汝窑壶：容量、器型，以及怎么挑第一只Ru Kiln Teapot: Sizes, Shapes, and How to Choose One
一只汝窑壶好不好用，几乎全由三件事决定：容量、滤孔、出水的断点。釉色是最先被看见的，却是最后才该拿来比较的。这一页把顺序倒回来，并且把每一件都讲透：为什么是这样、怎么自己验、买错了会怎样。Whether a Ru kiln teapot works for you comes down to three things: capacity, the filter, and where the pour stops. The glaze is what you notice first, and the last thing worth comparing. This page puts that order back — and then takes each part slowly, because the reasons behind them are what actually help you choose.
先说清楚：「汝窑壶」在今天指什么First: what a Ru kiln teapot means today
宋代汝窑烧的是给宫廷用的器物，烧造时间很短。存世完整器通常被估在七十几件到一百件之间，绝大部分在博物馆里，市面上流通的极少，偶尔出现也是在拍卖行，不是你能在普通店铺里下单的东西。Song dynasty Ru ware was made for the imperial court, and only for a short stretch of years. Surviving intact pieces are usually estimated at somewhere between seventy-odd and a hundred. Almost all of them are in museums. Very few exist on the open market at all, and when one does appear it is at auction — not something you add to a cart in an ordinary shop.
所以今天能买到的「汝窑壶」，不是那个东西。它是现代窑口做的汝窑风茶器：以偏青的天青釉或米黄釉为底，釉面带开片。这个区分不是抠字眼，它直接决定两件事——价格，和期待。一件现代汝窑风瓷壶可以是几十美元，也可以上千；而一件宋代真品是另一个量级的东西，两者之间没有「性价比」可谈。So the Ru kiln teapot you can actually buy is not that. It is a modern piece in the Ru style: a pale blue-green or beige glaze, with crackle running across the surface. The distinction is not pedantry over words. It decides two things at once — price, and what you should expect from it. A modern Ru-style porcelain pot can cost a few tens of dollars or a few hundred. A genuine Song piece is a different order of object entirely, and there is no value comparison to be made between the two.
三个容易混的词Three words that get mixed up
商品页上「汝窑」「汝瓷」「汝窑风」经常混着用，看的人容易以为是同一件事。拆开其实很简单：「汝窑」原本指那个窑口以及它烧的东西；「汝瓷」是同一类器物的另一种叫法，口语里基本通用；而「汝窑风」或者说「汝州青瓷」，指的是现代窑口仿这一类釉色的产品。On product pages, the terms get used interchangeably, which makes them look like one thing. Taken apart it is simple. The original term names the kiln site and the ware that came out of it. A second term is just another way of naming the same family of objects, and in speech the two are used for each other freely. The third term — Ru-style, or Ruzhou celadon — describes modern pieces that imitate that family of glazes.
看到「汝窑」两个字，先问一句：是宋代的，还是现代的？问清楚这一点，后面所有的价格和期待才有参照。When you see the words Ru kiln, ask one question first: Song dynasty, or modern? Settle that, and every price and expectation after it has something to sit against.
可核对的背景写得很清楚：汝窑窑址在河南宝丰清凉寺，烧造期只有约二十年（1086–1106）。想先读原始资料，Wikipedia 的汝窑条目 比多数商品页诚实。The checkable background is in the Wikipedia entry on Ru ware: the kiln site is at Qingliangsi in Baofeng, Henan, and production lasted only about twenty years, roughly 1086 to 1106. If you want to read the original material first, that entry is more honest than most product pages.
如果釉色和开片本身还没弄清，先读母篇：汝窑茶具是什么、又该怎么挑。那一页讲釉，这一页只讲壶。两页的分工很明确：釉色决定你愿不愿意天天看它，壶型决定你每天用起来顺不顺手。先把容易看的那关过了，再回来过难的那关。If the glaze and the crackle are still unclear, start with the parent guide: what a Ru kiln tea set is and how to choose one. That page is about the glaze. This one is only about the pot. The split is deliberate: the glaze decides whether you want to look at it every day, and the shape decides whether it feels right in your hand. Clear the visible question first, then come back for the one that is harder to see.
