Pear-shaped Pottery: Teapot-maker Carries Chaozhou Traditions into a New Era

ujian Cai (蔡煜坚) waits patiently in an alley, deep in the industrial district of Chaozhou city. It has been raining on and off all day, and the wet road is shiny with puddles under the dim streetlights of the dark evening. The potter has been kind enough to stay after hours to allow our small group to visit his studio. It is in an unremarkable concrete buil

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Adeline Teoh is a writer based in Sydney, Australia. She runs events through the Sydney Tea Meetup and writes about tea culture and paraphernalia at teashirts.com.au.