Teapot 5oz Chinese Kungfu Tea Red Clay Xishi Beauty Pots Infusers Loose Tea (red sand)

Calling this a yixing pot is understandably laughable, as it is obvious false advertising. The spout dribbles, the lid fits poorly and leaks when you pour, etc. I don't get too much of a nasty clay taste, but it is there. The horible taste this pot cooks into your tea somewhat went away a bit after I boiled it with an oz of spent puerh leaves and let it sit in the soup for a few hours.I really don't understand why sellers feel the need to lie about what these products really are. I bought both colors, and both have the same problems, so I am sure this is not a one-off problem. If I didn't know what I was signing up for with this purchase, I would be mega pissed off for the blatant false advertising. I understand anything close to real would be 10x the price, so I'm not upset.

I wasn't expecting too much considering a good yixing easily goes for $150+. But it was black friday and I like the XiShi style and size so i went for it. Cost me $16 pretax. Delivered quickly and came in a beatup but well padded box completely intact. I gave it a 30 minute bath in boiling temp water (not actively heated to not bump it). Definitely slip cast molded, definitely clay, most likely not yixing clay, and defintely not handmade. Heat retention is good and causes my pu'er to open faster and brew stronger compared to a gaiwan. Pours with a bit of dribble but very solid overall, does not clog in my experience. Lid fit is fairly good, but not perfect, if you cover the air hole and press the lid tightly, it will not flow out. Clay has at least some porosity, but I don't expect it to properly season like a real yixing.Overall, good *clay* pot for starters, 150ml is great single person sized gongfu, good heat retention and decent lid fit + pour, defintely not real yixing clay or handmade but for this price, you couldn't get that even if you went to yixing city in China. buy this pot at the very start and replace with a $100-150 pot from a reputable vendor like bitterleaf, crimsonleafteas, realzisha.com etc after a year or two if you have the money to spare and like the feel of it.

No complain! Affordable. Works very well. Perfect small size

It's a tiny pot. Very attractive, and functional. My issues are that it's smaller than the 150ml, as described, and the short spout causes water to run down the front.

Terracotta pot. Might be good as a planter

Great gongfu tea pot

Much smaller that 5 oz. Dribbles horribly when pouring.

nothing fancy, you get what you paid for. raw material is not good zisha, which should be sand alike and this is more clay-alike. good thing is no smell, bad part is the tea will leak quite a lot from the lid when pouring. you do need a traditional tea tray to work with this. I have quite a few pots and understand the lid can not be airtight, leaking happens in traditional tea procedures however this is a little bit of excessive.