器型：为什么「西施」最常见Shape: why Xishi turns up everywhere
西施壶最早是紫砂的经典器型，圆腹、短流、小把，名字取自春秋时的美人西施。这个器型被移到瓷壶上之后，成了汝窑壶里最常见的一种。它之所以常见，不是因为名字好听，而是因为它在一个很小的高度里把三件事同时做对了：茶叶有地方舒展、出汤快、一只手扶得住。Xishi is a classic shape that came out of Yixing clay teapots: round belly, short spout, small handle, named after Xi Shi, the beauty of the Spring and Autumn period. Moved onto porcelain, it became the most common Ru-style teapot shape. It is common for a practical reason rather than a pretty name: within a very short height it gets three things right at once. The leaf has room to open, the pour is fast, and one hand can hold it.
它好用的理由很实在。肚子圆，条索完整的茶叶在里面舒展得开，不会挤在角落出不来味；流短，从壶到杯的路程短，出水快；把小，一只手就扶得住，另一只手空出来拿公道杯。新手第一次用壶，最怕的就是两只手都不够用——西施壶恰好把这个尴尬避开了。The reasons it works are practical. A round belly lets whole leaves open up instead of packing into a corner where they cannot give up their flavour. A short spout means a short distance from pot to cup, so the tea comes out fast. A small handle can be held with one hand, leaving the other free for the fairness cup. The thing beginners fear most with a pot is running out of hands — and this shape quietly avoids that.
缺点也来自同一处：短流意味着出水急，停手的时机更难拿捏，手法生疏时容易洒出来。第一次用，先装清水在空壶里练两次倒水，比事后擦桌子省事。练习的时候注意一件事：不要一开始就倒满，装到七八分，手感会温和很多。The drawback comes from the same place. A short spout means a fast pour, so the moment to stop is harder to judge, and a clumsy first attempt spills. Before the first real session, fill it with plain water and pour twice. That is cheaper than wiping the table. One note while you practise: do not fill it to the brim from the start. Fill it to seven or eight parts and the whole motion feels far gentler.
另外三种你会遇到的器型Three more shapes you will run into
石瓢（瓢形、下宽上窄）：重心低，站在桌上很稳，出水也稳。它的壶身像一个倒过来的梯形，底部面积大，倒了半壶也不容易翻。手法生疏的人用石瓢，容错率比西施高。代价是它看起来比西施「笨」一点，不讨喜。A ladle shape: wide at the base, narrowing upward. The centre of gravity sits low, so it stands steadily on the table and pours steadily too. Its body is like an upside-down trapezoid with a broad base, which means it does not tip even when half empty. For someone whose hands are not yet trained, it is more forgiving than the Xishi. The price you pay is that it looks a little heavier, a little less charming.
水平壶（身矮而宽）：最接近「一只小茶壶」的日常印象，壶身压得很低。出水快，好看清壶里的状况，摆放也省高度。缺点是容量偏小，想一次泡够两个人的量会比较勉强。A level or flat-bodied shape: low and wide, and the closest thing to the everyday idea of a small teapot. It pours fast, lets you see what is going on inside, and takes up very little height on the table. The drawback is capacity: it runs small, and stretching one to serve two people at once gets awkward.
井栏壶（直筒）：器身像一口井的围栏，线条端正。它好看在规整，但直壁留给茶叶舒展的空间比圆腹小一点，条索很长的茶在里面会有点挤。喜欢规整器型、又常喝碎茶的人反而合适。A well-curb shape: a straight cylinder, and the most orderly of the group in profile. Its appeal is that regularity. But a straight wall leaves less room than a round belly for the leaf to open, so a tea with very long leaves sits a little cramped inside. If you like an orderly shape and mostly drink broken leaf, it suits you anyway.
器型之间没有绝对的好坏，只有配不配。判断方法很简单：你平时喝的茶，叶子是完整的还是碎的？完整的优先圆腹，碎的哪种都行。No shape is simply better than another. There is only fit. The test is easy: is the tea you drink most often whole-leaf, or broken? Whole leaf favours a round belly. Broken leaf works in any of them.
