A Visit To Lin Ceramics - travelling teapot

I was in Taipei, Taiwan last week and I spent an afternoon at Lin Ceramics Studio. For readers who are unfamiliar with Lin Ceramics - this ... Sunday,April1,2018 AVisitToLinCeramics IwasinTaipei,TaiwanlastweekandIspentanafternoonatLinCeramicsStudio.  Forreaderswhoareunfamiliar withLinCeramics-this ceramiccompanywasstartedin1983inTaiwan. Theymainlyproducemainlyteawareandarefamousfor their purionceramics. Today,LinCeramicshavemorethan10showroom/outlets throughoutTaiwan.  Ihadgood impressionsofLin's purionteawareandownafew purionteapotsandteacups. Iwasintroducedmanyyearsagoto Lin'spurion byMrLauofLau YuFatteashopinHongKong. Ifoundthatpuerhandhighroastedoolongsseemtotastemoreamplified. Icannotexplainthereasonforthis'change'andafewteabuddieswhoownsthese teawarefoundsimilarresultsintheirteaaswell.  Purionisamixtureofnaturalmineraloreandpotteryclay. Lin'sbrochuresstatedthatthemixture"combinedbothPorphyriesAndesite,infraredrayandbamboocharcoal". Igoogledthisandfoundandesitewas mainlyvolcanicrock. The brochures furtherelaboratedthat"wepartneredwithaTaiwaneseceramicartistGuChuanZi,todevelopthepurioncollection. Purionisamixtureofnaturalmineraloreandpotteryclay. This formulaisabletoimprovewaterquality,elevatingthetasteand textureoftea,liquorandcoffee".  ButIdigress. I cannotexplainwhyusingpurionteawareseemtomaketheteatastedifferent. ThereareotherteawareIhadencounteredthatmakestheteatastedifferentaswell. Japanesetetsubins,Yixingclayandcertainporcelainseemtohavedifferenteffectsonteaaswell. Thedifferenceis subtle butseriousorhardcoreChineseteadrinkerscan discernthisdifference. Iwill devoteablogentryonthistopic. BacktoLin. IvisitedtheconceptstoreinYongkangarea. The2ndpixshowedanartisticteaset. The5thpixshowsaLinCeladonsetwhichispopularwithteadrinkersthatdrinklighterroastedoolongsandgreenteaslikethefamousTaiwan'shighmountainoolongs. Ihadthe opportunitytocompareandtasteteausingvariousLinteapots(seelastpix). LinCeramicsarealsolocatedinthefamousTaipei101building/mall. Theyalsooperate2 branchesattheYinggeoldstreetinYinggedistrict,whichislessthananhour'strainride. Yinggeold streetisrenownedforthemanyceramicsshopsandisawonderlandfortheteawareenthusiast.  Imanagedtopurchaseandhand-carryhomeafewpurionteaware,includingtheraretriplefiredpurionteacups. Iwilllistacoupleofthesesoon. Postedby wilson at 3:18PM Nocomments: PostaComment NewerPost OlderPost Home Subscribeto: PostComments(Atom) Musesofateadrinker wilson Singapore Ienjoymycupoftea.Haveachucklewithmewhenyoureadmythoughtsontea,whetheritssillyorpoliticallyincorrect. 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