Cháchǒng（茶宠）
蛙
一只掌心大小的朱泥蛙，丁蜀手工捏制 — 将洗茶水浇淋其背，看着泥色在数年茶席间从粉白米色转为深琥珀色。
$41USD · 50 g
这只蛙始于丁蜀，宜兴紫砂生产的活力心脏。Michael Zhan 探访了一间藏身于主要陶艺市场后方的小作坊 — 一家家族经营的工作室，祖父至今仍手工调配原矿。此处使用的朱泥来自 1980 年代小煤窑矿场库存；泥料经淘洗、在水中陈化三个月，再以手工揉练，直至泥性柔韧，如丝般延展。
制作者是第三代造像艺人，每一只蛙皆无模具成形。他先取一团朱泥，捏出四肢，再用竹篦刻划眼睛与趾爪。坯体日晒两日后，送入龙窑以 1120°C 烧制，出窑时表面带着细致砂感，略带粉红底色 — 正是朱泥标志。
Michael 挑选了这批蛙，因其尺寸小巧（仅 50 克）且姿势生动。蛙坐姿昂首，仿佛静听水壶声响。这是一只入门茶宠，不苛求、反应敏感：任何一道洗茶水淋下，色泽即刻变化 — 日日提醒着窑火的静默与制作它的双手。每只蛙底部皆带有小印，直接连系至那间丁蜀工作室。
The leaf, brewed
dry leaf
Before first use: pale sandy-beige, faint iron speckles, cool and slightly rough to the fingertip. The frog sits poised, throat pouch subtly inflated.
wet leaf
After a splash of hot tea: the skin darkens instantly, cracks and fine veins emerge like a waking animal. The surface holds warmth, releasing a clean, wet-stone scent.
liquor
Over sessions, the zhuni absorbs tea oils, transitioning from beige to honeyed amber then chestnut brown — the colour uneven at first, slowly becoming a glassy, living patina.
aroma
When warm, a faint mineral note — damp river rock, sun-heated clay, a ghost of the kiln. No artificial fragrance, just honest fired earth.
taste
Not a tea to sip, but the tactility matters. Run a wet fingertip across the ridged back and feel how the clay softens at the edges. Each stroke leaves a tiny tea trace that builds the record.
finish
A long, quiet rhythm — a teaspoon of rinse water, a moment of darkness, then the slow return to dry. Months later, the frog has absorbed the story of every session.
Brewing
切勿完全浸没 — 每次使用后让蛙完全晾干，避免泥料疲乏。偶尔以软布擦拭，养亮包浆。
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采购与寻源专员（中国）