130ml Fang Xia - Da Hongni Hexagonal Yixing Teapot Aged Puerh and traditional pine wood roasting

and traditional pine wood roasting -the taste is smooth and very clean

LLLL367 was stored in Hong Kong in the early years and there is a trace of this storage

These cups are in great condition with no chips or cracks though have some small imperfections in the glaze from firing as is normal for this style

It's small group of tall pole trees (gaogan) in the protected forest in Yiwu near Chawangshu and Sanjiazhai

We pressed tea from this farmer back in 2016

130ml Fang Xia - Da Hongni Hexagonal Yixing Teapot Aged Puerh and traditional pine wood roastingAs always, making new shapes of pots takes much longer than expected and this shape and clay has taken longer than most. The shape is based on a Qing Dynasty pot, but the angles and symmetry took time to get right. We also were searching for a new batch of hongni clay for this pot and finally settled on this Da Hongni original ore. Da Hongni's original ore is red in colour (as opposed to the yellow ore before firing of Xiao Hongni). This ore comes