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A new Nixing clay teapot is more than a teapot — it’s a piece of Chinese craftsmanship with more than 1,300 years of history behind it. Before your first brew, one small ritual makes all the difference: seasoning. Hand-thrown Nixing clay teapot, ready for its first season. Seasoning opens the pores of the unglazed clay, […]

If you’ve been shopping for a Chinese clay teapot, you’ve almost certainly met Yixing — and you may have just discovered Nixing. Both belong to China’s “four great potteries,” both are unglazed, and both are loved for how they improve with use. But they are not the same, and knowing the difference helps you choose

Long before teapots became global design objects, a quiet town in southern China was perfecting a craft that would survive 13 centuries. The town is Qinzhou, in Guangxi, and the craft is Nixing pottery — one of China’s four great pottery traditions, alongside Yixing, Jianshui and Rongchang. A master-carved collector’s Nixing teapot from Qinzhou. Born