Ming Lu 明炉, 129.3ml, Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni 小煤窑朱泥, by our Collaborative Craftsman Wang Xing 王兴。

Heroes do not wear capes.  We regards Wang Xing as one.  Humble, hardworking and single-mindedly continuing his pursuit to help us all with affordable, high quality true Fully-Handmade ZiSha pots.Here is Wang Xing!!  A great salute to him and his hard work, as he had served many of you friends previously with efforts earlier this year! Here is his Ming Lu created for you friends! Ming Lu 明炉 is the Austere shape and model which all ZiSha collectors love for its extreme practicality! Ming Lu 1)exudes the Aura of Chinese Orientalism, 2)has a wide opening for extreme EASE of introducing tea leaves and washing after steeping, 3)has a sharp-ish spout for decisive cutting of flow, and 4)has a slightly raised lid that stores a column of air above the tea water level when the lid is closed, so that during the initial first moment of pour with that few degrees of tilt, tea water flows out decisively and easily right from the start. 5) It also has a raised circular base with the protruding circ