Verdant Tea

This adorable hand-painted teacup celebrates the fun and wild side of tea with a friendly cartoon dinosaur, drawn by our friends at Peng Hua Qing Yuan studio in Dehua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. The pattern may be playful, but the cup is high-fired porcelain, perfect for bringing out deep aromatics in every tea!

The pig is a symbol of auspicious abundance, and this adorable cartoon teatime companion is ready for all your best brews. Hand-painted by our friends at Peng Hua Qing Yuan studio in Dehua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. The pattern may be playful, but the cup is high-fired porcelain, perfect for bringing out deep aromatics in every tea!

The rabbit is a symbol of luck, and this teatime companion rabbit is ready to make every brew session as lucky as can be! Hand-painted by our friends at Peng Hua Qing Yuan studio in Dehua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. The pattern may be playful, but the cup is high-fired porcelain, perfect for bringing out deep aromatics in every tea!

This happy whale will be even happier swimming in your best teas! Hand-painted by our friends at Peng Hua Qing Yuan studio in Dehua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. The pattern may be playful, but the cup is high-fired porcelain, perfect for bringing out deep aromatics in every tea!

This handy gongfu tea tool opens a whole new world in tea brewing. A strainer is traditionally used in gongfu tea ceremony to catch leaves from your gaiwan or yixing clay teapot while pouring into a pitcher. It can also be used to catch leaves when you steep more improvisationally, allowing you to use two tempered glasses or even mugs for brewing tea. This strainer does not use a metal or plastic mesh, but rather a extremely fine array of holes directly in the porcelain.

This mini tea caddy is perfect for presenting 5-7g of your very favorite tea, either for travel, to gift to friends and family, or for saving a few steepings of a tea you love before it runs out. Elegant on a shelf or gift box, this caddy is made of fine Dehua porcelain and screws shut to keep out air and light. Hand-painted with crimson bamboo by the artists at Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio.

This beautiful and fine porcelain cup draws on the Song Dynasty tradition of objects of scholarly contemplation with a subtle gnarled piece of wood in relief, a nod to the curious natural objects that were inspirational in the Song Dynasty studio. It is no small feat to achieve porcelain this thin while still featuring a relief that glows translucent in the light, accented with a fully hand-painted pine bough motif, fluid and expressive against the white porcelain. This piece is fully vitrified and non-reactive, meaning it fully amplifies the tea’s natural aromatics, making it perfect for serious tasting.

This beautiful and fine porcelain cup draws on the Song Dynasty tradition of objects of scholarly contemplation with a subtle gnarled piece of wood in relief, a nod to the curious natural objects that were inspirational in the Song Dynasty studio. It is no small feat to achieve porcelain this thin while still featuring a relief that glows translucent in the light, accented with a fully hand-painted bamboo motif fired in both blue and green, fluid and expressive against the white porcelain. This piece is fully vitrified and non-reactive, meaning it fully amplifies the tea’s natural aromatics, making it perfect for serious tasting.

This striking cup features a hand-painted motif of delicate bamboo swaying in the wind. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. The red brushwork is an elegant contrast to the white, and an evocative reference to the bamboo groves that grow alongside tea in the mountains of Fujian.

This impressive cup features a peaceful hand-painted scene highlighting a secret tea pavilion in the mountains. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. The brushwork on this piece shows off the artist's skill at both detail in the pavilion itself, and gestural washes and abstraction on the rock face and cherry blossoms.

Gongfu tea is a celebration of abundance, and this cup evokes that feeling of nature’s abundance beautifully with a hand-painted pomegranate tree full of fruit and blossoms. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. Striking detail in the brushwork around the branches is matched with a beautiful dream-like quality in the pink of the fruit itself, showing off the artist’s skill.

Classical Chinese porcelain motifs were all about the deep blue brushwork, with early blue glaze being the best color to survive the intense heat of the kiln. This cup evokes that classical style with an elegant hand-painted pomegranate tree. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. Striking detail in the brushwork around the branches is matched with a beautiful dream-like quality in the blue of the fruit itself, showing off the artist’s skill.

Thin, fine and lustrous, this delicate cup’s tall shape and thin edge help to accentuate aroma and aerate tea as you sip. The classic blue and white landscape motif was meticulously hand-painted by Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio in De Hua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. The fine brushwork of a detailed pattern like this take years of practice, a good eye and a steady hand.

Delicate lustrous porcelain is accented with cherries and a little bunny rabbit, white contrasting with a pink glaze exterior. This hand-painted cup shows off the sensibilities of our friends at Peng Hua Qing Yuan studio. The taller shape is perfect for concentrating aromatics for teas like Tieguanyin, Wuyi oolong, green tea or jasmine, and the white makes for a perfect contrast to the color of your tea.

This dream-like, abstract hand-painted tea cup from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off their masterful, gestural painting skills and the depth of color contrast they achieve between lustrous white porcelain and traditional blue glaze. Their inspiration point was the enveloping feeling of the aromatic steam that rises from the cup and catches the light in misty waves. Their high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain work brings out the deepest aromatics in your tea.

The adorable daisies adorning this tea cup against rich warm grey evoke a vintage 1960’s style with lush rich brushstrokes and deep greens. The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their mastery with such extensive hand painting work, against the backdrop of a high-fired, fully-vitrified tea cup perfect for reflecting the aromatics of any tea.

Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio takes their cat theme seriously, depicting the lounging cat on this gongfu tea cup with the same level of detail and gestural beauty that they would put into a traditional landscape or floral motif. The cups shows a cat relaxing in a pile of flower petals. The porcelain itself is carefully shaped on a lathe and hand smoothed and polished before high temperature firing that yields full vitrification for a non-reactive surface that amplifies and reflects aromatics.

Hand-Painted tea storage caddy from the artists of Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio, perfect for storing 25g-50g of your favorite tea to keep out on your tea table or on your tea display shelf. Any tea tastes better when you scoop it out of a beautiful jar like this one, made from high-fired Dehua porcelain with a tight-fitting lid to protect your fresh teas from air and light. This jar is hand painted with auspicious gourds as a symbol of abundance.

Hand-Painted tea storage caddy from the artists of Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio, perfect for storing 25g-50g of your favorite tea to keep out on your tea table or on your tea display shelf. Any tea tastes better when you scoop it out of a beautiful jar like this one, made from high-fired Dehua porcelain with a tight-fitting lid to protect your fresh teas from air and light. This jar is hand painted with ripe persimmons as a symbol of abundance.

