Dearest Friends, Senior Craftsman Chen Yue Fei joins us!!
His skill is top notch and he is who we want to work with.
It is mutual and we wanted very much to work with him. Our scouting with Craftslady Yi Xiao Ran around in YiXing is relentless. And Chen Yue Fei likes what we are accomplishing here at RealZiSha, and we are also grateful that we are now in a team and the perfect fit for all: dearest patrons in you, and him. We want the best for all of you!
Senior Craftsman Chen Yue Fei is excellent at crafting the all-time classic Shui Ping.
Yes! The Shui Ping Zhu Ni all-time classic! And he does so with MUCH APLOMB and finesee! His Shui Ping sells at 2700-3000rmb in China. Here as he works with us, he is committed with us in our vision and wants to embark on this mission in bringing top quality and authentic Fully-Handmade ZiSha works to fight off the otherwise flooding the markets all over the world, including China. We are very glad to have found him and strong handshakes are in the room as we spoke to him in October, of course with our QC Craftsman Yi Xiao Ran.
Looking at his Shui Ping, it is easy to see, why it is so popular with his regular contacts and friends in China! We shall not speak more, and allow you to feast your eyes on his excellent Shui Ping!
And we give perennial thanks to Senior Craftsman Chen Yue Fei for joining us!
Let us now enjoy his works!
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Many of us delight in a small Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni work to steep our Oolong Dancongs, Oolong Da Hong Paos, Wu Yi Yan Chas, Black Teas, with dense rich taste. A 100degC steep in of hot water, with a fast pour out. Especially your costliest Oolong, that $4,000 per 100g Oolong harvested around the Mu Shu Da Hong Pao trees meant for the leadership of China. We want to get the Rich TASTE OUT from the leaves OPTIMALLY, and not burning nor scalding the leaves, with a fast pour out. A classic fast move. Elegant and the Oolong that results, especially if that is your costliest Oolong, your costliest Yan Cha in your collection. Nothing else replaces this prerequisite for the BEST resultant tea taste. For one or two pax most astounding results. We want the maximum amount of tea leaves within the pot, that 100degC hot water in that fills up fast and conveniently, decisive pick of the lid knob and covering it, quick and most effective steep, that dense tea water out. The most treasured steep of 85ml (125ml - 40ml of space taken up by the expanded tea leaves) of tea water out for one to two persons per steep. When every steep matters. The most unique and transcendental tasting, that teaches us the matter of impermanence, and we treasure every steep, every drop that passes through down our palate.
An upper end Oolong costs $5 per gram, and 100 grams would cost $500. Each steep with 7-8grams of tea leaves, this 100grams would last 12 sessions.
We do not waste it, and we want to treasure every drop of tea steeped from it.
Senior Craftsman Chen Yue Fei ASTUTELY crafts this Shui Ping ZiSha work for all of us for this purpose,
1) A 160ml right-sized pot for one to three pax,
Notice how he crafted the spout's circumferential clay wall thin and sturdy. You want a quick pour out, you want a small volume pot for that gungfu steeping for your costliest Oolong and Yan Cha, you want a wide lumen and opening for the spout: hence the spout's wall cannot be thick, or else the spout would look unbecomingly stubby, unsightly and oversized to match the pot's body. The only way to achieve this is to have the Craftsman diligently and crafting a thin yet sturdy wall. Yes, so as to achieve the widest spout lumen and opening for that fast pour out. If the clay wall is thicker, you can't have a wide spout opening or else the whole spout would appear too thick and unsightly.
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This is Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni, as we all know, with the highest shrinkage together with Zhao Zhuang Zhu Ni compared to all other ZiSha types. Failure rates are high. Unpredictability of the clay edges and joints, due to this high shrinkage is scary to say the least. This is a precious piece of ZiSha Art. Our Zhu Ni Craftsmen Chen Yue Fei, Wang Hui, Shi Yun, Zhai Yi Yao and Wang Xing with their diligence and hard work all these years are to be cherished much by all of us. We support their craft and devotion.
With our Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni works coming from our Zhu Ni Craftsmen: although three out of five crafted are successful coming off from the kiln devoid of deformations/cracks, again, ONLY two of these three are worthy in final form, beauty and cohesion. As with all Art pieces from RealZiSha here presented to all of you dearest Friends, guardians of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art, they are premium pieces availed at the most astounding lowest prices. We want you each of you friends to get the best. You deserve it.
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TRULY FULLY-HANDMADE AND DELICATELY MADE ZHU NI WORK:
Note on our TRUE Fully-Handmade Zhu Ni pots from RealZiSha: NOT those thick-/irregular-thickness-walled ones which are actually fake "Fully-handmade ZhuNi pots" utilising the cheating new technology: "车一刀 Che Yi Dao": Such ZhuNi pots utilizing Che Yi Dao process, have been sprouting up in the market since early 2022. Che Yi Dao involves a swivelling-rotational cutter that goes around a roughly-finished ZhuNi pot to cut the outer surface into a perfect shape. This cutter obliviates the need of accomplished skill of a true Fully-Handmaking Craftsman. Obviously, Che Yi Dao also absolves the need of a skilled FHM Craftsman to 1)pound the slab into a careful thin-slab, 2)paddle-pat the slab into a uniform shape purely manually.
In the utilisation of Che Yi Dao cutter, the worker will just need to 1) roughly pound the slab into a slightly thicker slab. After that the worker rounds up this slab as part of the main body, and will just 2)need to ROUGHLY paddle-pat it into shape. After which he sets up the Che Yi Dao cutter to revolve and cut the body into a perfect shape.
Of course, rest assured here, and avoid the ubiquitous fake jigger-machined fake "Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni", "Zhao Zhuang Zhu Ni", "Zhu Ni Da Hong Pao", etc pots all around sold in a multitude of places, sites, apps and platforms.
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