Yixing Teapots

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Part of the video series: Using Teapots

Summary: Yixing teapots are designed to brew black and oolong teas that release flavors into the walls of the teapot. Learn to use a yixing teapot with tips from a tea lounge owner in this free tea brewing video.

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Kim Pham Kim Pham co-owns the Kaleisia Tea Lounge in Tampa. She has traveled extensively to cultivate her knowledge of tea, and she has learned the tea supply chain f... read more

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Yixing Teapots

So we have two YiXing teapots here, how do you brew it? YiXing teapots are usually recommended for oolong teas or black, black tea. Usually it's the Puer tea that's best. Because YiXing pots are not glazed on the inside and when you brew the tea, every time you brew it, the teapot absorbs all the flavors and aroma of that tea and with each subsequent brew and every time you use this teapot, you get tea that's a little bit enhanced. And oolong tea, it's also recommended with, you can use this because oolong tea imparts flavors of aroma of orchids and lilac and these teapots will absorb that. So, if you want to use the YiXing, you don't have to worry about using any filter, there's already a filter that's inside these teapots and the tea is put in. You put a concentrated amount, just because you're using so little water and you're infusing it only twenty seconds, thirty seconds at a time, so that your guest is constantly getting replenished with warm or hot tea. And you hold the YiXing teapots like this and there's a little hole at the center, when you put your finger in that hole, it stops the water from coming out. But when you release it and hold it on the side, your tea will come out.

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