This thin, fine and lustrous porcelain strainer was meticulously hand-painted by Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio in De Hua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. The fine brushwork of a detailed pattern like this take years of practice, a good eye and a steady hand. The strainer is uniquely made from fine hotels in the porcelain itself, not a plastic mesh, making the whole piece more durable.

This dream-like, abstract hand-painted pitcher from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off their masterful, gestural painting skills and the depth of color contrast they achieve between lustrous white porcelain and traditional blue glaze. Their inspiration point was the enveloping feeling of the aromatic steam that rises from the pitcher and catches the light in misty waves. Their high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain work brings out the deepest aromatics in your tea.

This dream-like, abstract hand-painted porcelain tea strainer from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off their masterful, gestural painting skills and the depth of color contrast they achieve between lustrous white porcelain and traditional blue glaze. Their inspiration point was the enveloping feeling of the aromatic steam that rises from the tea set and catches the light in misty waves. Their high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain is completely non-reactive and perfect to show off a true sense of any tea. The strainer is uniquely made from fine hotels in the porcelain itself, not a plastic mesh, making the whole piece more durable.

This thin, fine, lustrous porcelain features a meticulously hand painted pine bough in incredible detail. The modern sleek shape is perfect for any gongfu set up, and the fully-vitrified non-reactive high fired porcelain amplifies the aromatics of any tea you pour from it, perfect for serious and contemplative tasting.

This thin, fine, lustrous porcelain features a meticulously hand painted bamboo motif in incredible detail, fired in both traditional blue and deep green for a stunning two tone effect. The modern sleek shape is perfect for any gongfu set up, and the fully-vitrified non-reactive high fired porcelain amplifies the aromatics of any tea you pour from it, perfect for serious and contemplative tasting.

The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their skill with stunning, highly stylized persimmons, hand-glazed in the style of screen paintings, with each persimmon’s sculptural shape captured in their brushwork. The deep rich orange contrasts with classic porcelain blue for a deeply traditional old-school effect. The highly-vitrified, high-fired porcelain is non-reactive, meaning it shows off each tea's true aromatics. The cup’s tall shape concentrates the aroma of your tea even more, showing off teas like oolong especially gracefully.

This thin lustrous gaiwan shows off the implements of an ancient scholar’s studio, complete with tea tools, and natural objects of contemplation. The scene is a reminder of tea culture’s long–spanning history and the roots of modern gongfu. The red-orange accents show off the lovely bright-white porcelain, perfect for amplifying the color and aromatics of your tea.

These adorable hand-painted teacup friends are ready to join you for tea! This fun tea cup set features one of each cartoon friend - a dinoasaur, a pig, a rabbit, and a whale - drawn by our friends at Peng Hua Qing Yuan studio in Dehua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. The patterns may be playful, but each cup is high-fired porcelain, perfect for bringing out deep aromatics in every tea!

Delicate hand-painted flowers adorn this high-fired fine porcelain teapot from Peng Hua Qing Yuan Studio. Shaped to be a versatile pot for any kind of tea, and fired to bring out deep aromatics, this pot is turned on a lathe with final fitting and smoothing done entirely by hand. The pot lid is attached with a braided string for safety, and the spout is fitted with strainer holes so that you can pour straight from the pot into cups without the use of a strainer.

Gongfu tea is a celebration of abundance, and this pitcher evokes that feeling of nature’s abundance beautifully with a hand-painted pomegranate tree full of fruit and blossoms. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. Striking detail in the brushwork around the branches is matched with a beautiful dream-like quality in the pink of the fruit itself, showing off the artist’s skill.

Classical Chinese porcelain motifs were all about the deep blue brushwork, with early blue glaze being the best color to survive the intense heat of the kiln. This pitcher evokes that classical style with an elegant hand-painted pomegranate tree. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. Striking detail in the brushwork around the branches is matched with a beautiful dream-like quality in the blue of the fruit itself, showing off the artist’s skill.

This essential gongfu kit includes a gaiwan, pitcher and strainer to kickstart your gongfu tea brewing adventures. Pair with your own favorite cups suited to your style. The simple gaiwan at the heart of this set is a pleasure to hold and use, perfectly sized for tea tasting, while the glass pitcher is a high-quality tempered piece that can double as a brewer for green teas. This kit is designed to be an accessible entry point into gongfu style brewing.

This bright, airy and elegant gaiwan is hand-painted by the Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio. The lustrous, high-fired porcelain brings out a tea’s natural aromatic beauty, and shows off the color of the leaves as they unfold. The classic blue painting inside the gaiwan itself is a surprise until you take off the lid, revealing a traditional lotus pond motif. The lid of the gaiwan itself is curved and shaped to double as a bonus tasting cup for solo brewing.

The cool, celadon-inspired finish on this hand-painted porcelain gaiwan serves as a beautiful contrast to the floral spring motif. The gestural, fine painting work shows off Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio’s skill and technique. The spring flowers are a surprise until you take off the lid, revealing a traditional lotus pond motif. The lid of the gaiwan itself is curved and shaped to double as a bonus tasting cup for solo brewing.

The adorable daisies adorning this gaiwan against rich warm grey evoke a vintage 1960’s style with lush rich brushstrokes and deep greens. The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their mastery with such extensive hand painting work, against the backdrop of a high-fired, fully-vitrified gaiwan perfect for reflecting the aromatics of any tea.

The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their skill with beautiful, highly stylized persimmons. This gaiwan is hand-painted in the style of screen paintings, with each persimmon’s sculptural shape captured in their brushwork. The deep rich orange contrasts with classic porcelain blue for a deeply traditional old-school effect. The highly-vitrified, high-fired porcelain is non-reactive, allowing it to show off each tea's true aroma.

The Peng Yuan Studio creates thin and lustrous porcelain in De Hua, one of China’s ancient porcelain capitols. This taller gaiwan shape is well-designed and easy to pour. The classic blue and white landscape motif is entirely hand-painted. A pattern as detailed as this landscape takes years of practice, a good eye and a steady hand. Such highly vitrified porcelain is almost completely non-reactive so the aroma of your tea can be as true as possible.

This dream-like, abstract hand-painted gaiwan from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off their masterful, gestural painting skills and the depth of color contrast they achieve between lustrous white porcelain and traditional blue glaze. Their inspiration point was the enveloping feeling of the aromatic steam that rises from the gaiwan and catches the light in misty waves. Their high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain work brings out the deepest aromatics in your tea.

This full set shows off all the tea implements of an ancient scholars studio with scenes that connect modern gongfu to its old-school traditions including calligraphy tools, natural objects of contemplation and of course tea pots. The set includes six cups so that you have enough for any occasion. The red band around the cups highlights the lovely bright porcelain, perfect for showing off your favorite teas.

