Yixing Teapots Shape:Square orange slices

orange slices

Our decaffeinated Darjeeling makes an appealing alternative to our other Darjeeling teas for the tea drinker who wants the flavour without the caffeine

The iron helps maintain the water tempature and the quartz helps create the double pore surface which enables the delicate oils from the tea to be absorbed into the clay

Available in two colours

Yixing Teapots Shape:Square orange slicesThe "Zisha hu" or purple sand pot was first made in the area of Yixing more than 5 thousand years ago. During the Ming Dynasty 960 1644 these pots became the preferred tea pot. The unglazed and uncoloured clay teapot could best capture the real colour and fragrance of the tea. The purple sand clay is rich in iron and quartz. The iron helps maintain the water tempature and the quartz helps create the double pore surface which enables the delicate oils