How do you dedicate teapots?
Tell me about your teapots, and how you've dedicated your different pots to different teas.

I'm in a bit of a pickle. I have a new teapot coming, bought solely because it looks pretty. I just realised that I probably don't strictly need it, in that I can't think of a major tea group that I need a pot for. So, I need you to help by telling me about your pots, and their dedications.

Hopefully, I'll find a major tea sub-group (that I drink frequently) for which I haven't yet got a pot. Optimally, I'll find several new genres of tea, allowing me justification to buy more pots!

Please show photos if possible. It's very hard to know what we're talking about without being able to visualise it! I appreciate your time in advance. :)



As a quick example, I'll describe my pots.

Aged Shengpu
This was a wedding gift from a gentleman on the Chinese half of our family. It's big (400ml), and so I usually only fill it up to about 30% capacity. It's heavy, smooth, and the pour is smooth. It's a bit Buddhist, being covered with lotus flowers, and has a carving of an ox (for enlightenment) appropriately hidden underneath. There are bats (fu, "blessing") on the lid, and it's topped with a cute bunny. The perfect mix of spiritual and lightheartedness for us here. :)

Our best pot gets our best tea, the old sheng. It's almost pouring pu'er from plain water at the moment, and all of the rubbing that it gets has promoted a nice shine on the outer skin. Dark clay for dark tea. Origin unknown.




Young Shengpu
As several of my regular sample-swappers will know, I often go too heavily with the shengpu, and it always tastes bitter. To counteract this, the slightly larger size of this pot, at 15cl, reduces the effect of this regular flaw in my brewing. It's not too absorbent clay, but does take the sharp edges off a brittle, feisty young shengpu. I like the greenish colour for the greenish tea. Less than $20, Yunnan Sourcing.




Shupu
Rich red clay for rich red tea, this is porous and quickly absorbs the flavour of shupu, enhancing richness of less accomplished brews. 12cl, a pleasantly small size, and holds it heat well. Less than $20, Yunnan Sourcing.




Gaoshan Wulong
A sweet little 10cl yellow pot for these light-coloured teas. Spherical shape matches the fisted shape of the leaves. Very porous (of the same family as the shupu pot, above) to absorb fragrances from more potent leaves. Less than $20, Yunnan Sourcing.




Roasted Wulongs
A flat 10cl pot for those flat leaves of the roasted wulongs that I usually drink in the mornings. Retains heat for surprisingly long periods of time.