Teapots: One Possible Historical Overview According to Chou Kao-ch'i, author of Yang-Hsien ming hu hsi, an account of Ishing (Yixing) teapots, early in the sixteenth century, the potters at Ishing, a few miles...
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According to Chinese legend, tea was discovered by emperor Shen Nung in 2737 B.C.E. While boiling water one morning, leaves from a nearby plant fell into the pot. He liked the taste and discovered that not...
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