Teapots can be so beautiful
yes as long as it is a vessel used for steeping tea leaves, It can have very nice design
I'm very fond of Chinese and Japanese designs.
same here, history of tea in Japan began as early as the 9th century. You can find beautiful teapots in Japan
True, whenever i look at japanese and chinese teapot, they look like antiques.
I also like Yixing clay teapots, which are made from Yixing clay
What is yixing clay?
Yixing is a city in China, and Yixing clay belongs to that city
Oh okay, neat. Do they make special teapots?
) to make utensils that may have functioned as teapots. According to the Ming dynasty author Zhou Gaoqi, during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, a monk from Jinsha Temple (Golden Sand Temple) in Yixing handcrafted a fine quality teapot from local clay. Such teapots soon became popular with the scholarly class, and the fame of Yixing teapots began to spread. 
History 20th century.
Yíxīng teapots are actually made in nearby Dīngshān, also known as Dingshu, on the west side of Lake Tai. Hundreds of teapot shops
oxidation, and purchased as loose leaves rather than compressed bricks. At first, the loose leaves would still be ground into a powder and whisked with hot water to produce the finished beverage. By the late 16th century, however, tea connoiseurs were steeping the leaves in hot water in teapots and pouring the tea into teacups. This new way of producing and drinking tea arrived in Japan in the 17th century. Its advocates, most notably the monk Baisao (1675–1763), were opposed to the strict rituals of the traditional Japanese