Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml
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Yixing Zisha Teapot Eggplant (Red Clay) -150ml

$184.80 AUD
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Yixing Zisha Teapot — Eggplant, Zi Zhu Ni (Red Clay)

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

 

Specifications
Shape Eggplant (Qie Gua) — rounded gourd form
Clay Zi Zhu Ni (a purple-red variety of Red Clay / Hong Ni) — genuine Yixing Zisha
Craft Semi-handmade by Yixing artisans
Capacity 150–160ml (Small)
Best for Fragrant Oolong, Black tea and Pu-erh

 

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 this pot 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: Zi Zhu Ni (Red Clay)

Zi Zhu Ni is a newer, rare variety of red clay (Hong Ni) — its high iron content fires to a deep red glowing with an inner purple tone. Dense and highly aromatic, it concentrates and lifts fragrance beautifully, and rewards a few sessions of use with a warm, mellow patina. Best for high-aroma teas. 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 Zi Zhu Ni clay

Zi Zhu Ni is a newer clay that has come to attention in recent years. It looks purple-red at a glance, but it is a branch of the red clay (Hong Ni) family — its unusually high iron content gives it a red body with an inner purple glow when fired at around 1080°C. The clay is delicate to work with and shrinks a great deal in the kiln, so finished pots are relatively few, which is part of what makes it special.

 

Best tea for a Zi Zhu Ni Red Clay Teapot

As a Zi Zhu Ni red-clay pot, it shines with high-aroma teas. Pair it with a fragrant Oolong — Taiwan high-mountain tea or Tie Guan Yin — an aromatic Black tea, or a Pu-erh to draw out a deep, rounded brew. 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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