{"product_id":"the-noble-bamboo-handcraft-yixing-clay-teapot","title":"“The Noble Bamboo” Handcraft Chinese Yixing Clay Teapot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Noble Bamboo\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 250ml Yixing teapot in the Handuo form: an upright body with a tall bell-shaped knob, named after an old Han-dynasty bell. The clay is zini, the classic purple clay from Yixing, hand-carved on both sides, with bamboo across one face and a few lines of calligraphy on the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Chinese art bamboo is one of the \"Four Gentlemen,\" a plant that stands for quiet integrity. The carved verse is a Song-dynasty line on that idea: bamboo forms its nodes (the same word means integrity) before it breaks ground, and keeps a hollow, humble heart even as it grows toward the clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the spout is a cluster of small holes, punched by hand, so the pot pours fast and holds the leaf back. Zisha is porous: keep the pot to one kind of tea, and over months of use it seasons, and the tea comes through rounder and deeper. This shape suits darker teas, like aged pu-erh or a roasted oolong.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach pot is signed, and comes as a gift set with two maker's certificates: one from the potter who made it, one from the artisan who carved it. A piece to keep, or to give.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the gift set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBamboo zisha teapot, 250ml\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo maker's certificates (potter and carver, in Chinese)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGift box, brocade pouch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTea cloth, pot mat, pot cord\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZini (Yixing purple clay)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-carved bamboo, with calligraphy on the reverse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHanduo form, 250ml, sized for gongfu brewing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMulti-hole mesh spout, hand-punched\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeasons to your tea with regular use; suited to darker teas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"1688","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44357000200257,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/6242\/7713\/files\/O1CN015Sem6C1kG2jwe9GUO__2212699894655-0-cib.jpg?v=1786285554","url":"https:\/\/amomentoftea.com.au\/products\/the-noble-bamboo-handcraft-yixing-clay-teapot","provider":"A Moment of Tea","version":"1.0","type":"link"}