器型决定手感，釉色决定你愿不愿意天天看它。先过第一关，再看第二关。The shape decides how it feels in the hand. The glaze decides whether you want to look at it every day. Clear the first test before you shop on the second.
容量：一个人到底买多大Capacity: what size for one person
容量是壶上唯一一个「买错了没法改」的参数。器型你不喜欢可以忍，釉色看久了会习惯，唯独容量——壶里能装多少水，是烧死在泥里的。所以挑壶时，容量应该是你第一个确定的数字，不是最后一个。Capacity is the one number on a teapot you cannot fix later. You can live with a shape you do not love, and a glaze grows on you. But how much water the pot holds was fixed when it was fired. So capacity should be the first number you settle, not the last one.
| 容量Capacity | 适合Suits | 说明What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 100–130 ml100–130 ml | 一个人One person | 一泡出一小杯，能连冲七八道One short cup per infusion; good for seven or eight rounds |
| 150–180 ml150–180 ml | 一两个人One or two | 最常见的「万金油」档The all-purpose middle size |
| 200–250 ml200–250 ml | 两三人或待客Two or three, or guests | 分杯从容，一个人喝会偏淡Comfortable to divide; thin if you drink alone |
判断方法只有一个：你平时一次喝完多少。这句话听起来像废话，但它是整页最实用的一句。很多人挑壶时会不自觉地把「以后可能会来客人」算进去，结果买了一只 200 毫升以上的壶，然后每天一个人用——每一道都被稀释，喝着像在喝第二泡。There is one test: how much you actually drink in a sitting. That sounds like an obvious thing to say, and it is the single most useful line on this page. Many people quietly fold a future guest into the calculation, buy a pot above 200 ml, and then use it alone every day. Every infusion comes out diluted, and the tea tastes like a second rinse from the start.
如果你实在拿不准，给一个笨办法：拿你现在最常用的那只杯子，装满水称一下有多少毫升。那就是你一次的「一泡量」。壶的容量比它大两三成，就是合适的档位。比如你的杯子是 60 毫升，壶选 100 到 150 毫升之间，最舒服。If you genuinely cannot decide, here is a blunt method. Take the cup you use most, fill it with water, and measure how many millilitres it holds. That is your "one infusion". A pot holding twenty to thirty per cent more than that is the right size. If your cup is 60 ml, a pot between 100 and 150 ml will feel best.
盖碗有完全一样的问题，盖碗尺寸怎么选 里的「单手测试」对壶同样成立——端起来手不抖，就是合适的重量。A gaiwan has exactly the same problem. The one-hand test in choosing a gaiwan size applies to a teapot just as well: if your hand does not shake when you lift it, the weight is right.
滤孔：球孔、网孔，还是不带滤The filter: ball, mesh, or none
滤孔决定出汤速度和茶叶会不会堵住流口。这是买壶时最容易忽略、用起来最天天感受到的一处。外观上一只壶可能毫无差别，但滤孔不一样，你每天泡茶的体验就完全不一样。The filter decides how fast the pour runs and whether leaf clogs the spout. It is the detail people skip when buying and feel every single day when brewing. Two pots can look identical on the shelf, and still give you a completely different daily experience because of this one part.
| 类型Type | 特点What it is | 适合Best for |
|---|---|---|
| 球孔Ball filter | 壶内半球形多孔滤A domed perforated filter inside the pot | 条索完整的乌龙、普洱；出汤快、不易堵Whole-leaf oolong and pu-erh; pours fast, rarely clogs |
| 网孔 / 平片Mesh or flat plate | 流根一片带孔瓷片或金属片A perforated disc of porcelain or metal at the base of the spout | 细碎茶；滤得干净，但容易堵Fine or broken leaf; filters cleanly, but clogs easily |
| 不带滤No filter | 没有内置滤，靠流口本身No built-in filter; the spout opening does the work | 大叶种、老茶；需要手法配合Large-leaf and aged teas; needs a practised hand |
如果只买一只，选球孔。它对茶叶形态最宽容，不需要你配合它改投茶方式。你泡完整的乌龙它能用，偶尔泡一泡碎茶它也扛得住，只是出汤会慢一点。换句话说，球孔的「下限」最高——它不会让你的某一种茶变得无法泡。If you are buying one pot, choose a ball filter. It is the most forgiving of leaf shape, and it does not ask you to change how you dose. It handles whole-leaf oolong, and it still copes when you occasionally brew something broken, just a little more slowly. Put another way, the ball filter has the highest floor: it will never make a particular tea impossible to brew.