This delicate, beautifully finished pot shows off the craft of Peng Hua Qing Yuan Studio. The piece is turned on a lathe to define the pot body, then smoothed and assembled by hand before firing and meticulous hand-painting by the studio’s small but talented team. The thin handle, defined strainer holes and unique lid handle show off the attention to detail, while the high-firing brings out all the delicate aromatics of your tea.

We are excited to present Peng Hua Qing Yuan studio’s revival of Dehua’s most famous and classical style - milk white, also known as Blanc de Chine or “China White.” This unique, almost glowing milky glaze is achieved through a fusion of glaze and body, and the introduction of iron oxide for an oxidative firing environment, different from modern reductive kiln firing. This milky style was made famous in statues of Guanyin fired in Dehua’s ancient kilns, a style that looks like white jade, but with a thinness, luster and glow only possible in fine porcelain. This strainer does not use a metal or plastic mesh, but rather a extremely fine array of holes directly in the porcelain.

This tea set is everything you need to brew fine tea at home, or to kickstart friends and family in gongfu tea brewing. This essentials collection includes a white porcelain gaiwan that is fully non-reactive for true, clean flavor and aroma. The cups are high fired porcelain from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio in Dehua. The tempered glass pitcher and porcelain strainer make it easy to brew for a group.

This striking gaiwan features a hand-painted motif of delicate bamboo swaying in the wind. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. The red brushwork is an elegant contrast to the white, and an evocative reference to the bamboo groves that grow alongside tea in the mountains of Fujian.

This impressive gaiwan features a peaceful hand-painted scene highlighting a secret tea pavilion in the mountains. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. The brushwork on this piece shows off the artist's skill at both detail in the pavilion itself, and gestural washes and abstraction on the rock face and cherry blossoms.

Gongfu tea is a celebration of abundance, and this gaiwan evokes that feeling of nature’s abundance beautifully with a hand-painted pomegranate tree full of fruit and blossoms. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. Striking detail in the brushwork around the branches is matched with a beautiful dream-like quality in the pink of the fruit itself, showing off the artist’s skill.

Classical Chinese porcelain motifs were all about the deep blue brushwork, with early blue glaze being the best color to survive the intense heat of the kiln. This gaiwan evokes that classical style with an elegant hand-painted pomegranate tree. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. Striking detail in the brushwork around the branches is matched with a beautiful dream-like quality in the blue of the fruit itself, showing off the artist’s skill.

This elegant carved bamboo tea tool set comes in a beautiful linen traveling case to safely store the tools between uses, complete with string tie. Tied, the set is beautiful arranged next to a gongfu setup or tea board, and invites contemplative brewing and joyful deliberate tea tasting. The set includes a presentation boat, a brush to clean pots and boards, a scoop, a tweezers for holding tea cups and a pick for cleaning leaves out of pots between uses. All together, it’s everything you need to round out a gongfu setup. Note- this set comes in multiple linen pouch colors. Feel free to pick your favorite!

This is the perfect companion for modern gongfu- small, flexible and portable, this tea boat can be used with any gaiwan, or yixing teapot. The boat’s basin holds a full steeping of tea so that you can still pour your rinse over a pot to season it, but takes up less space than a full tea board. The boat can be lined up with a pitcher and cups for a full set that can go anywhere, not just a dedicated tea table. The adorable daisies adorning this tea boat against rich warm grey evoke a vintage 1960’s style with lush rich brushstrokes and deep greens. The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their mastery with such extensive hand painting work, against the backdrop of a high-fired, fully-vitrified tea boat.

This set pairs Xiangfu Workshop's lovely gilded yellow teacups with Qing Yuan Peng Hua's hand-painted teapot - with a capacity to fill both cups for cozy tea time. Bright, sunny yellow and wonderful floral brushwork evoke a summer garden party.

This beautiful and fine porcelain gaiwan draws on the Song Dynasty tradition of objects of scholarly contemplation with a subtle gnarled piece of wood in relief, a nod to the curious natural objects that were inspirational in the Song Dynasty studio. It is no small feat to achieve porcelain this thin while still featuring a relief that glows translucent in the light, accented with a fully hand-painted pine bough motif, fluid and expressive against the white porcelain. This piece is fully vitrified and non-reactive, meaning it fully amplifies the tea’s natural aromatics, making it perfect for serious tasting.

This beautiful and fine porcelain gaiwan draws on the Song Dynasty tradition of objects of scholarly contemplation with a subtle gnarled piece of wood in relief, a nod to the curious natural objects that were inspirational in the Song Dynasty studio. It is no small feat to achieve porcelain this thin while still featuring a relief that glows translucent in the light, accented with a fully hand-painted bamboo motif fired in both blue and green, fluid and expressive against the white porcelain. This piece is fully vitrified and non-reactive, meaning it fully amplifies the tea’s natural aromatics, making it perfect for serious tasting.

Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio takes their cat theme seriously, depicting each cat in this tea of four gongfu tea cups with the same level of detail and gestural beauty that they would put into a traditional landscape or floral motif. The cups show cats playing with flowers - two cats playing with flowers in their hand, and two cats relaxing next to their treasure. The porcelain itself is carefully shaped on a lathe and hand smoothed and polished before high temperature firing that yields full vitrification for a non-reactive surface that amplifies and reflects aromatics.

This is Xiangfu’s absolute smallest gongfu travel kit. This simple kit includes a gaiwan with removable strainer and three cups that stack and nest in the gaiwan, all bundled together in a padded green drawstring bag. It’s everything you need to enjoy your favorite tea with the smallest footprint possible, and a great intro to gongfu-style brewing for anyone looking to dive in and get the most out of their tea.

A detailed and expressive baby dragon swirls in the clouds, adorning this large, wide teacup. Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off their skill with spiraling clouds, tiny dragon scales, and red highlights to complete the dragon motif. The dragon wraps from front to back, through the clouds, winding around the cup. The porcelain itself is carefully shaped on a lathe and hand smoothed and polished before high temperature firing that yields full vitrification for a true non-reactive surface that amplifies and reflects aromatics.

This tea set is everything you need to brew fine tea at home or to kickstart friends and family in gongfu tea brewing. This essentials collection includes a white porcelain gaiwan that is fully non-reactive for true clean flavor and aroma. Two white De Hua porcelain tea cups show off the color and aroma of your teas, while the tempered glass pitcher and stainless steel strainer make it easy to brew for a group. A traditional tea board frames your gongfu set in its own space and catches drips and overflow, collecting water in a hidden tray.

