Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Purple Clay)-190ml

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Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Purple Clay)-190ml

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Yixing Zisha Teapot — Eggplant, Zi Ni (Purple Clay)

Other Name:Yixing Zisha Teapot, Zisha, Purple Clay Teapot, 紫砂壶, 紫砂壺, 宜兴紫砂, 宜興紫砂, 紫泥壶，紫泥

Specifications

Shape	Eggplant (Qie Gua) — rounded gourd form
Clay	Zi Ni (Purple Clay) — genuine Yixing Zisha
Craft	Semi-handmade by Yixing artisans
Capacity	190ml (Medium)
Best for	Almost any tea — Pu-erh, Green, Black, Oolong

What size is this teapot? A gongfu size guide

Traditional Yixing gongfu teapots are small by design — you brew a little, steep it many times, and read how the tea changes. Smaller pots are the connoisseur's choice, and often the finer, pricier ones.

Mini	80–120 ml	Solo drinking / savouring aroma
Small	120–160 ml	1–2 people
Medium this pot	160–200 ml	2–3 people
Large / Sharing	200 ml +	Sharing with several people

This teapot's clay: Zi Ni (Purple Clay)

A versatile purple clay with balanced airflow that brings out flavour without stealing aroma, and a body that holds heat well — the easiest, most forgiving all-rounder, and a great choice for beginners who want one pot that brews many teas well. Because zisha takes on a tea's character over time, the tradition is one pot, one tea.

About the Eggplant shape

The Eggplant (Qie Gua) is a soft, rounded gourd-like Yixing zisha teapot form — full-bodied and gently curved, with a lifted spout and a graceful stalk-shaped knob. This one is semi-handmade in Yixing. Also known as a purple sand teapot.

Best tea for a Zi Ni Purple Clay Teapot

As a Zi Ni purple-clay pot, it is a versatile all-rounder — you can brew almost anything and it will not fight the tea, so it is an easy first zisha teapot. It suits ripened Pu-erh, a fresh Green tea, an aromatic Black tea or an Oolong. Following the one-pot-one-tea tradition, keep it for a single type once you choose.

Hand-made vs semi-handmade Yixing Zisha Teapots

Fully hand-made Zisha Teapots involve a long, complex craft, so their prices are naturally very high. Fully machine-made pots sit at the other extreme — mass-produced and, to our eye, without soul.

To find teapots that are a genuine pleasure to use, finely detailed, yet not overly costly, we chose semi-handmade Yixing Zisha Teapots — the body is shaped with the help of a mould, then the details are carved and finished entirely by hand. You keep the refined craftsmanship while the price stays fair. We do not sell fully machine-made teapots.

Whether semi-handmade or fully hand-made, every teapot we carry is made from genuine, natural Yixing Zisha ore clay — nothing artificial in the material.

Explore more in our Yixing Zisha Teapots, or pair it with Chinese Tea Cups and a Gong Fu Tea Tray.

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