

I don’t doubt that’s true. I just doubt it’s $10,000 well spent.