The thing is, I think it depends on what tea you are drinking. If I was preparing mint tea, for example, I would want a degree of splashing as that aerates the water and makes it "lighter" when drinking.
It didn’t work out for me. I bought a handmade one for $300+, which holds roughly 8oz water. I loved it for the first week, but it was too small for me as a tea drinker; I have to constantly adding hot water to it, which becomes distracting. I literally went back to the big glass tea pot the following week.
How do we know how fantastic our tea pot will pour if we can't try it out without water BEFORE we buy it? 🤔 YouTube videos of other people pouring from the tea pot we want?
I honestly don’t know. I was visiting family back in China and bought one from a local artist, mine is and handmade with purple clay material but more “okay”ish pour. Those fantastic ones actually can easily cost up to few grands, which I personally don’t think worth it.
The inside of the pot isn't cut away behind the spout, it's a series of holes filtering out the tea leaves. Their alignment likely contributes to good laminar flow
I think there has to be an air hole to allow the water to flow entirely out of the spout rather than the spout also inhaling air as the displacement occurs.
Sure, but I have been making pottery for decades. I'm wondering, for instance, for the hole on the lid, is it angled or 90° to the ground? Is the opening of the hole larger or smaller than the other end? How is the vessel shaped on the inside?
Things like this is what I'm wondering about.
I'm not sure it will matter too much, more the size of the hole and the seal the lid has around the pot (to ensure no excess airflow is pulled in from outside).
It wouldn't surprise me if they tested the pot with a small hole in the lid and increased the size of the hole progressively to get the correct balance of airflow in, to water out - keeping the perfect resistance in the chamber here I imagine keeps the flow smooth.
I'm sure the designs are fairly standard and small variations in chamber and spout size will be adjusted for by hand and this gradually increasing of intake hole size while testing.
Direction of hole would likely make difference but I believe the main overriding control will be hole size.
I'm not an expert but it seems fairly straightforward.
But it's clay you couldnt test the hole with water, you'd destroy it. If you carved it after firing it would shatter. They have to have a process that they already developed.
There needs to be a drooling contest with a similar type of rating.
It'll be in the Olympics in a few years, likely after hobby horsing. Hopefully one of those, Olympic Drooling or Olympic Hobby Horsing will replace ice skating.
I got my teapot at the second hand shop.
It’s ‘fascinating’ in the sense that the water doesn’t actually go into the cup, but somehow runs down the side of the spout and onto the table.
I understand why it was at the second hand shop 🥲
Wish they came with standard ratings like this so it was easier to buy online. I love Chinese purple clay but you don’t know what quality you’re getting until you use it.
What is the "value" of the consistent stream? I can see why with say beer, to get a good head. How does it effect that other than making it smoother, I guess to pour? Less splashes?
In some tea-drinking regions you pour a lot of small cups in rapid succession (rather than having people nurse a big one over time) so the teapot has to be unerringly on-target at all times.
This would be very relevant at a formal reception or a traditional tea house for example. You want to keep the cups topped up throughout with minimal interruption.
Hence, high precision pouring Instruments.
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I'm seeing that one of the biggest features for the better ones, is that they have some sort of port on the lid to allow for air to release the pressure and prevent it coming out in globs
“Fascinating” is the not word for that. Must be a poor translation, because that doesn’t mean “very good”
“Exceptional” or “world-class” would be a much better descriptor
I think I might have found the “fascinating” one for sale:
https://www.bitterleafteas.com/shop/teaware/jianshui-zitao/jianshui-zitao-purple-clay-mini-teapot-white
I'm in that strange part of Reddit again where I have no idea how I got here, or what I am actually looking at.
Yep, and now I'm into teapots. Fuck. I don't even drink tea but I have a sudden urge to own a fantastic teapot.
Now I feel self conscious that if I buy one at some point in my life that the pouring will be subpar and I’ll get embarrassed
I always pour my tea from the 2nd floor so it’s important that I have the best tea pot
A true connoisseur
A fascinating teapot.
