You need a "good" & "safe" tea pot to make a good cup of tea.Don't simply buy any chinese tea pot,especialy new pot becuase you migth expose to the denger of toxid dye in the baking proses in order to get better colour,for example green & black teapot.if you are not to sure of what type clay then ask for old pot Yee Xing purple clay which is "good" & "safe" to brew old Puer tea.-SUNPIX.