Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini
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Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Raw Purple Clay)-110ml Mini

$217.80 AUD
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Yixing Zisha Teapot — Eggplant, Black Star Purple Clay

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

 

Specifications
Shape Eggplant (Qie Gua) — rounded gourd form
Clay Black Star Purple Clay (a black-speckled variety of Zi Ni) — genuine Yixing Zisha
Craft Semi-handmade by Yixing artisans
Capacity 110ml (Mini)
Best for Almost any tea — Pu-erh, Oolong, Black, Green

 

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

 

This teapot's clay: Black Star Purple Clay

Black Star Purple Clay is a variety of purple clay (Zi Ni) with an even more open, breathable body — a versatile all-rounder that brings out flavour without stealing aroma and holds heat well. Best for almost any tea. 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.

 

About Black Star Purple Clay

Black Star Purple Clay belongs to the purple clay (Zi Ni) family, but carries more quartz, mica and hematite than ordinary purple clay. Fired at a high 1180–1200°C, the dense hematite grains form fine black flecks across the body — the "black stars" that give the clay its name. The result is a sandy, characterful clay with a well-developed double-pore structure and even better breathability than standard purple clay.

 

Best tea for a Black Star Purple Clay Teapot

As a purple-clay pot, it is a versatile all-rounder — you can brew almost anything and it will not fight the tea. It suits ripened Pu-erh, a roasted Oolong, an aromatic Black tea or a fresh Green tea. 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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