Reminds me of my pottery teacher, who now switched to make annoyingly small pot openings, very difficult to load and unload the leaves. According to him that is intended to lead to a focused approach and forcing one self to calm down in the face of obstacles.rdl wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:12 pm"...but he does seem to have some designs that clearly don't work as well as others."
Without seeing how the spout functions, I was just trying to push the discussion away from works well and not well. I respect your personal preferences, and understand some pots have flaws. I am reminded of my visit to a kiln in Hagi, the artist brewing and serving me tea during the visit. His spout leaked, a bit to my amazement. But not only did I come to reserve judgement, I bought a smaller version of the same pot and smile as much as I can when it dribbles, reminded of what I learned that day.
I do not agree. I'd rather enjoy my tea without being purposely annoyed by what I consider a not functional item. The simple act of preparing tea can be meditative enough and prefer to focus on that.