Verdant Tea

Jingdezhen is the ultimate in professional-level tea tasting. This high-fired porcelain is unparalleled, and used at the competition level for the way it shows a tea's truest “highest resolution” flavor, texture and aroma. We are lucky to work with the talented Yong Jing Tang Workshop, where they hand-throw every Jingdezhen piece for perfect precision and hand paint each beautiful adornment. The result is a level of teaware that is hard to even capture in photos, pieces that glow in the light and are a true pleasure to hold and sip from. This set features a hand painted gaiwan, two hand-painted cups and a hand-painted pitcher for an elegant tea set ready to show off the finest teas.

This stunning, vibrant tea set includes a gaiwan and four tasting cups, all meticulously hand-thrown, carefully air-dried, carved down exquisitely thin, high-fired, glazed and re-fired for an exquisite, fully non-reactive tea set ready for professional tasting. The whole set comes in a travel case so you can take your gallery-level Jingdezhen porcelain on the go!

This stunning, vibrant tea set includes a gaiwan and four tasting cups, all meticulously hand-thrown, carefully air-dried, carved down exquisitely thin, high-fired, glazed and re-fired for an exquisite, fully non-reactive tea set ready for professional tasting. The whole set comes in a travel case so you can take your gallery-level Jingdezhen porcelain on the go!

This motif makes use of the stunning contrast between lustrous, nearly glowing white of the Jingdezhen porcelain itself and the deep ocean-blue of the glazing. Each piece is adorned with an abundant wreath, while the gaiwan features spring blooms forming an embroidery-style medallion. Hand-thrown and carved, each of the three pieces of this gaiwan need to be fired individually, and have to come together perfectly, even after shrinking 30-40% in firing- a feat of precision. The high-fired porcelain is fully vitrified and non-reactive, amplifying the aroma of your tea. Pouring with a Jingdezhen gaiwan like this is truly special- the pieces have a feeling in the hand, a balance, unlike anything else.

This gaiwan is inspired by traditional architectural wood carving that might adorn a scholar's studio or garden pavilion. The beautiful motif is entirely hand-painted in meticulous and even detail. Hand-thrown and carved, each of the three pieces of this gaiwan need to be fired individually, and have to come together perfectly, even after shrinking 30-40% in firing- a feat of precision. The high-fired porcelain is fully vitrified and non-reactive, amplifying the aroma of your tea. Pouring with a Jingdezhen gaiwan like this is truly special- the pieces have a feeling in the hand, a balance, unlike anything else.

Almost art-deco in style, this motif is inspires by intricate metalwork that might adorn a formal garden lattice. The bright true white contrasts beautifully with thin deep lines of Jingdezhen blue. This cup was fully handmade- from throwing it on the wheel, to carving it down to a translucent, paper-thin form, to painting every detail. The high-firing vitrifies the porcelain, making it fully non-reactive to amplify the true aroma of your tea.

Breathtaking detail and precision celebrate Jingdezhen’s iconic blue glazing with this gallery-level teacup depicting the first blossoms of spring in a thatched geometric pattern highlighting fields of lighter blue against deep blue. This cup was fully handmade- from throwing it on the wheel, to carving it down to a translucent, paper-thin form, to painting every detail. The high-firing vitrifies the porcelain, making it fully non-reactive to amplify the true aroma of your tea..

The traditional lotus petal motif that surrounds this cup evokes Buddhist iconography and representation of refinement coming from the earth. Fitting, since this translucent, thin, stunning piece was itself refined from “mud,” the secret mixture of minerals that produce fine porcelain under the right heat. Fully hand-thrown, hand carved and hand-painted, this is a teacup to celebrate the very best teas.

The stunning detail work on this fully handmade tea cup truly sets it apart - unique fine motifs inspired by floral embroidery grace this translucently thin Jingdezhen tea cup. The high-fired porcelain amplifies the aromatics of your tea, giving your best brews a cup that makes them feel as special as they are

This fully hand made Jingdezhen porcelain cup and saucer is hand painted in traditional blue and white (qing hua) with red accent. Bats - representing good fortune or (in Buddhism) the five blessings - fly above beautifully rendered crashing waves on both the cup and saucer. The porcelain is fine and lustrous, thin and translucent in the light. Each color in this piece is fired separately at different temperature; to complete the the form and painting of a fully hand made piece like this, it requires the work of many different specialized craftspeople over several days.