What is Tenmoku Jianzhan
Jianzhan was a representative of black porcelain and one of the eight most famous porcelains of the Song dynasty, and the craft was lost for more than seven hundred years. As you probably already know, every single handmade Jianzhan is unique. This is because during the firing process, there are many uncertain factors. You can not know the patterns of Jianzhan until you take them out of kiln.
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The Jianzhan Tenmokus firing process involves 13 steps, and to make a good Jianzhan Tenmokus, the success rate is very low, sometimes firing a kiln full of defective products are possible, it can be said that one in a thousand. So please be careful with the Jianzhan you hold in your hands, for these are the heart and soul of a master craftsman.
Use Jianzhan Tenmokus to drink
Many people say that drinking tea with Jianzhan is better. This is mainly due to the fact that pine wood is used as the fuel for the kiln, so the resin is permanently integrated into the pot by the time it is fired. When the boiling tea water stimulates the taste of pine resin, it achieves the effect of enhancing the aroma of tea.
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