网孔的优点是滤得干净，茶汤里几乎看不到碎末，汤色也更清。代价是你得接受它偶尔会堵，堵了以后要用通针捅一下，或者干脆把茶倒出来重来。如果你喝的多是细碎的茶（红茶碎、CTC 类），网孔值得。The advantage of a mesh plate is clarity: almost no fine leaf reaches the cup, and the liquor looks cleaner. The cost is that it will clog now and then, and when it does you either clear it with a pin or tip the leaf out and start again. If most of what you drink is fine or broken — a broken black tea, for instance — the mesh plate is worth it.
不带滤的壶最考验手法。它靠流口本身的角度和宽度挡茶叶，泡大叶种、老茶（叶片大、不易碎）时很好用，泡碎茶就基本没法用。这种壶通常出现在比较讲究器型的老式样里，第一次买壶不建议从它开始。A pot with no filter leans hardest on technique. The angle and width of the spout itself hold the leaf back. It works well with large-leaf and aged teas, where the leaves are big and do not break up, and it is close to unusable with broken leaf. This kind of pot tends to show up in older, more shape-conscious designs. For a first pot, do not start here.
滤孔是壶的隐形成本。买错了不会坏，只是每次用都别扭一点——而「每次别扭一点」，一年下来是很具体的体验。The filter is the hidden cost inside a teapot. Get it wrong and nothing breaks. Every session just feels slightly off — and "slightly off every session" adds up to something very concrete over a year.
出汤与断水Pouring, and where it stops
好壶的标准不是「出水快」，是「说停就停」。倒完把壶立回来，流口下缘不应该挂着一串水珠。出水快只说明流口宽，断水干净才说明流口和壶身配合得好。这两件事经常被混为一谈，其实完全不是一回事。The mark of a good pot is not a fast pour. It is one that stops when you stop. Tip it back upright, and nothing should hang off the underside of the spout. A fast pour only tells you the spout is wide. A clean stop tells you the spout and the body were made to work together. These two things get talked about as if they were the same, and they are not.
挂水通常有三个原因。第一个是流口内壁不够圆，水走到边缘会被挂住；第二个是倾倒角度太小，水在流口上「爬行」而不是「流下」；第三个是倒得太满，水面高过流口内沿，收手时多出来的水必然要滴。前两个是壶的问题，第三个是手法问题。A dribble usually comes from one of three things. First, the inside of the spout is not cleanly rounded, so water catches on the edge. Second, the pouring angle is too shallow, and the water creeps along the spout instead of running off it. Third, the pot is simply too full, so the surface of the tea sits above the lower lip of the spout and whatever is left over has to come down when you stop. The first two belong to the pot. The third one is your hand.
分辨方法也简单：把水倒到七分满再倒一次，如果还挂水，就是壶的问题；如果不挂了，就是你之前倒太满了。这一步不用茶，不浪费，收货当天就能做。Telling them apart is easy. Fill to seven parts and pour again. If it still dribbles, the problem is in the pot. If it stops, you had been filling it too full. This test costs no leaf and wastes nothing, and you can run it the day the pot arrives.
验壶的办法很简单：装清水，倒一次，看收手之后流口有没有水线拖下来。这一步不用茶，不浪费。Testing it is simple. Fill with plain water, pour once, and watch the spout as you stop. No leaf is used, nothing is wasted.