The De Hua Peng Yuan Studio is dedicated to crafting thin, lustrous and highly vitrified porcelain in De Hua, and dedicates the time and mastery to carefully hand paint the stunning gaiwan offered in this set, along with an elegant unpainted pitcher to show off the brewed tea. A modern flare and bold geometric chrysanthemum motifs set this gaiwan apart as an elegant contemporary play on traditional patterns, drawing inspiration from ancient seals and the embroidery tradition. Pair this gaiwan and pitcher with your own favorite tea cup, perhaps a green celadon cup for beautiful contrast.

Hand-painted butterfly, flowers and a hidden cat adorn this clever compact gongfu travel tea set, which includes a pitcher, infuser brew basket, three cups, and an infuser saucer that doubles as a fourth larger solo-tasting cup. The larger cup has three legs that form ears and a little nose for a hidden cat peaking out from the blue wash. Strainer holes are incorporated directly into the porcelain, with no plastic mesh used. Each cup is high-fired and hand painted by the Pengyuan Qinghua Studio in Dehua, one of the historic capitals of ancient porcelain. The whole set packs into a protective case with carabiner for the perfect active travel set up.

With an evocative gestural stream hand-painted across the teapot and two bright gilded cups floating on saucers, this set is inspired by lanterns drifting on a stream. The high-fired porcelain brings out the deepest aromatic complexity in your teas, while the teapot capacity is well-matched to the two cups for cozy tea time.

For enjoying fine tea on every adventure, from picnics and hikes to road trips, this bright cheery sunflower set is ready to go. Hand-painted sunflowers adorn three cups, and a gaiwan with built-in removable strainer that can rest on the gaiwan lid flipped over between steepings. The set is protected by a tea towel folded between each layer, and nestled into a beautiful carrying case in stitched vegan leather with carrying strap that snaps on and off for easy packing. The porcelain itself is highly-vitrified fine porcelain from the masters at Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio, perfect for reflecting all the nuance and aroma from any tea.

Gold, porcelain and glass - their lustrous beauty comes together for a set built to celebrate fine teas. As your leaves unfurl in this frosted glass gaiwan, you can watch their color deepen before pouring into high-fired porcelain from Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio. Each piece brings out deep aromatic complexity in your teas.

With a gaiwan, strainer, and a pitcher, this tea set includes everything you need to brew fine tea.  Our friends at the Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio in Dehua have produced this stunning set of gilded porcelain tea ware with a beautiful blue green tint to the porcelain, highlighted by bands of gold. The whole set is crafted from highly vitrified non-reactive porcelain to give your teas a clear, focused and true aroma and flavor. Pair with your favorite tea cup, from hand painted porcelain to celadon or Jian Zhan.

A detailed and expressive baby dragon swirls in the clouds, adorning this classically-inspired porcelain teapot. Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off their skill with spiraling clouds, tiny dragon scales, and red highlights to complete the dragon motif. The high-fired porcelain itself is carefully hand assembled and detailed after forming each shape on a lathe. The vitrified porcelain is perfect for any tea, and brews up a very true aromatic profile.

This impressive gaiwan and pitcher set features a peaceful hand-painted scene highlighting a secret tea pavilion in the mountains. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. The brushwork on this piece shows off the artist's skill at both detail in the pavilion itself, and gestural washes and abstraction on the rock face and cherry blossoms. These matching pieces are fully vitrified and non-reactive, meaning they fully amplify the tea’s natural aromatics, making it perfect for serious tasting. Pair with your own favorite teacup, like a hand-made Jian Zhan piece from Lin Xi.

The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their skill with stunning, highly stylized persimmons, hand-glazed in the style of screen paintings, with each persimmon’s sculptural shape captured in their brushwork. The deep rich orange contrasts with classic porcelain blue for a deeply traditional old-school effect. This gaiwan comes with a grandiose stand that can double as a tea boat for modern gongfu tea. The highly-vitrified, high-fired porcelain is non-reactive, meaning it shows off each tea's true aromatics.

Maybe you already have a perfect gongfu setup, or you just need want to pick out a special teapot or gaiwan. This kit rounds up all the trimmings for serious gongfu brewing that you might not already have on hand- a chahai to present dry tea leaves and filter them into your teapot, a full set of tea tools, a tea cloth for catching drips or polishing your yixing between uses, and the critical water bowl for holding rinses or extra tea in a modern gongfu setup without a draining teaboard.

Xiangfu delivers full-on gongfu brewing in the smallest most portable form factor with this new set. Three stylish blue and white porcelain cups nest inside a glass and bamboo brewer with a matching removable porcelain strainer and top. You can control brew time by removing the strainer, and pour from the pitcher into each cup for multi-infusion gongfu. When you are done, pack it up in the durable carbon-fiber case and take it on the go.

This full gongfu tea set features a gaiwan, pitcher, and six cups all showing off the implements of an ancient scholar’s studio, complete with tea tools and natural objects of contemplation. The scenes are a reminder of tea culture’s long–spanning history and the roots of modern gongfu. The red-orange accents show off the lovely bright-white porcelain, perfect for amplifying the color and aromatics of your tea.

This dream-like, abstract hand-painted porcelain gongfu tea brewing set from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off the studio's masterful, gestural painting skills and the depth of color contrast they achieve between lustrous white porcelain and traditional blue glaze. Their inspiration point was the enveloping feeling of the aromatic steam that rises from the tea set and catches the light in misty waves. This set includes a gaiwan, pitcher, and strainer. Their high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain is completely non-reactive and perfect to show off a true sense of any tea. Pair with your favorite tea cup, from hand painted porcelain to celadon or Jian Zhan.

This thin and lustrous porcleain tea brewing set is hand painted in a classic blue and white landscape motif by Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio in De Hua, one of China's ancient porcelain capitols. A pattern as detailed as this landscape takes years of practice, a good eye and a steady hand. This set includes a gaiwan, pitcher, and strainer. Their high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain is completely non-reactive and perfect to show off a true sense of any tea. Pair with your favorite tea cup, from hand painted porcelain to celadon or Jian Zhan.

These spectacular orange mottled gongfu teacups reflect artist Yi Xuan’s research into complex ash-glaze and earthen mineral glaze combination techniques that involve multiple firings and layers to capture the depth and complexity of cai shao wood firing with the nuance and control of electric firing, yielding a delicate crackling almost celadon-like effect. Each piece is entirely handmade, one of only five to come out of the kiln this year! Each of the five pieces has slight natural variation, part of the beauty of truly hand-made work from one of China’s preeminent ceramics research scholars.

