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Yixing Purple Clay Teapot

Updated : 2018-04-20
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Yixing Purple Clay Teapot
Yixing Purple Clay Teapot. [Photo provided to chinadaily.fcom.cn]

Yixing Purple Clay Teapot
Tools for Yixing Purple Clay Teapot. [Photo provided to chinadaily.fcom.cn]

The city of Yixing has a pottery-making history of more than 2,400 years, with the Yixing purple clay teapot being the most famous one. Just like that you'd like to pick out several pieces of porcelain in Jingdezhen , you wouldn't leave without having a look at the purple clay teapots when you come to Wuxi.

Purple clay is a kind of pottery without being glazed. Surprisingly, when people use the purple clay teapot to make tea, the teapot will not only maintain tea aroma but also keep its color, smell and taste for a long time.

As the purple clay teapot can absorb the smell and taste of tea , the longer it is used, the mellower the tea tastes. Therefore, the purple clay teapot becomes a favorite tea set for tea tasters.

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