壶嘴、壶盖与气孔The spout, the lid, and the air hole
这三件凑在一起决定出水的顺畅程度，比大部分人以为的重要。壶盖上通常有一个很小的气孔，它让空气进得来，水才出得去。如果你按住气孔再倒，水会变得非常慢甚至倒不出来——这不是壶坏了，是物理。Together these three decide how smoothly the pot pours, and they matter more than most people assume. There is usually a very small hole in the lid. It lets air in so the water can get out. If you cover that hole and pour, the water slows to a crawl or stops — not because the pot is broken, but because of physics.
有些壶会刻意把气孔做得大一点，出汤更爽快，代价是倒的时候手上要留意，别无意中把孔堵住。也有人把气孔做得很小，出水慢但更稳，适合手法不熟的人。这是一个取舍，不是优劣。Some pots deliberately make the air hole a little larger for a brisker pour, at the cost of needing care that your fingers do not accidentally cover it. Others keep it very small: a slower but steadier flow, which suits an unpractised hand. That is a trade-off, not a ranking.
壶嘴和壶身的接口处也值得摸一摸。好的接口是顺的，手指从壶身滑到壶嘴不会有台阶感；有台阶感的地方容易积茶渣，也更容易在收手时挂水。这不是必须完美的标准，只是一个五分钟就能查完的细节。The join between spout and body is worth feeling, too. On a good pot it is smooth: a finger running from body to spout does not catch on a step. Where there is a step, leaf collects, and water is likelier to hang when you stop. This is not a standard you must demand perfection on — just a detail you can check in five minutes.
汝窑壶，还是盖碗A Ru kiln teapot, or a gaiwan
同一泡茶，用壶还是用盖碗，差别主要在控制。盖碗敞口，看得见叶底，出汤最自由，也最容易烫手；壶有把，安全，但看不见里面。这个取舍不是「哪个更高级」，而是「你用哪种方式更放松」。The real difference between a pot and a gaiwan is control. A gaiwan is open, you can see the leaves, the pour is the most adjustable — and it is the easiest thing to burn yourself on. A pot has a handle, it is safe, and you cannot see inside. The choice is not which one is finer. It is which one leaves you more relaxed.
简短的判据：打算认真练手法，选盖碗；要的是一套天天用、不折腾的，选壶。两者的取舍写在 先买盖碗还是先买茶壶 里，那篇把两面都摆出来了。A short way to decide: if you intend to practise technique, take the gaiwan. If you want something you use daily without thinking, take the pot. Both sides of the trade-off are set out in gaiwan or teapot first.
还有第三种情况值得说：很多人最后两只都留着。壶用来日常泡，盖碗用来试新茶——因为盖碗敞口，闻香、看叶底都更方便。这不是「买多了」，而是把两件东西各自用在了它最擅长的地方。There is a third outcome worth mentioning: plenty of people end up keeping both. The pot for everyday brewing, and the gaiwan for trying something new — because an open bowl makes it easier to smell the aroma and look at the spent leaf. That is not buying too much. It is putting each vessel to the job it does best.
养护Care
汝窑壶的养护和杯子是同一套：清水、一种茶、别突然变温。这三条听起来老生常谈，但每一条都有具体的原因，不是规矩。清水是因为茶垢会堵住开片的纹路，让釉面变浑；一种茶是因为瓷壶虽然不吸味，但长期混泡还是会让香气串在一起；别突然变温是因为瓷在冷热剧变时更容易出问题。Caring for a Ru ware pot is the same routine as for a cup: clean water, one tea, no sudden temperature swings. These three sound like platitudes, and each has a concrete reason behind it rather than being a rule for its own sake. Clean water, because tea residue blocks the crackle lines and dulls the surface. One tea, because while porcelain does not absorb flavour, a long habit of mixing will still blur the aromas into each other. No sudden temperature swings, because porcelain is more fragile when the heat changes fast.