This full set is a celebration of Pengyuan Qinghua studio’s incredible work with hand painting and fine thin porcelain, including a gaiwan, a pitcher and two cups. The striking motif features a hand-painted motif of delicate bamboo swaying in the wind. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. The red brushwork is an elegant contrast to the white, and an evocative reference to the bamboo groves that grow alongside tea in the mountains of Fujian.

This full set is a celebration of Pengyuan Qinghua studio’s incredible work with hand painting and fine thin porcelain, including a gaiwan, a pitcher and two cups. Classical Chinese porcelain motifs were all about the deep blue brushwork, with early blue glaze being the best color to survive the intense heat of the kiln. This set evokes that classical style with an elegant hand-painted pomegranate tree. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. Striking detail in the brushwork around the branches is matched with a beautiful dream-like quality in the blue of the fruit itself, showing off the artist’s skill.

Our friends at the Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio in Dehua have produced this stunning set of gilded porcelain tea ware with a beautiful blue green tint to the porcelain, highlighted by bands of gold. This elegant collection includes everything you need to brew fine tea- a gaiwan, two cups, a strainer and a pitcher. The whole set is crafted from highly vitrified non-reactive porcelain to give your teas a clear, focused and true aroma and flavor.

Xiangfu’s Zheng series is named after the stringed instrument since the carved grooves mimc the zheng’s strings. Groves running to a drain channel allow this personal-sized tea board to draw water away from your teapot, or gaiwan. The compact footprint is perfect for desk-side modern gongfu. This boat is paired with everything you need to brew fine tea at home, or to kickstart friends and family in gongfu tea brewing including a white porcelain gaiwan that is fully non-reactive for true, clean flavor and aroma. The cups are high fired porcelain from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio in Dehua. The tempered glass pitcher and classic strainer make it easy to brew for a group.

Everything you need to get the most out of your fine teas using gongfu brewing style. A versatile porcelain gaiwan helps you do lots of steepings with the same leaf to see how a tea’s flavor unfolds, a glass pitcher and strainer are there to help you fill up everyone’s cups with each infusion, a tea board catches any drips and rinse steepings along the way, and finally, two porcelain tasting cups that show off a tea’s true aroma. Get started with gongfu and see your tea in a totally new way!

This full tea set includes a gaiwan, pitcher, and two cups. The Pine Bough style draws on the Song Dynasty tradition of objects of scholarly contemplation with a subtle gnarled piece of wood in relief on the cups and gaiwan, a nod to the curious natural objects that were inspirational in the Song Dynasty studio. It is no small feat to achieve porcelain this thin while still featuring a relief that glows translucent in the light, accented with a fully hand-painted pine bough motif, fluid and expressive against the white porcelain. Each piece is fully vitrified and non-reactive, meaning they fully amplify the tea’s natural aromatics, making the set perfect for serious and contemplative tasting.

Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio takes their cat theme seriously, depicting the cats on this gaiwan + saucer set with the same level of detail and gestural beauty that they would put into a traditional landscape or floral motif. The gaiwan and saucer together shows a cat playing with a wreath of flowers, from wearing them proudly to lying in a pile of petals by the end of playtime. The oversized saucer that doubles as a presentation plate between gongfu sessions.

Aroma cups are an essential part of old-school gongfu tea - a cup whose sole purpose is to collect, focus, and concentrate the aroma of your tea. Experimental porcelain artist Yi Xuan was fascinated with the idea of firing a small batch of exquisitely thin, hand-thrown aroma cups in her wood kiln to match her stunning tea cups. This first batch came out beautifully! Her unique two step firing involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze, and finally, an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her huge kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. Holding the cup in hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years with its purple and silver swirling iridescence. Each of these pieces has slight natural variation, part of the beauty of truly hand-made work from one of China’s preeminent ceramics research scholars.

This impressive gaiwan and pitcher set features a peaceful hand-painted scene highlighting a secret tea pavilion in the mountains. Pengyuan Qinghua Studio turns all of their own ultra-thin porcelain, vitrified at an extremely high firing temperature for teaware fine enough to amplify tea’s aromatics and allow light to pass through, giving each piece a glowing quality. The brushwork on this piece shows off the artist's skill at both detail in the pavilion itself, and gestural washes and abstraction on the rock face and cherry blossoms. These matching pieces are fully vitrified and non-reactive, meaning they fully amplify the tea’s natural aromatics, making it perfect for serious tasting. This set is paired with two purple porcelain teacups high-fired in Longquan to help amplify your tea's aromatics, plus matching saucers for each cup.

This thin and lustrous porcleain full gongfu tea set is hand painted in a classic blue and white landscape motif by Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio in De Hua, one of China's ancient porcelain capitols. A pattern as detailed as this landscape takes years of practice, a good eye and a steady hand. This set includes a gaiwan, pitcher, strainer and two tea cups. Their high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain is completely non-reactive and perfect to show off a true sense of any tea. 

The gongfu tea set includes a hand painted gaiwan, two tea cups, and a draining porcelain tea boat. The adorable daisies adorning each item of this set against rich warm grey evoke a vintage 1960’s style with lush rich brushstrokes and deep greens. The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their mastery with such extensive hand painting work, against the backdrop of a high-fired, fully-vitrified gaiwan perfect for reflecting the aromatics of any tea.

A detailed and expressive baby dragon swirls in the clouds, adorning each piece in this tea set.  Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off their skill with spiraling clouds, tiny dragon scales, and red highlights to complete the dragon motif. This solo tea set includes a small gongfu tea pot and a large tea cup. The high-fired porcelain itself is carefully hand assembled and detailed after forming each shape on a lathe. The vitrified porcelain is perfect for any tea, and brews up a very true aromatic profile. Pair with your favorite pitcher, or pour directly from the small pot into your cup.

This beautiful gongfu set shows off the stunning color, luster and beauty of high-fired porcelain, each piece turned on a lathe and hand-glazed by the talented craftspeople at Peng Yuan Qing Hua workshop, with aroma cups by Xiangfu Workshop. The Verdant Green Gaiwan is perfectly balanced to hold and to pour, sized for rich potent brews with small cups. The gilded white pitcher shows off the color of your tea, while the aroma cups maximize your taste experience. Use the hand-painted bowl as a saucer for your gaiwan to catch drips, or as a water bowl to discard your rinse. This versatile set is a celebration of the flexibility and freedom of modern gongfu, with the porcelain quality to truly bring out the best in every sip.

