Yixing Teapots

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What is the Tea Ceremony?

Yixing Teapots

Yixing Teapots
(pronounced EE SHING)
http://www.theteahouse.com/yixing.htm
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A History of Teapots
The Need for Teapots
The story of teapots begins with their necessity -- the development of tea and its regular consumption required an efficient, and later an aesthetically pleasing, vessel for brewing and drinking.

There are two legends about the invention of tea.......

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