Handmade Yixing purple clay (zisha) teapots from Yixing, Jiangsu, the home of zisha pottery. Choose by clay — Zhuni (vermilion clay), Zini and Tianqing Ni (purple… Read more
About Purple Clay Teapot
Handmade Yixing purple clay (zisha) teapots from Yixing, Jiangsu, the home of zisha pottery. Choose by clay — Zhuni (vermilion clay), Zini and Tianqing Ni (purple clays), Jiangpo Ni or golden Duanni — and by size, from 100 ml pots for one to 250 ml pots for sharing, in classic forms such as Xi Shi, Shi Piao, Pan Hu and De Zhong.
Zisha clay is naturally porous, so a pot seasons with use and rounds out the tea over time. Dense Zhuni keeps aroma clean and bright for young raw pu-erh; Zini and the darker clays suit ripe and aged pu-erh. Tip: keep one pot for raw pu-erh and another for ripe.