壶比杯子多一个死角——流口内壁和滤孔，那里最容易积茶渣。杯子你一眼能看全，壶的内壁你看不到，所以更容易被忘掉。洗的时候用温水冲，拿一支软毛小刷顺着滤孔刷两下就够了，不要用钢丝球，也不要用洗洁精，那些会把釉面磨毛或留下味道。A pot has one blind spot a cup does not: the inside of the spout and the filter, where leaf collects most easily. You can see the whole inside of a cup at a glance, and you cannot see inside a pot, so this is the part most often forgotten. Rinse with warm water, run a small soft brush across the filter twice, and you are done. No scouring pad, no detergent — both will dull the glaze or leave a taste behind.
具体做法在 汝窑养护 里写全了。这里只重复最关键的一句：开片在釉层里，壶本身没有裂。茶汤碰不到坯体。所以开片变深、纹路变明显，是正常的变化，不是坏了。The full routine is in Ru ware care. The one line worth repeating: the crackle lives inside the glaze layer. The pot itself is not cracked. The tea never reaches the body. So when the crackle darkens and the lines grow more visible, that is normal change, not damage.
收货后五分钟检查清单A five-minute check when it arrives
壶是易碎品，长途运输之后值得花五分钟逐项过一遍。下面五步从上到下做，任何一步发现问题，都在签收后尽快联系卖家——大部分破损争议都发生在「没当场检查」上。A pot is fragile, and after a long journey it is worth five minutes to go through it item by item. Work down this list; if anything fails at any step, contact the seller as soon as you can after delivery. Most disputes about breakage come down to not having checked on arrival.
- 看外壁：对着光转一圈，找裂纹和磕碰。重点是壶嘴和壶把的根部，那两处最细，也最容易在运输中受力。Look at the outside. Turn it against the light and look for cracks and chips, giving most attention to the base of the spout and the handle — the two thinnest points, and the ones most likely to take a knock in transit.
- 试壶盖：盖上之后轻轻转，看松紧是否均匀，有没有一边高一边低。太松的盖子倒水时容易掉，太紧的用久了会涩。Test the lid. Seat it and turn it gently to feel whether the fit is even or one side rides high. A lid too loose can fall when you pour; one too tight gets stiff with use.
- 装水倒一次：装七分满，倒出来，看流口收水之后有没有挂水线。这一步顺便检查气孔通不通。Fill and pour once. Fill to seven parts, pour, and watch the spout for a dribble as you stop. This also tells you whether the air hole is clear.
- 看滤孔：从壶口往里看，球孔应该通透没有堵；网孔应该没有变形、没有缺口。Check the filter. Look down through the mouth: a ball filter should be clear and unobstructed; a mesh plate should be undistorted and complete.
- 摸内壁和口沿：手感应该顺，没有突出的硬点。手指从壶口滑一圈，有台阶感的地方就是将来积茶渣的地方。Feel the inside and the rim. The surface should be smooth with no hard protrusions. Run a finger around the mouth; wherever it catches, leaf will settle later.
价格现实What the price actually tracks
现代汝窑风瓷壶的价格跨度很大，差别主要落在三处：坯是不是手工修的、滤孔是不是手工打出来的、以及开片釉的烧成率。第三点最关键——开片釉的成品率本来就低。一窑出来，釉色和开片都合格的只是一部分，其余的被挑掉或降价处理。所以你在市场上看到的同尺寸同器型、价格差一倍的壶，很可能差的不是「贵的那只更好」，而是「便宜的那只是挑剩下的」。Prices for a modern Ru-style teapot range widely, and the gap comes down to three things: whether the body is hand-finished, whether the filter holes are punched by hand, and the firing yield of a crackle glaze. The third matters most — crackle glazes are hard to fire successfully. Out of one kiln load, only a portion comes out with both the glaze colour and the crackle acceptable; the rest are sorted out or sold cheaply. So when you see two pots of the same size and shape at double the price of each other, the difference is very likely not that the dearer one is better, but that the cheaper one is a sorted-out piece.
我们不会说「越贵越值」。能核对的只有一件事：件数、材质、尺寸，页面上都写清楚，值不值由你自己判断。便宜不必然是坑，贵也不必然是智商税——但你需要知道自己在为什么付钱。如果页面上说不清为什么贵，那这个价就先别急着认。We will not tell you that more expensive means better. What we can do is put the checkable things on the page — piece count, material, dimensions — and leave the judgement to you. Cheap is not automatically a trap, and expensive is not automatically a waste. But you should know what you are paying for. If a page cannot say why a pot costs what it costs, do not rush to accept the number.
