Does the Tea Taste Better? – The Story of the Little Teapot from Yixing

Authors

  • Di Murrell Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27830

Keywords:

teapots, tea culture, Chinese tea, tea brewing , compressed tea, Dragon Rounds, tea cakes, luxury, ceramic industry, song dynasty, tang dynasty, ming dynasty, Suzhou, frugality, food and the state, literati, The Classic of Tea, Chan Buddhism, virtue, ritual, Yixing teapot, China

Abstract

The article looks at the history of the teapot in China and of the development of tea brewing techniques.

Author Biography

  • Di Murrell, Independent Scholar

    Di Murrell has spent much of her life on inland waterways. She now divides her time between houses in Twickenham and France and writes about food on land and water. Her Barges & Bread was published by Prospect in 2017, and her latest thoughts may be found at <www.writteninmykitchen.com>.

References

Hongshan Chen, ‘Analysis on the Historical Role and Significance of Purple Clay Teapot and its Inscription Decoration’, International Conference on Language, Art and Intercultural Communication (Atlantis Press, 2014).

Jessica Harrison-Hall, lecture at International ceramics fair and Seminar 1999, ‘An Introduction to Yixing Zisha Stonewares’ <https://www.haughton.com/articles/1999/6/13/an-introduction-to-yixing-zisha-stonewares>.

K.S. Lo, The Stonewares of Yixing: From the Ming Period to the Present Day (Sotheby Parke Burnet Publications, 1986.

James A. Benn, Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History (University of Hawaii Press, 2015).

Chunfang Pan, Yixing Pottery: The World of Chinese Tea Culture (Long River Press, San Francisco, 2004).

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Published

2021-08-01

Issue

PPC 120 (2021)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Murrell, Di. 2021. “Does the Tea Taste Better? – The Story of the Little Teapot from Yixing”. Petits Propos Culinaires, August, 88-101. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27830.