Ball and Hammer Pattern Teapot" from "Hung Kee Treasure/掇球锤纹泡茶壶

An old saying goes: "Seven treasures for literati, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea." Drinking tea around the stove in winter is the most heart-warming. While cooking slowly, wait by the stove for the water to boil, the air to rise, and the fragrance of tea to burst forth. Find a moment of peace and purity in the trivial matters of the world. And a wonderful tea event is inseparable from a good pot. Xu Cishu once recorded in "Tea Shu": "Tea notes are good if they are not affected by others, so the first silver and the second tin." Silver is a beautiful silver-white metal with good ductility. Silver teaware has also been admired by celebrities and scholars in the past dynasties. It has been a symbol of status since ancient times. Our use of silver teapots can be traced back to before the Warring States Period and flourished in the Tang Dynasty In the Song Dynasty and all dynasties, it was said that "the silver pot is the most precious for boiling water, and the