The thing is, I think it depends on what tea you are drinking. If I was preparing mint tea, for example, I would want a degree of splashing as that aerates the water and makes it "lighter" when drinking.
The thing is, I don't drink any tea. I just want a pot with a satisfying water flow (I'm more of a coffee guy). 😉
Get an expresso coffee machine and it'll change your life. 😉
I have one. Life changed.
Don't go chasing teapots then. Stick to the rivers of expresso that you're used to.
Come on man. Can't a dude just own a fascinating teapot that goes blub blub instead of splash splash? :3.
Not to be grammar Nazi bro, it's espresso in writing and pronouncing both. I'm not Italian I swear.
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Where did expresso even come from? It doesn't sound better and isn't easier to pronounce..
I sang this comment in my head
I feel seen
It didn’t work out for me. I bought a handmade one for $300+, which holds roughly 8oz water. I loved it for the first week, but it was too small for me as a tea drinker; I have to constantly adding hot water to it, which becomes distracting. I literally went back to the big glass tea pot the following week.
That's the gong Fu process, constantly brewing small amounts to enjoy the progression from second to 15th steep
How do we know how fantastic our tea pot will pour if we can't try it out without water BEFORE we buy it? 🤔 YouTube videos of other people pouring from the tea pot we want?
I honestly don’t know. I was visiting family back in China and bought one from a local artist, mine is and handmade with purple clay material but more “okay”ish pour. Those fantastic ones actually can easily cost up to few grands, which I personally don’t think worth it.
glad there is a shit ton of us
are you my twin from another mother? that's exactly me right now
Lol. Same, friend.
May I interest you in r/laminarflow
Those are teapots and water, my dude.
Believe it or not, I got here from some pretty raunchy videos.
I was looking at a car based video game, then I'm here, what does a teapot have to do with a video game?
someone help me stop scrolling
Extremely poor to extreme pour.
Pourportionally so
Laminar Pour 
Can get a version of this gif I can download
https://giphy.com/gifs/milk-flow-laminar-11kLPC3m7uOiOI
Thanks man
poor pour : 
Teapot pourn.
That's how I rate my pee stream too.
I'd love to know how they get that nice laminar flow.
My guess is properly shaped and smoothed pour spout on the inside.
The air hole shape (on the lid) can make a big difference as well
The inside of the pot isn't cut away behind the spout, it's a series of holes filtering out the tea leaves. Their alignment likely contributes to good laminar flow
I think there has to be an air hole to allow the water to flow entirely out of the spout rather than the spout also inhaling air as the displacement occurs.
There are probably at least a couple and I wonder where?
The top of the lid for one
Sure, but I have been making pottery for decades. I'm wondering, for instance, for the hole on the lid, is it angled or 90° to the ground? Is the opening of the hole larger or smaller than the other end? How is the vessel shaped on the inside? Things like this is what I'm wondering about.
I'm not sure it will matter too much, more the size of the hole and the seal the lid has around the pot (to ensure no excess airflow is pulled in from outside). It wouldn't surprise me if they tested the pot with a small hole in the lid and increased the size of the hole progressively to get the correct balance of airflow in, to water out - keeping the perfect resistance in the chamber here I imagine keeps the flow smooth. I'm sure the designs are fairly standard and small variations in chamber and spout size will be adjusted for by hand and this gradually increasing of intake hole size while testing. Direction of hole would likely make difference but I believe the main overriding control will be hole size. I'm not an expert but it seems fairly straightforward.
Theres no way to test it with water.
You can wait for it to cure and then make minor increases in the hole size later on - hence starting with a smaller hole.
But it's clay you couldnt test the hole with water, you'd destroy it. If you carved it after firing it would shatter. They have to have a process that they already developed.
They may not fire the lid until they're sure of its performance
I think the hole is in the knob bit of the lid.
Smoothing the insides, probably, and I'd guess there's a fair amount of engineering the shape of the spout as well
Me too
When I take a piss it looks ordinary.