This tea set is everything you need to brew fine tea at home or to kickstart friends and family in gongfu tea brewing. This essentials collection includes a white porcelain gaiwan that is fully non-reactive for true, clean flavor and aroma. The cups are high fired porcelain from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio in Dehua. The tempered glass pitcher and classic strainer make it easy to brew for a group. A beautiful draining tea board from Xiangfu Workshop is included with this set so you can pour your rinse or any extra tea right over the board and watch it drain below. The board comes with a tray to hold water, and a tube to drain to a bucket if you prefer.

Sitting around the tea table together, Yi Xuan calls these stunning, hand-built pieces her ‘classic porcelain’ with a smile on her face. What she means is that these cups are her only work that gets a traditional white glaze, a nod to her training and discipline as a potter in China’s oldest center of porcelain culture. Of course, this work is nothing like “classic” porcelain, with its subtle coloration that comes from Yi Xuan’s unique wood-firing process, and the celadon-like crackling. The sculptural shapes of each piece are a testament to her insistence to form each cup by hand without a lathe or even a potters wheel- her tribute to ancient craft.  This cup is larger than a mini gongfu cup, done at a scale to show off the color and sculptural quality of the work- perfect for one or two people pouring gongfu. Each of these pieces has slight natural variation, part of the beauty of truly hand-made work from one of China’s preeminent ceramics research scholars.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan turns the expectations of exquisite porcelain on their head with this new sculpted tea cup series. While De Hua’s tradition is rooted in precision, this piece is reasserts the craft and humanity behind porcelain art. If you look closely, you can see Yi Xuan's own fingerprints in the sculpted natural shape of the cup. Her unique two step firing involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze and finally an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. Holding the cup in your hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years. Each of these pieces has slight natural variation, part of the beauty of truly hand-made work from one of China’s preeminent ceramics research scholars.

This stunning iridescent tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan. This piece came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process that gets so hot, she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This tea cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide elements present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing. This piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for unique works that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This stunning iridescent tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan. This piece came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process that gets so hot, she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This tea cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide elements present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing. This piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for unique works that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This stunning iridescent tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan. This piece came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process that gets so hot, she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This tea cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide elements present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing. This piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for unique works that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This stunning iridescent tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan. This piece came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process that gets so hot, she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This tea cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide elements present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing. This piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for unique works that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This stunning iridescent tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan. This piece came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process that gets so hot, she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This tea cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide elements present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing. This piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for unique works that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This stunning iridescent tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan. This piece came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process that gets so hot, she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This tea cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide elements present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing. This piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for unique works that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This full gongfu tea set features a gaiwan, teaware stand and two tea cups hand painted with a beautiful persimmon motif. The Peng Yuan Qing Hua Studio shows off their skill with stunning, highly stylized persimmons, hand-glazed in the style of screen paintings, with each persimmon’s sculptural shape captured in their brushwork. The deep rich orange contrasts with classic porcelain blue for a deeply traditional old-school effect. The gaiwan pairs with a grandiose stand that can double as a tea boat for modern gongfu tea, while the tea cups' tall shape concentrates the aroma of your tea, showing off teas like oolong especially gracefully. The highly-vitrified, high-fired porcelain is non-reactive, showing off each tea's true aroma.

This unique set comes with a solid wood tea board, a gaiwan, a pitcher and a full set of six tea cups depicting scenes from an ancient scholar’s tea studio. The Lone Deer Tea Tray has a unique warm metal cover to contrast against the wood, perfect for the thin bright, lustrous porcelain. Each porcelain piece shows off natural objects of contemplation and tea-brewing scenes inspired by Song Dynasty tea traditions.

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.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan turns the expectations of exquisite porcelain on their head with this new sculpted tea cup series. While De Hua’s tradition is rooted in precision, this piece is reasserts the craft and humanity behind porcelain art. If you look closely, you can see Yi Xuan's own fingerprints in the sculpted natural shape of the cup. Her unique two step firing involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze and finally an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. Holding the cup in your hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years. Yi Xuan placed her seal on the interior of this cup. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan turns the expectations of exquisite porcelain on their head with this new sculpted tea cup series. While De Hua’s tradition is rooted in precision, this piece is reasserts the craft and humanity behind porcelain art. Her unique two step firing involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze and finally an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. Holding the cup in your hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years. Yi Xuan placed her seal on the interior of this cup. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan turns the expectations of exquisite porcelain on their head with this new sculpted tea cup series. While De Hua’s tradition is rooted in precision, this piece is reasserts the craft and humanity behind porcelain art. If you look closely, you can see Yi Xuan's own fingerprints in the sculpted natural shape of the cup. Her unique two step firing involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze and finally an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. Holding the cup in your hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years. Yi Xuan placed her seal on the interior of this cup. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact tea bowl pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This dream-like, abstract hand-painted porcelain gongfu tea brewing set from Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio shows off the studio's masterful, gestural painting skills and the depth of color contrast they achieve between lustrous white porcelain and traditional blue glaze. Their inspiration point was the enveloping feeling of the aromatic steam that rises from the tea set and catches the light in misty waves. This full gongfu tea set includes a gaiwan, pitcher, and strainer along with two tea cups and a tea bowl. The high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain is completely non-reactive and perfect to show off a true sense of any tea. 

This beautifully translucent porcelain gongfu tea brewing set includes a gaiwan, pitcher, and fine strainer. These pieces are made in Dehua’s most famous and classical style - milk white, also known as Blanc de Chine or “China White.” This unique, almost glowing milky glaze is achieved through a fusion of glaze and body, and the introduction of iron oxide for an oxidative firing environment, different from modern reductive kiln firing. This milky style was made famous in statues of Guanyin fired in Dehua’s ancient kilns, a style that looks like white jade, but with a thinness, luster and glow only possible in fine porcelain. Each piece of high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain is non-reactive and perfect to show off a true sense of any tea. Pair with your favorite tea cup, from hand painted porcelain to celadon or Jian Zhan.

This unique De Hua porcelain has a subtle blue-green undertone brought out by a gilded golden edge, creating a lustrous contrast for an elegant series from the Peng Yuan studio. This high-fired porcelain reflects the true aroma of your tea. The gilded porcelain is paired with a tempered glass pitcher to show off the color of your brewed tea, all set on the stunning Xiangfu Storm Grey Stone Top Tea Board, a draining full gongfu set up for serious tasting.

