Verdant Tea

This tempered glass teapot is perfect for versatile brewing, and comes with a removable strainer for the spout. The high-quality glass shows off your tea leaves as they unfurl, creating a show in anticipation of the first sip. A glass teapot is great for beautiful buddy leaves like Silver Needle White, Golden Fleece, Sheng Pu’er, or Dragonwell Green.

Xiangfu Workshop’s new line of Ge Song Celadon is fired using traditional techniques in Longquan, the birthplace of Celadon pottery. The light crackling on this bluer shade of celadon grows over a lifetime of use, slowly filling in darker with tea for a beautiful effect. Well-sized for gongfu tea for up to four people, this versatile little pot is suitable for brewing any kind of tea.

This striking and modern teapot was crafted by the Peng Yuan Studio in Dehua and high-fired for a fully-vitrified finish that brings out the deepest aromatics in every brew. This pot is the perfect size for gongfu brewing or filling individual mugs and tea bowls.

Award-winning artist Lai Xiaohong is famous for her hand-excavated and blended Di Cao Qing clay, a rich, dense and mottled clay that Lai Xiahong blends from minerals settled in her trough after months of careful aging. This meticulously hand-built Qiu Yue form shows off Lai Xiaohong’s traditional grounding and her modern fluid sensibility in her art. The warm Di Cao Qing clay is ready to take on more depth and luster over a lifetime of use.

Award-winning artist Lai Xiaohong is famous for her hand-excavated and blended Di Cao Qing clay, a rich, dense and mottled clay that Lai Xiahong blends from minerals settled in her trough after months of careful aging. This meticulously hand-built Han Pou form adorned with a carved cicada shows off Lai Xiaohong’s traditional grounding and her modern fluid sensibility in her art. The warm Di Cao Qing clay is ready to take on more depth and luster over a lifetime of use.

Award-winning artist Lai Xiaohong is famous for her hand-excavated and blended Di Cao Qing clay, a rich, dense and mottled clay that Lai Xiahong blends from minerals settled in her trough after months of careful aging. This meticulously hand-built Nan Gua form adorned with a carved cricket shows off Lai Xiaohong’s traditional grounding and her modern fluid sensibility in her art. The warm Di Cao Qing clay is ready to take on more depth and luster over a lifetime of use.

Award-winning artist Lai Xiaohong is famous for her hand-excavated and blended Di Cao Qing clay, a rich, dense and mottled clay that Lai Xiahong blends from minerals settled in her trough after months of careful aging. This meticulously hand-built Shi Piao form with its carved lid shows off Lai Xiaohong’s traditional grounding and her modern fluid sensibility in her art. The warm Di Cao Qing clay is ready to take on more depth and luster over a lifetime of use.

This stunningly thin, remarkably light & meticulously-sculpted pot shows off award-winning artist Lai Xiaohong’s Huang Jin Duan Ni, a deep golden clay blended from her personal collection of hand-excavated minerals from mountain sites around yixing. This hand-built Piao Xiang form shows off Lai Xiaohong’s traditional grounding and her modern fluid sensibility in her art. The warm golden clay will take on luster and patina over a lifetime of use.

This stunningly thin, remarkably light & meticulously-sculpted pot shows off award-winning artist Lai Xiaohong’s Huang Jin Duan Ni, a deep golden clay blended from her personal collection of hand-excavated minerals from mountain sites around yixing. This hand-built Du Pin form shows off Lai Xiaohong’s traditional grounding and her modern fluid sensibility in her art. The warm golden clay will take on luster and patina over a lifetime of use.

Yi Ye He Quan or Lotus Sutra is a nuanced name fitting to a nuanced piece, that could equally read as a lotus leaf, a piece that straddles the beauty of nature and allegory. The spout and handles form strong stems bursting forth from the body of the pot like new growth from the earth, or a lotus from a pond bed. Yet the secret of this piece is not apparent in an offhand glance. Only by turning the pot over is the hidden lotus pod visible, a breathtaking detail to anchor the allegory and double-meaning of the pot.

This stunning Duan Ni teapot is part of Lai Xiaohong’s award-winning masterwork series combining the strength and elegance of classic form seamlessly with natural detail. The craft and time required to form a pot that transitions so perfectly between stark and clean abstraction to elegant touches of bamboo tests Lai Xiaohong’s skill and demands many dozens more hours of work to execute with her level of effortlessness. In Spring’s Arrival, Lai Xiahong shapes a freeform teapot body to imply wet earth and old burled wood. Growth bursts forth in the handle and spout while a longevity mushroom graces the lid. Lai Xiaohong excavates and blends her own Duan Ni from her own sites scouted around the mountains ringing the town of Yixing, and the result is deep rich mottling and a clay ready to take on a patina over a lifetime of brewing.

This pitcher and brewing vessel is one of the oldest forms in Nixi pottery, with archaeological excavations unearthing similar pieces from over 2000 years ago. The form was originally designed for heating over a brazier to simmer yak butter tea. Today, many households use the ancient form as part of the more modern tea ceremony, adapted in Tibetan Nixi to simmering shu pu’er with salt. The elegance of the ancient form makes this a perfect pitcher to keep tea hot, while bringing deep minerality and forest-like aroma to each brew and slowly absorbing flavor and texture. Each hand made pitcher is unique with natural variation in finish and texture.

