Zisha Aroma Cup Set...Indulge the Senses with Yixing "Purple Sand" Clay...
Looking to Expand Your Tea Knowledge?
Discover the Nuances of Aroma Through This Beautiful Yixing Clay Set...
Made with Zisha or "Purple Sand" clay from the mountains outside Yixing, a city where... ... Learn More
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Looking to Expand Your Tea Knowledge?
Discover the Nuances of Aroma Through This Beautiful Yixing Clay Set...
Made with Zisha or "Purple Sand" clay from the mountains outside Yixing, a city where artisan pottery has been made for thousands of years. An aroma cup set is best used with Oolong teas, which are known for their captivating aromas...
Clay from the Yixing mountains, known collectively as Zisha, is porous, thus tea sets made with Yixing clay absorb the character of the teas they contain over time. You can think of a tea set made with this high-quality "purple" clay as special in the way we consider a cast-iron pan to be...Yixing clay evolves with the tea it contains...
How to Use A Yixing Zisha Aroma Cup Set:
1. Fill the taller aroma cup 90% of the way with tea soup.
2. Use the shorter tasting cup upside-down to cover the taller aroma cup.
3. Using your thumb and forefinger, flip both cups, so the aroma cup is now upside-down sitting in the tasting cup. Swirl the cups to concentrate the aroma.
4. Lift the aroma cup slowly, depositing the soup in the tasting cup.
5. Push warm air from your nose into the aroma cup gently then breathe in...
6. Take in the gorgeous scent of your tea. As the soup dries onto the inside surface of the aroma cup the aroma will intensify...may continue over several moments.
7. Now slurp from your tasting cup as you contemplate the aroma.