Peng Yuan Qing Hua studio takes their cat theme seriously, depicting each cat with the same level of detail and gestural beauty that they would put into a traditional landscape or floral motif; the set taken together shows cats in various stages of play with a wreath of flowers, from wearing them proudly, to running around with them, to lying in a pile of petals by the end of playtime. The set comes with an oversized saucer that doubles as a presentation plate between gongfu sessions, a beautiful gaiwan, a hexagonal glass pitcher, four guest cups and one larger host cup that works great for solo brewing too. The whole set is packaged in a fancy gift box for safe transit and great presentation.

Experimental Porcelain Artist Yi Xuan hosts professors, research students and collectors at her family home and kiln built into the side of a mountain on the outskirts of Dehua. When everyone gathers to have tea together, Yi Xuan uses only her own work to brew, and one of the top requests she kept hearing was for presentation plates that could act as teh foundation for a gaiwan or teapot, the saucer for a cup, or a plate to show off the tea leaves before brewing. This year, she decided to fire a very limited number of plates using her wild ash glaze finishing process. She released half to us and keeps half at her studio to offer guests as they sip. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact plate pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain Artist Yi Xuan hosts professors, research students and collectors at her family home and kiln built into the side of a mountain on the outskirts of Dehua. When everyone gathers to have tea together, Yi Xuan uses only her own work to brew, and one of the top requests she kept hearing was for presentation plates that could act as teh foundation for a gaiwan or teapot, the saucer for a cup, or a plate to show off the tea leaves before brewing. This year, she decided to fire a very limited number of plates using her wild ash glaze finishing process. She released half to us and keeps half at her studio to offer guests as they sip. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact plate pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain Artist Yi Xuan hosts professors, research students and collectors at her family home and kiln built into the side of a mountain on the outskirts of Dehua. When everyone gathers to have tea together, Yi Xuan uses only her own work to brew, and one of the top requests she kept hearing was for presentation plates that could act as teh foundation for a gaiwan or teapot, the saucer for a cup, or a plate to show off the tea leaves before brewing. This year, she decided to fire a very limited number of plates using her wild ash glaze finishing process. She released half to us and keeps half at her studio to offer guests as they sip. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact plate pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain Artist Yi Xuan hosts professors, research students and collectors at her family home and kiln built into the side of a mountain on the outskirts of Dehua. When everyone gathers to have tea together, Yi Xuan uses only her own work to brew, and one of the top requests she kept hearing was for presentation plates that could act as teh foundation for a gaiwan or teapot, the saucer for a cup, or a plate to show off the tea leaves before brewing. This year, she decided to fire a very limited number of plates using her wild ash glaze finishing process. She released half to us and keeps half at her studio to offer guests as they sip. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact plate pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

This beautifully translucent porcelain full gongfu tea set includes a gaiwan, pitcher, fine strainer, and two matching tea cups. These pieces are made in Dehua’s most famous and classical style - milk white, also known as Blanc de Chine or “China White.” This unique, almost glowing milky glaze is achieved through a fusion of glaze and body, and the introduction of iron oxide for an oxidative firing environment, different from modern reductive kiln firing. This milky style was made famous in statues of Guanyin fired in Dehua’s ancient kilns, a style that looks like white jade, but with a thinness, luster and glow only possible in fine porcelain. Each piece of high-fired, highly-vitrified porcelain is non-reactive and perfect to show off a true sense of any tea. Pair with your favorite tea cup, from hand painted porcelain to celadon or Jian Zhan.

This tea set is inspired by the professional tea setups used at fine teahouses in Xiamen, one of the biggest cultural centers for oolong tea in the world, and central to all of Fujian’s abundant tea- from Tieguanyin to white tea and Big Red Robe. A high-fired, hand-painted porcelain gaiwan brings out deep and true aromatics in your tea, while aroma cups allow you to enjoy those aromatics to the fullest. A beautiful, carved, hardwood draining tea board is there to catch any drips or rinses during long tea sessions, and provides a beautiful contrast with the glowing and nearly translucent porcelain.

These stunning iridescent tea cups are entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan and came out of the kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her three day firing process that gets so hot she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This gaiwan is not glazed- its color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.

Artist Yi Xuan took this cup through two full firing processes, first, an electric firing to set the porcelain, then a dip in a hand-blended ash glaze and an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. The result of this painstaking process is a unique, deep, complex cup that shows off the heat signature of the kiln and the way glazing interacts with unglazed porcelain across multiple firings. Work like this is what puts the Yi Xuan Ceramics Research Institute on the map!

This beautiful tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan and came out of the kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her three day firing process that gets so hot she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.

This beautiful tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan and came out of the kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her three day firing process that gets so hot she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.

This beautiful tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan and came out of the kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her three day firing process that gets so hot she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.

This beautiful tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan and came out of the kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her three day firing process that gets so hot she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.

This beautiful tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan and came out of the kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her three day firing process that gets so hot she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.

This beautiful tea cup is entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan and came out of the kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her three day firing process that gets so hot she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln. This cup is not glazed - its color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand. This cup was shaped with higher tall sides to direct and concentrate the aromatics of classic Wuyi Oolongs or Tieguanyin.

These stunning green, glassy cups represent an entirely new body of work for experimental porcelain artist Yi Xuan. While Yi Xuan has been focused deeply on the effect of ash glaze and iron oxides in the kiln for the past year, these “Dragon Scale” pieces reach towards celadon craft and glazing technique. She applies this perspective to the higher heat, higher stakes porcelain firing process instead of traditional stoneware, and with a “cao mu hui” or ash-based glazing.. Her work hand-sculpting each piece makes them fully unique - with mottling, depth, texture and even flashes of silver hidden in the glazing work. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual cup finds a new home, it is gone.

These stunning green, glassy cups represent an entirely new body of work for experimental porcelain artist Yi Xuan. While Yi Xuan has been focused deeply on the effect of ash glaze and iron oxides in the kiln for the past year, these “Dragon Scale” pieces reach towards celadon craft and glazing technique. She applies this perspective to the higher heat, higher stakes porcelain firing process instead of traditional stoneware, and with a “cao mu hui” or ash-based glazing.. Her work hand-sculpting each piece makes them fully unique - with mottling, depth, texture and even flashes of silver hidden in the glazing work. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual cup finds a new home, it is gone.

These stunning green, glassy cups represent an entirely new body of work for experimental porcelain artist Yi Xuan. While Yi Xuan has been focused deeply on the effect of ash glaze and iron oxides in the kiln for the past year, these “Dragon Scale” pieces reach towards celadon craft and glazing technique. She applies this perspective to the higher heat, higher stakes porcelain firing process instead of traditional stoneware, and with a “cao mu hui” or ash-based glazing.. Her work hand-sculpting each piece makes them fully unique - with mottling, depth, texture and even flashes of silver hidden in the glazing work. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual cup finds a new home, it is gone.

