Mud characteristics
Red Dragon
Red skin dragon, formerly known as Yeshan red mud, is rare in minerals, and it is rare in recent years. Generally distributed under the Yellowstone layer, the mud color is reddish brown, and red after firing. Red Dragon has a relatively high quartz content, more mica impurities, good breathability, easy to use tea, good affinity, simple and easy to control temperature, the longer it is used, the more ruddy it is.
[Kiln temperature] about 1100 degrees
[Shrinkage ratio] about 15%
[Mining place] Huanglong Mountain, Yixing, Jiangsu
【Mudiness】It is easy to jump sand, deform, kiln crack; mud embryo is loose, so the molding is easy to crack, it is difficult to master the combination, the opening is easy to fall off sand during production, and the detailed treatment requires high skills and patience.
[Difficulty] The shrinkage ratio is large, the yield is low, and the large device is difficult to burn
[Features] The whole body is densely covered with coarse particles, forming a very special style; ruddy and sandy, the body obviously has a double-pore structure, the air convection is smooth, unlike the ordinary pottery; simple and elegant, the crown is beautiful, and the popular calendar is hundreds of years. Without fail
[Characteristics of tea making] The color change rate of hot shower is high, and it becomes more rosy after nursing, and the beauty of the encapsulation is easy to show; high tea affinity, fragrant fragrance and long sweet rhyme, which is a great love for collectors of Taobao
[Recommendation for brewing] Recommended by Taobao people, Pu'er tea cooked tea, black tea brewing easy-to-use pulp, Tieguanyin and semi-fermented tea, heavy fermentation tea (black tea), oolong tea green tea (light roasting series) ), green tea, etc.