This pitcher and brewing vessel is one of the oldest forms in Nixi pottery, with archaeological excavations unearthing similar pieces from over 2000 years ago. The form was originally designed for heating over a brazier to simmer yak butter tea. Today, many households use the ancient form as part of the more modern tea ceremony, adapted in Tibetan Nixi to simmering shu pu’er with salt. The elegance of the ancient form makes this a perfect pitcher to keep tea hot, while bringing deep minerality and forest-like aroma to the brew and slowly absorbing flavor and texture just like yixing pottery. The inlay work would have originally been done with shells in ancient times, but now, Nixi potters like Dangzhen Pichu are collaborating with masters in Jingdezhen, and the current practice now uses carefully trimmed pieces of porcelain as a tribute to an intersection of traditions. Each hand made pitcher is unique with natural variation in finish and texture.

In ancient Tibetan Nixi village shells were an important part of Buddhist iconography, representing the voice of the Buddha. This stunning hand-made one-of-a-kind pot evokes the auspicious shell in the lines of its form, tapping into ancient aesthetics while staying true to a modern and elegant sensibility. The silver sweeping across the form is a rare effect of firing called yaobian that is highly sought after because it can only occur through chance during traditional bonfire firing. The interior of the pot is rough-hewn, leaving intentional indentations to show the role of the artist. This piece will absorb the flavor and aroma of tea over time and build a beautiful patina like Yixing, and bears master Dangzhen Pichu’s seal under the unique long handle.

In ancient Tibetan Nixi village shells were an important part of Buddhist iconography, representing the voice of the Buddha. This stunning hand-made one-of-a-kind pot evokes the auspicious shell in the lines of its form, tapping into ancient aesthetics while staying true to a modern and elegant sensibility. The silver sweeping across the form is a rare effect of firing called yaobian that is highly sought after because it can only occur through chance during traditional bonfire firing. The interior of the pot is rough-hewn, leaving intentional indentations to show the role of the artist. This piece will absorb the flavor and aroma of tea over time and build a beautiful patina like Yixing, and bears master Dangzhen Pichu’s seal under the unique long handle.

This is one of Dangzhen Pichu’s most experimentally modern forms, featuring a stark geometry and long sweeping handle to balance the piece. The large spout allows for faster pouring, and the gestural carving on the lid ties this back to the ancient Nixi tradition. The interior of the pot is rough-hewn, leaving intentional indentations to show the role of the artist. This piece will absorb the flavor and aroma of tea over time and build a beautiful patina like Yixing.

This masterful hand-crafted pot by living cultural treasure Dangzhen Pichu in Nixi Village brings together ancient Tibetan style and the aesthetics of modern gongfu tea. After doing cultural exchange and research in Yixing, Dangzhen Pichu has been able to incorporate gongfu style into his forms like this one, while adorning the pieces with gestural carving that stands firmly in the Tibetan tradition. The silver sweeping across the form is a rare effect of firing called yaobian that is highly sought after because it can only occur through chance during traditional bonfire firing. The interior of the pot is rough-hewn, leaving intentional indentations to show the role of the artist. This piece will absorb the flavor and aroma of tea over time and build a beautiful patina like Yixing, and bears master Dangzhen Pichu’s seal under the handle.

This incredible little teapot was hand-built and traditionally fired by master Dangzhen Pichu in Nixi village, the home to one of the oldest pottery traditions in Tibet. This piece is formally situated between a modern gongfu style and the ancient Tibetan yak butter brewing pot form, incorporating Dangzhen Pichu’s research in Yixing with his mastery of the Nixi style, evident from the decorative crested top and gestural carving. he silver sweeping across the form is a rare effect of firing called yaobian that is highly sought after because it can only occur through chance during traditional bonfire firing. The interior of the pot is rough-hewn, leaving intentional indentations to show the role of the artist. This piece will absorb the flavor and aroma of tea over time and build a beautiful patina like Yixing, and has been hand-signed on the bottom by master Dingzhen Pichu.

This incredible little teapot was hand-built and traditionally fired by master Dangzhen Pichu in Nixi village, the home to one of the oldest pottery traditions in Tibet. This piece is formally situated between a modern gongfu style and the ancient Tibetan yak butter brewing pot form, incorporating Dangzhen Pichu’s research in Yixing with his mastery of the Nixi style, evident from the decorative crested top and gestural carving. he silver sweeping across the form is a rare effect of firing called yaobian that is highly sought after because it can only occur through chance during traditional bonfire firing. The interior of the pot is rough-hewn, leaving intentional indentations to show the role of the artist. This piece will absorb the flavor and aroma of tea over time and build a beautiful patina like Yixing, and has been hand-signed on the bottom by master Dingzhen Pichu.

Xiangfu works with ceramicists in Longquan for to offer their high-end Ge Song series, relying on careful hand-glazing and high firing temperatures. The celadon crackles while firing for beautiful patterns across the teapot. Fine crystalline formations under the glazing surface make the whole pot shine in the light. Xiangfu has styled this piece after traditional Japanese Kyusu for the long handle inspiration. The handle is left unglazed to show off the beautiful pottery underneath and for an easier grip while pouring.

Xiangfu Workshop’s new line of Ge Song Celadon is fired using traditional techniques in Longquan, the birthplace of Celadon pottery. The light crackling on this bluer shade of celadon grows over a lifetime of use, slowly filling in darker with tea for a beautiful effect. Well-sized for gongfu tea for up to four people, this versatile little pot is suitable for brewing any kind of tea.

Gongfu tea can be a perfect solo companion, helping carve out time in the day to stop and enjoy taste, texture and aroma of fine tea. This set is the perfect size for one, including a fine Ge Song celadon teapot fired in Longquan, the birthplace of celadon craft, a hand thrown hare’s fur Jian Zhan teacup from artist Lin Xi, and a space-effective tea tray to catch any water or tea while you brew.