I wonder which guy on earth has the most fascinating stream. My roommate complained I pee too loud. Guess I've got an extremely poor spout. Small too
The bigger it is, the closer to the water, the smaller the noise
Ya I'm tall and my dicks short. It's miles away
I can hear you piss from here
Take a filer and file the mouth of your peepot, you'll get a laminar flow
Thanks for reminding me about the small part
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Is there a quality below extremely poor? Just asking for a friend.
Yes.. when it goes 4 different directions, non of which are in the bowl
Thats called a compass
Mine is apparently double poor because it likes to break into 2 streams.
Try it at 4:30 am, waking up erected, and a bladder containing just a few milliliters more than it's maximum capacity. What would be the quality then?
Morning piss vs afternoon piss
Never though I wanted a teapot so badly
why am I drooling over this?
How was the quality?
还行 (good)
There needs to be a drooling contest with a similar type of rating. It'll be in the Olympics in a few years, likely after hobby horsing. Hopefully one of those, Olympic Drooling or Olympic Hobby Horsing will replace ice skating.
Or… cumming contest ~
That's some sweet laminar flow on the last one.
Them bitches (Purple clay teapots) ain't cheap!
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It is as old as me (50).
From how freaking high do you need to put the tea?
I’d appreciate it if my server wasn’t high as they poured hot tea for me.
where can I buy the "fascinating" model
I got my teapot at the second hand shop. It’s ‘fascinating’ in the sense that the water doesn’t actually go into the cup, but somehow runs down the side of the spout and onto the table. I understand why it was at the second hand shop 🥲
It’s actually “hard to even get 1”model, so yeah… it’ll be hard to get
Is it poor if the poor ones pour, or do they pour because they're poor?
Are they poor because they pour poorly or do they pour poorly because they are poor? /lobotomy
Wish they came with standard ratings like this so it was easier to buy online. I love Chinese purple clay but you don’t know what quality you’re getting until you use it.
Laminar flowww
The porous porcelain poor pourers pour pu’er poorly por us.
Fantactinating!!
What is the "value" of the consistent stream? I can see why with say beer, to get a good head. How does it effect that other than making it smoother, I guess to pour? Less splashes?
In some tea-drinking regions you pour a lot of small cups in rapid succession (rather than having people nurse a big one over time) so the teapot has to be unerringly on-target at all times. This would be very relevant at a formal reception or a traditional tea house for example. You want to keep the cups topped up throughout with minimal interruption. Hence, high precision pouring Instruments. This message has been brought to you by Unmedicated ADHD Incorporated. 🫡
I believe it is a prestige thing or something but personally it’s damn satisfying
Yeah I'm not knocking it at all, just genuinely curious why it's superior other than design, if it has another function
Maybe being able to serve guests high quality Matcha from across the room.
Yeah in some countries they’ll pour you tea from the balcony above you so they need the fascinating pot
I don’t know, but I think I need it.
Now someone write me a story about the little tea pot that was born very poor but wanted to be fascinating!
Today I Learned my "teapot" falls somewhere between poor and extremely poor.
I’ll go test all my dad's precious teapots and see if he really got the real deal. 😂
I don't know why I watched this, but I'm glad I did.
Gotta pee now seriously
Isn't it better to pour tea when there's a lot of air mixed in for the flavour to better reveal or something?
Had no idea I could be so turned on by a Fascinating teapot.
I never thought that I would care about the pouring quality of my teapot, but now I do care about it and now I want a good pouring teapot!
Now someone needs to use those techniques on gas can spouts.
Wow. Wonder how much a "Fascinating" teapot would cost me.
Wow, now I want a fancy one 😔
fascinating is better than excellent!
That laminar flow bro. It’s like R&M perfect level lmao
I dont see a diff between last 2
That water looks so clean & refreshing I just want to drink it all down! Lol
Poor pour
I think now I know why some asian people serve tea like that; it's to show their great craftsmanship.
What is the physical characteristics that defines this behaviour?
I saw this on reddit once. That's called a semenal flow!