常有人问我的问题Questions I get asked
汝窑壶能上炉吗？Can a Ru kiln teapot go on a stove?
不能。它只在桌面上用：注入热水，不出现在任何炉具或加热板上。想喝热的，把水单独烧开，再倒进壶里。No. It is a brewing vessel only. Hot water goes in; it never goes on a heat source. To drink it hot, boil the water separately and pour it into the pot.
一个人买多大？What size for one person?
100 到 130 毫升。超过 200 毫升，一个人喝每道都会偏淡。拿不准就量一下你现在常用的杯子有多少毫升，再往上加两三成。100 to 130 ml. Above 200 ml a solo session tastes thin at every infusion. If you are unsure, measure your usual cup and add twenty to thirty per cent.
球孔还是网孔？Ball filter or mesh?
只买一只就选球孔。它对完整茶叶最宽容，也最不容易堵。常喝碎茶、又很在意汤色清不清的，可以选网孔，但要接受偶尔要通一下。If you are buying one, choose a ball filter. It tolerates whole leaf and rarely clogs. If you drink mostly broken leaf and care a lot about clarity, a mesh plate is reasonable — just accept an occasional unclog.
为什么收水时会挂水？Why does it dribble when I stop pouring?
多半是倾倒角度太浅，或者倒得太满。先把壶身立直、别倒到最后一滴。如果装七分满仍然挂水，那就是流口本身的问题。Usually a shallow tilt or a pot filled too full. Bring it upright sooner and stop short of the last drops. If it still dribbles at seven parts full, the spout itself is the cause.
开片会不会越用越裂？Will the crackle get worse with use?
不会。开片在釉层里，壶的坯体是完整的，茶汤进不去。用得久了纹路会变深、变明显，那是正常的颜色变化，不是裂开。No. The crackle is inside the glaze layer and the body underneath is intact, so the tea does not get in. Over time the lines darken and stand out more — a normal change in colour, not a crack opening up.
壶盖太松怎么办？What if the lid fits too loosely?
先确认是不是放反了或者没坐到底。如果确实是尺寸问题，别硬磨——磨过的盖子会越来越松。多数情况下，倒水时用拇指轻搭在盖钮上就够了。First check that it is not reversed or not seated fully. If it really is a size problem, do not sand it — a sanded lid only gets looser. In most cases, resting a thumb lightly on the knob while pouring is enough.
要不要「开壶」？Does the pot need a first-use seasoning ritual?
不用。温水冲洗干净、倒掉第一次的水，就可以直接用。任何需要复杂仪式才能用的壶，都不该成为你多付钱的理由。No. Rinse it with warm water, discard the first pour, and it is ready. Any pot that needs an elaborate ritual before use is not a reason to pay more.
店里有一只米黄汝窑西施壶套装，三个档位从 14 头起，15 头档起含一只竹面茶盘。米黄汝窑西施壶套装 的详情页列了每一档的件数与尺寸。拿不准哪一档适合你，写信问我——不知道的我会直说。The shop carries a beige Ru-ware Xishi teapot set in three tiers from 14 pieces up; from the 15-piece tier it includes a bamboo-faced tea tray. The Ru-ware Xishi set page lists the pieces and dimensions of each tier. If you are unsure which tier fits, write to me — if I do not know something, I will say so.
下一步Next
还没读过釉和开片本身，从母篇开始：汝窑茶具是什么、又该怎么挑。已经买了、想知道怎么养，看 汝窑养护。如果你还在「先买壶还是先买盖碗」之间犹豫，那两件一起看：先买盖碗还是先买茶壶。If you have not read about the glaze and the crackle, start with the parent guide: what a Ru kiln tea set is and how to choose one. If you already own one and want the care routine, read Ru ware care. And if you are still deciding between a pot and a gaiwan, read those two side by side: gaiwan or teapot first.
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