Lin's Ceramics Pots in US?
Does anyone know a company or store selling Lin’s Ceramics tea pots in the US? A number of years ago I bought two of their excellent executive tea mug/brewers and fell in love with their beauty and functionality. A friend recently brought back one of their Purion tea pots from Shanghai and now I’m lusting after one.
This is their website if anyone is interested: http://www.aurlia.com.tw/theme.php?lang=en
I know of one American company:
http://www.theteasmith.com/merchant2/LINS.html
And one Canadian company:
http://camellia-sinensis.com/en/teapot?country=TW
you had to post this so now I am in trouble for going to the Teasmith website…. I shall tell my better half to speak to you about this……LOL!!!!! Just kidding got a couple of things I can sneak in under the radar you know.
Hsin-Chuen Lin (林新春) has his own Etsy page! Sounds better than going third-party unless, of course, you’re looking for something in particular that Etsy doesn’t have. Then, it’s great to search at every available vendor – but I would always recommend getting in touch with an artist to pursue a custom order!
Just thought I’d update this for anyone in the future interested. I found the pot I wanted online at a tea store in Canada, Camellia Sinensis. It was even less expensive than elsewhere. It also looks like an awesome tea merchant and so couldn’t help buying some tea as well.
There’s a place locally in LA who has them, but I don’t think they ship.
Lin’s will also do mail order directly.
Okay, I splurged and ordered one. For those of you who already have a Purion teapot, a few questions. Do they need to be or take to seasoning like Yixing? And do you confine it to one type of tea, such us Pu-erh or dark heavily oxidized Oolongs?
Perhaps I should have asked, do you have a teapot or waterkettle, and is the real advantage to Purion not in a teapot, but in using a Purion water kettle to heat the water?
Here is my question to the Lin’s Ceramics users: Will the Purion Teapot absorb tea flavors like a fixing pot?
I’m curious.
It is more of a give-back type of pot, it is a clay formula to which extra minerals are added. I’m guessing iron is one of them, the pots can develop rust. The idea is to enhance the flavor of the tea, added minerals can really take the storage edge off a puerh tea. Especially humid storage or smoky char.
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