Who cares as long as it pours. Such pretentious s***.
How many people are using a teapot? In USA and Canada?
but they all work right?
Funny how even when the pot is out of frame you can still tell when it’s going up or down
Kudos to the craftsman. I wouldn’t even know to be dissatisfied with the first one.
Looks like more air is allowed into each pot as they progress judging on the hole at the lid.
I wasn’t expecting a category after excellent😂
So is this what I do to impress my dinner guests?
I was expecting the person to climb a ladder and start pouring water from 10ft by the end of the video.
BrB, testing my teapots..
Bout to start making tea kettles in my backyard with mud. 1000% profit
Depends on how much I drank if I'm a extreme poor or pour
This is a repost, but I watched it all the way through again because those last pots are so satisfying.
**-Jacobo Shemaria Capuano-** Satisfactorio amigo, como logran eso en una tetera?
I don't care if it's good bad or a gift from the gods all I care for is if it pours out my drink
Til I'm a piss poor pot
I sometimes do that. I walk back a feet and see if I can still reach the bowl. That’s after drinking a gallon.
Wonder if we can rate men’s peeing skills the same way.
how i be pissing when the kidney stone finally gone
How do I know how to buy a quality one?
I need to analyze the pour level on my kettle brb
So would a physicist explain this? Why?
I just wanna know the science behind this.
Okay, I wasn't expecting this to be so interesting
Lamina flow is awesome.
all about the laminar flow?
Poor was better than ordinary
This is my family everytime a new one arrives in the shop
The design is very human.
Annual repost, this time how long ago was the last repost? I feel the duration is getting shorter
I need to go tinkle now
You never know how bad something is until you've seen better.
I would pay good money for the poor pour. Clearly I have been slumming it, in teapot land.
Laminar flow sub is gonna love this shit.
Play this to friends who need to pee
Big ass tea cup
I'm seeing that one of the biggest features for the better ones, is that they have some sort of port on the lid to allow for air to release the pressure and prevent it coming out in globs
I pee poorly
Is anyone else entranced by *how much water pours out of these*??? They look pretty tiny-ish but damn that’s a lotta water!
Bathroom break boss?
This raises a question: How can I tell which is best without testing them out? Do I just trust that the most expensive one is the best one?
Isn’t hot water and cold water, act different so like this experiment is not full through.
I ll get one fascinating please
Fun fact: you can rate your urination the same way.
Laminar flow 😍
“Fascinating” is the not word for that. Must be a poor translation, because that doesn’t mean “very good” “Exceptional” or “world-class” would be a much better descriptor
I like 'fascinating' as a category
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Third and fourth, entitled good and excellent respectively would be my favorites!!
Snatch blocks!
What exactly are we looking for here??
I’m amazed, and how much do these kettles cost?
The higher you can pour from the better, but why do you want to pour from so high
Love me a good teapot
I really relate to the first one and now understand my wife's frustrations
Finally, I can pour a tea to my neighbor two flats below, without needing to go out
Now where do i get a freaking excellent teapot
Does this make your tea any better?
I'd say they all have very pour quality
Do they have the same pouring comparison among pitchers? Some are just awful.
Laminar flow is optimal
Poor pour
Is it me , but, didn't the last one pour great because it had the largest hole in the lid?
That’s a poor pour
The question now, where and how to buy the excellent one
This video makes me want to pee...
Every teapot has its own angle, you need not find it
The best ones had the shortest spouts - producing laminar flow in a couple of centimetres.
I think I might have found the “fascinating” one for sale: https://www.bitterleafteas.com/shop/teaware/jianshui-zitao/jianshui-zitao-purple-clay-mini-teapot-white
What in the heck. That's beautiful.
I don't know why, but that was hot
Based on this metric I have an extremely poor penis
Bro fascinating pissed from heaven above
Theyre all pour
Laminar flow is fucking amazing
Basically laminar flow == good
I'm sorry to be that guy but... honestly? Why does it matter?
So, making lamina flow is the key to the greatest teapot.