Nosaka Rough Clay Reduction Firing by Tozo Watanabe
Nosaka Rough Clay Reduction is teaware made from clay that Tozo Watanabe collected in an area called Nosaka, in Sawane on Sado Island and fired in reduction.
It raises both the lingering finish (richness and feel in the throat) and the body (sideways spread and airy softness), and the taste in the mouth is very round. Compared with Nosaka fired in oxidation, the finish is even longer and the body a little gentler. Gentle as it is, the body still comes across very strongly, and it goes well with every kind of tea: black tea, Japanese green tea, raw and ripe Pu-erh tea, white tea, Phoenix Dan Cong oolong, Anxi oolong and Wuyi oolong.
To learn how a teapot changes the taste of tea and what to look for when choosing one, see "How to choose a teapot and tea cup".
Nosaka Rough Clay Reduction Firing by Tozo Watanabe
