(1) Listen. Gently buckle the pot body with the lid, and the sound made by the pottery pot is dull and soft, which can also be said to be low audio; The sound made by the teapot is cool and crisp, which can also be said to be high in audio.
(2) look. Careful observation of the surface of the pot shows that the surface of the clay pot is very delicate, which is a feeling similar to flour; Even a small teapot made of 100 mesh fine sand can distinguish sand particles.
(3) touch. The feeling of playing with clay pots is greasy and slightly sticky; The feeling of playing teapot is lubrication, smoothness and coolness. If you start in winter, you will feel that the surface temperature of the clay pot is higher than that of the teapot, but this can only be felt when you start.
The choice of teapot is related to many aspects, and it is hard to say that it is perfect. Here we can only choose the key points and make a brief analysis.
At present, people generally buy teapot for two purposes, one is collection, and the other is use. The former is mostly aimed at celebrities, good materials and whether they have won prizes, but it is not surprising that a pot is hundreds, hundreds or even millions. And these collectors will have their own.
Collecting experience and experience, here is just a brief introduction to practical friends.
First of all, pay attention to the shape of the teapot when buying it. The importance of vessel types lies in that different types of teapots are suitable for brewing different kinds of tea. Small-mouthed teapots such as Shipiao are suitable for brewing tea such as Tieguanyin which takes a long time, while large-mouthed teapots such as Gufeng are more suitable for brewing Longjing and Robbie.
Tea varieties with shorter brewing time such as spring tea.
Secondly, it is the capacity of the teapot. The choice of capacity mainly depends on the number of people who drink tea at the same time. Take Tieguanyin as an example, the water injection amount of 180-200ml pot can be used by 2-3 people and 4 people. When five or more people often sit together, it is best to prepare a large product of more than 300ml.
It's good.
Third, don't buy pots with too bright colors. There are five kinds of purple sand raw ore colors (another is 10, and here we are still "five-colored soil").
After matching, it can be as many as dozens of colors, plus the color changes brought by different kiln temperatures and the incredible "kiln change", there are hundreds of colors in front of us. However, we can tell you responsibly that even the most vivid vermilion in purple mud is a simple deep red after being fired at a high temperature of 1280 degrees, rather than a brilliant red of glazed porcelain. No matter what kind of teapot gives you a bright color, it must be doped with other chemical components. For example, in a bright green teapot, adding "cobalt" to the mud will make the purple sand appear bright green after high temperature. And this mud will be made into flowers in the shape of plants and melons, such as watermelon pots. Many additives can't be completely decomposed and volatilized at high temperature, and the rest will bring more or less harm to your body.
Finally, look at the practicality of the pot you choose. Teapot can be divided into light goods and flower goods. Light goods refer to pots without too much decoration on the surface of the pot body, and some are just simple shapes on the pot handle. Flower goods refer to pictographic pots made on the basis of natural animal and plant images, which are various and superior.
Very beautiful, as an indoor decoration, very elegant. Because its details are as thin as hair and as thin as silk paper, it is not practical. When choosing light goods as a practical tea-making tool, we should pay attention to: 1, and check whether there are small cracks in the pot body; 2. Whether the water is unobstructed; 3, pot handle, pot twist easy to hold; 4. When the water comes out, at what angle is the lid easy to fall off? The designed teapot will not fall off even if the pot body is tilted vertically by 80 degrees. If you have a list of pot shapes, there is no problem in the above aspects, you can take it home to accompany you for life.
The teapot should be carefully maintained during use. Besides being careful not to bump, you should always pour tea for the teapot. Keep the inside and outside of the teapot clean, and if you have time, you can gently wipe it with cotton cloth, so that your teapot will soon show the color of pearls and jade!