Apparently, harder than I thought. Armed with nothing more than desire, I got scammed at Zhu Hai. I came across a Chinese tea shop that sold tea and they had some traditional chinese teapots on display. So I happily picked out a dark brown one for RMB100 (S$20). Yippee!!
That "Yippee!" was short lived.
I begin searching the internet for information on “Fake Yixing Zisha” teapots which confirmed that I had indeed purchased one made of some kind of inferior clay. The teapot gave off a weird (terrible) smell even after boiling and brewing tea in it. Upon closer inspection, it had concentric circles on the inside and only 1 seal chop at the base of the teapot.
Smell and concentric circles, sounds like no big deal, but this are 2 certain signs that it is not Yixing Zisha. I will do a post on "How to chose a Zisha Teapot".
Based on appearance alone, I still like this teapot though I will never brew any tea in it again (see "Buyer Beware!!"). It has a chubby round shape and a pleasing dark purple color. It even has some sought of "patina" look to it. This teapot will be my educational tool for beginner teapot collectors like myself.
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