Tea Technique Editorial Conversations

Chapter 0: Preface - What I Know

Episode Summary

Pat: “What does everyone get wrong when they write about Yixing?” Jason: “Everything.” In this episode, Jason previews the topics covered in his latest book "An Introduction to the Art & Science of Chinese Tea Ceremony: Yixing Teapots - Knowledge, Connoisseurship, and Technique" and describes his fact-checking process to provide verifiable information on Yixing.

Episode Notes

Image: Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of wisdom holding a handscroll, late 10th to early 12th century (Song Dynasty). The Metropolitan Museum of Arts, NYC.

Errata  

• At around the 19 minute mark, while discussing Yixing myths and a potentially non-existent clay sub-type, Jason say's "Hong Ni" when he meant to say  "Da Hong Pao" .