This handmade Yixing teapot happily strays from the traditional design. Made of original mine clay, it features raised dots and fine lines carefully carved with a burin by an expert potter in Yixing. It’s particularly petite in size, yet has a wide opening which makes it easy to add tea leaves. The breathing hole is uniquely hidden on the side of the lid handle creating a clean look from above.

Zhuni is a type of Zisha (紫砂）Clay in Yixing, and it is known for its outstanding performance in creating teapots. The Zhuni teapot makes the taste of tea becomes soft, smooth and the flavor is very long-lasting.

Zhuni clay contains extremely fine particles, therefore it is very sticky and elastic. It also has two distinguish characteristics：
1. Clay is rich in iron
2. Clay contains less percentage of zinc, copper or magnesium.

Zisha (紫砂) clay from Yixing is highly valued because of the porous nature of the clay. As you use it, oils from your tea moisturize the pot, which can in turn season it and enhances the flavor of the tea that you use it with overtime. For this reason, we recommend dedicating your new Yixing teapot to one type of tea only, such as ripe puer, raw puer, oolong, black tea, etc, and never wash it with soap or anything else besides water.

Fully Handmade Little Cutie Zhu Ni Teapot:
Length: 9.3 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Mouth Diameter: 4 cm
Height: 6.5 cm
Volume: 80 ml