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Yixing Zisha Teapot Xishi-240ml

$165.00 AUD

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Yixing Zisha Teapot — Xi Shi, Da Hong Pao (Red Clay)

Other Name：Yixing Teapot, Zisha, Purple Clay Teapot,紫砂壶, 紫砂壺, 宜兴紫砂, 宜興紫砂, 红泥壶, 红泥壺, 大红袍红泥, 西施壶, 西施壺

Specifications

Shape	Xi Shi
Clay	Da Hong Pao (Red Clay / Hong Ni) — genuine Yixing Zisha
Craft	Semi-handmade by Yixing artisans
Capacity	240ml (Large)
Best for	Fragrant Oolong and Black tea

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. At 500ml, this is our largest sharing pot.

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

This teapot's clay: Da Hong Pao (Hong Ni / Red Clay)

A dense, fine red clay that concentrates and lifts aroma and heats quickly — best for high-aroma teas such as Tie Guan Yin, Wuyi rock Oolong and Phoenix Dan Cong. Because zisha takes on a tea's character over time, the tradition is one pot, one tea.

About the Xi Shi shape

Xi Shi is one of the most classic zisha shapes — round, full and softly outlined, named after the legendary Chinese beauty Xi Shi; Da Hong Pao is an exclusive red clay with only limited natural reserves, firing to a stunning scarlet with the prized pear-skin surface. Also known as a purple sand teapot.

Best tea for a Da Hong Pao Red Clay Teapot

As a Da Hong Pao red-clay pot, it shines with high-aroma teas. Pair it with a fragrant Oolong — Tie Guan Yin, Wuyi rock tea or Phoenix Dan Cong — or an aromatic Black tea. Keep steeps short and quick to catch the aroma at its best.

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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