Plum flower 梅花 - Yixing Teapot, Hongpilong purple clay - Eastern Leaves
Plum flower 梅花 - Yixing Teapot, Hongpilong purple clay - Eastern Leaves

Plum flower 梅花 - Yixing Teapot, Hongpilong purple clay

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High-grade Yixing clay teapot fully handcrafted with experience and passion by our trusty artist Yuan Weixin's wife, Lian Meiping, master in the art of yixing painting and decorating. Each of his teapots has its own personality, which will improve over the years it will spend with you, brew after brew.

A common theme in Chinese traditional poetry, painting and calligraphy, Plum Blossom is one of the Four Gentlemen, as symbol of nobility and pride, but also of innocence and perseverance. Its resistance to low temperatures and the tenacious vitality this flower maintains even in the coldest winters, earns it entry into the theme of the Three Friends of Winter, together with pine and bamboo, as icon of noble personality in traditional Chinese culture.

It is finely decorated with engraved and hand-painted plum flowers in bloom, giving a unique refinement to the precious Hongpilong 红皮龙, one of the rarest kinds of purple clay. The internal flat filter is composed of 14 holes, that ensure the best quality brew, and the purest liquor. The shape of the teapot, the filter, and the clay, are particularly suitable for wulong teas, red teas, pu'er and dark teas. The teapot capacity is 450 ml (15.2 oz), and it comes with the artist's signed certificate. 

Capacity: 450 ml (15.2 oz)
Diameter: 72 mm
Width: 110 mm
Length: 175 mm
Height: 90 mm
Net weight: 421 gr

Note: each yixing is a unique hand-made piece, the sizes indicated above are purely indicative.

 

The Yixing clay has been known to be the best material for steeping tea for at least one thousand years, and what we use today is the perfected result of a centuries-old artisan tradition.

The central characteristic of a Yixing teapot is its porosity, that frees the tea fragrance and allows a unique seasoning of the pot.
Every time we steep the tea in it, our pot absorbs the tea oils and color, gaining a natural coating that enriches the essential taste of the tea. For this reason it is recommended to steep only one kind of tea in your Yixing pot, rinsing it with pure water, without any soap, and air-drying it.

Before you first use your Yixing pot we advise you to follow an easy and effective procedure, that will ensure the best quality brewing for the years to come:

1- steep few grams of the tea you intend to use with your Yixing teapot in a normal kitchen pot full of water;
2- boil the water for about half of an hour, brewing a very strong tea;
3- remove the tea leaves, leaving a clear brew;
4- wrap your Yixing in a rug or cloth, taking care to wrap its lid in a different piece of cloth. We will boil it in the same pot we have prepared, so we need to ensure the best protection for our Yixing teapot;
5- submerge the Yixing teapot in the strong tea for another half hour;
6- let it cool down naturally, then rinse with fresh water.

For all European countries and America we ship through our distributor located in Italy, Europe, while for Asia, Oceania and African countries we use our logistic center located in China (link).

For European countries there is no custom-clearance procedure
; for all the other shipments we accompany the package with all the necessary papers to ensure the fastest process possible.

Europe

Country Standard Shipping Free Shipping Above
Italy 6,9€ 69€
France, Germany, Monaco, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Poland 12,9€ 79€
Denmark, Finland, Croatia, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania 17,9€ 119€
Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Norway, Malta, Turkey 25,9€ 129€
Russia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine 38,9€ 139€

 

North America

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United States, Canada 29,9€ 139€

 


Asia and Oceania

Check our new Asia website: www.easternleaves.asia


Other countries

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All countries 39,9€ 199€

 

Within the European Union the shipping time is between 1-5 days, while for Extra-UE shipment the delivery time varies between 5 and 12 days. Orders are shipped on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: for special requests, please add a note to your order, we will endeavor to fulfill them.

 

In Italy we ship through BRT. In Europe and US we ship through DHL Express courier or UPS; For shipments in Italy, you can select a BRT point where to collect your package, for shipments Europe you can choose a UPS point, and for the US you can choose a DHL service point. In Asia we use EMS.

Eastern Leaves’s Guarantee
We guarantee the product will arrive securely as well as beautifully packed. While very rare, breakage in shipping can happen. In the unlikely event of breakage please contact us and we will replace the defected item with no additional charge. Please email info@easternleaves.com to arrange for a replacement or return.

Buy it with

 

Our Yixing teapots come from the studio of Yuan Weixin 袁伟新 and his wife Lian Meiping 连美平, grand-daughter of Luyao Chen, one of the rare 国家级大师, the National Level of Master.
From him they have inherited a priceless stock of the best clay, seasoned through the decades.
Their pieces are fully hand-made, carved and baked multiple times in different kilns, according to the clay and the final results.

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About Yuan Weixin 袁伟新

Yuan Weixin has achieved the National Senior-Master 高级工艺美术师 (国家) level in this art, which can only be mastered through a lifetime of experience; in addition to pottery, he is a calligraphy master and a renown calligraphy teacher. 

A close relationship

We visit their studio every three months to choose the teapots, and to fulfil our eyes with their creation. They are among the warmest people we have ever met, and living in their studio for few days always restore our mind. 
They are happy to customise your tea pot choosing your preferred clay, shape, and carving: write us for booking and further information.

Customise your teapot

certificate of guarantee

Each teapot is shipped with a certificate of guarantee signed by the artist.

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