These stunning green, glassy cups represent an entirely new body of work for experimental porcelain artist Yi Xuan. While Yi Xuan has been focused deeply on the effect of ash glaze and iron oxides in the kiln for the past year, these “Dragon Scale” pieces reach towards celadon craft and glazing technique. She applies this perspective to the higher heat, higher stakes porcelain firing process instead of traditional stoneware, and with a “cao mu hui” or ash-based glazing.. Her work hand-sculpting each piece makes them fully unique - with mottling, depth, texture and even flashes of silver hidden in the glazing work. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual cup finds a new home, it is gone.

With her unique soda glaze, artist Yi Xuan unites the organic and spontaneous nature of her wood kiln with the pristine, immaculate smoothness for which Dehua porcelain is so famous. The rich cream colors that on this piece reflect the way each wood-fired piece from Yi Xuan is truly one of a kind, but in a different way than her iridescent ash glaze work. This stunningly thin and light tea bowl is modeled on the Song Dynasty wine goblet, a form used extensively in Jian Zhan firings. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact cup pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

We love modern gongfu. It’s versatility, the way it can incorporate into the everyday, the way pieces can be swapped out so easily depending on the tea, the weather and the mood. That’s why we wanted to finally offer a full modern gongfu set that shows off the ideals of this new style. What is modern gongfu? Simply, it’s tea without the draining board. Instead of a board, a runner is used and stands are put out for cups, pitchers and gaiwans. Without a board, the set is free to expand to accommodate more people, or fold up and be put away in tight spaces. Pieces can be swapped out to fit any occasion. This set includes a runner, a full set of tea tools, a Milk White Gaiwan, two aroma cup sets, a stunning glass pitcher, a tea boat for the gaiwan and a pitcher stand. The tea boat can double as a tea bowl for any rinse or extra brew. Aroma cups can be used with the tall cup to appreciate the aromatics of your tea, or you can pour directly into the tea bowl cups. All together- this set is our invitation to get into gongfu and enjoy your tea to the fullest.

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!

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan actually took a six month position part time at a high-end coffee shop to immerse herself in espresso culture with the goal of better understanding the way other beverages can intersect with porcelain art. This “residency” of sorts inspired her to want to take on the challenge of an espresso style cup complete with stunningly-thin handle. The entire cup was delicately hand-sculpted in fine porcelain. It took many firings to get a successful piece out of Yi Xuan’s extreme high-fire high temp wood kiln. The intense heat usually cracks and shatters pieces as thin and fine as this, especially with a long handle. This cup is a triumph of Yi Xuan’s kiln and a testament to her skill and adaptability. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact cup pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan actually took a six month position part time at a high-end coffee shop to immerse herself in espresso culture with the goal of better understanding the way other beverages can intersect with porcelain art. This “residency” of sorts inspired her to want to take on the challenge of an espresso style cup complete with stunningly-thin handle. The entire cup was delicately hand-sculpted in fine porcelain. It took many firings to get a successful piece out of Yi Xuan’s extreme high-fire high temp wood kiln. The intense heat usually cracks and shatters pieces as thin and fine as this, especially with a long handle. This cup is a triumph of Yi Xuan’s kiln and a testament to her skill and adaptability. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact cup pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan actually took a six month position part time at a high-end coffee shop to immerse herself in espresso culture with the goal of better understanding the way other beverages can intersect with porcelain art. This “residency” of sorts inspired her to want to take on the challenge of an espresso style cup complete with stunningly-thin handle. The entire cup was delicately hand-sculpted in fine porcelain. It took many firings to get a successful piece out of Yi Xuan’s extreme high-fire high temp wood kiln. The intense heat usually cracks and shatters pieces as thin and fine as this, especially with a long handle. This cup is a triumph of Yi Xuan’s kiln and a testament to her skill and adaptability. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact cup pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan actually took a six month position part time at a high-end coffee shop to immerse herself in espresso culture with the goal of better understanding the way other beverages can intersect with porcelain art. This “residency” of sorts inspired her to want to take on the challenge of an espresso style cup complete with stunningly-thin handle. The entire cup was delicately hand-sculpted in fine porcelain. It took many firings to get a successful piece out of Yi Xuan’s extreme high-fire high temp wood kiln. The intense heat usually cracks and shatters pieces as thin and fine as this, especially with a long handle. This cup is a triumph of Yi Xuan’s kiln and a testament to her skill and adaptability. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact cup pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

Experimental Porcelain artist Yi Xuan actually took a six month position part time at a high-end coffee shop to immerse herself in espresso culture with the goal of better understanding the way other beverages can intersect with porcelain art. This “residency” of sorts inspired her to want to take on the challenge of an espresso style cup complete with stunningly-thin handle. The entire cup was delicately hand-sculpted in fine porcelain. It took many firings to get a successful piece out of Yi Xuan’s extreme high-fire high temp wood kiln. The intense heat usually cracks and shatters pieces as thin and fine as this, especially with a long handle. This cup is a triumph of Yi Xuan’s kiln and a testament to her skill and adaptability. This truly one-of-a-kind piece is the exact cup pictured. Yi Xuan’s process and her kiln make for stunningly unique pieces that can never turn out the same again. Once this individual piece finds a new home, it is gone.

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.

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 hand-built piece by artist Yi Xuan looks like it was hewn from a solid piece of stone, the way she shaped this by hand to preserve a solid anchoring feeling accentuated by her unique two step firing that involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze and finally an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. Holding the cup in hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years.

This hand-built spectacular moonlight white tea cup reflects artist Yi Xuan’s research into complex ash-glazing techniques that involve multiple firings and layers of glaze to capture the depth and complexity of cai shao wood firing with the nuance and control of electric firing, yielding a delicate crackling almost celadon-like effect. Holding the cup in hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years. Yi Xuan stamped this cup with her seal in the middle of the base for a beautiful contrast where the character "玄" fills in.

This hand-built piece by artist Yi Xuan looks like it was hewn from a solid piece of stone, the way she shaped this by hand to preserve a solid anchoring feeling accentuated by her unique two step firing that involves an electric kiln firing to set the unglazed porcelain, followed by application of a blended ash glaze and finally an extensive multi-day wood-firing in her old-school kiln, reaching temperatures so high that the cup has to be hand-built from her custom porcelain blend instead of traditional clay. Holding the cup in hand, it feels like holding an ancient piece unearthed after thousands of years.