180ml Green Label Factory 1 Zini Pigeon Beak Yixing Teapot old tea We knew this Duanni clay

We knew this Duanni clay made lovely tea - it's a batch of clay we've used before for making our Fangxia Duanni teapots

Another of Zhang Hui Chun's premier grade teas

but there are some instructions that should be followed

with old trees that at one point suffered in forest fire and have grown back as multiple trunks sprouting from a single thick trunk at ground level

It has made for a nicer finish

180ml Green Label Factory 1 Zini Pigeon Beak Yixing Teapot old tea We knew this Duanni clayThis pot was produced by Yixing Factory 1 during the 1977 1982 'Green Label' period. They were stored by a collector since then. The teapots used Zini clay. It's a unique shui ping style from Yixing Factory 1 in that period, they were made for exporting at that time. The spout looks like pigeon beak, that's why the pot called "Ge Zui (Pigeon Beak) Shui Ping. The clay used by Factory 1 during this period was very good and these pots are nicely fired