Before modern tea house came into being, the older generation used to meet and savor tea, using small Yixing teapots

Yixing teapots :Yixing,located in Jiangsu provice,China, It’s teapots have long been known in China for their simple beauty and unique tea brewing qualities. Yixing zisha (purple clay) teapots have been in use since the Song Dynasty (960-1279), became popular in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) & Qing Dynasty(1645-1910), Now they are popular all over the world.Yixing zisha teapots are made from zisha - a purple clay found only in and near the Yixing region.The Song Dynasty (960-1279), people began to use teapots not very popular.

During the Ming Dyanasty (1368-1644) there are many well known Yixing teapot masters. Some of the more well known ones are Zhao Liang, Dong Han, Yuan Chang and Shi Peng. Later Shi Da Bing (shi Peng’s son) became very well known.
At that time,something changed people replaced the tea bowl with a tea pot and replaced boiled tea with tea steeped in hot water, replacing the fermented tea cake with tea leaves and the process of infusion that we know today. The smaller pots were designed for individual users and often the tea was drunk from the spout of the pot. Drinking from the spout of a teapot is still a common practice even among some members of the necessiteas family.

The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) , higher level of decoration of the Yixing teapots is developed. The artists began creating pots with with painting, inlaid gold and silver, bas-relief, color glaze painting etc. Kang Xi and early emperor in the dyanasty liked colored enamel pots which were more formal than many of the pots you see today. All of the Yixing pots that entered the palace could only have the seal of the emperors reign and not the artists chop. During his reign China began exporting the zisha teapots to Europe along with Chinese tea. The Europeans began to copy the designs. Of course these teapots were not made with the actual purple clay which is only found in China.

for tea-making and small cups for sipping and drinking. This was called “Old Man’s Tea”. In Teochew, South-East Asia and Taiwan, the same method was followed. On account of time consumed and its elaborate procedure, it was also known as “oolong Tea”. This elaborate method of tea-making has now been widely adopted.

Chinese traditional ways of Preparing wu long tea is an art. The method is refered to as Kungfu or Gongfu. it’s very detailed and complicated.
Ways to Brew Oolong Tea