On **, when you search for purple clay pots, you will find many products that sell for less than 100 yuan, and the sales are huge, and thousands of pieces per month have become the norm. These shops often claim that their products are handmade by master craftsmen. However, it is already not easy for people who are familiar with the craft to make one pot a day, let alone two pots a day. Therefore, it is almost impossible to produce a few thousand pots in a month.
This has led to a saying circulating in the purple sand industry: purple sand pots below 100 yuan are chemical pots, which are poisonous! However, this statement is actually an exaggeration. In fact, purple clay pots under 100 yuan are not necessarily chemical pots. Some low-priced purple clay pots may actually be grout pots, machine-made pots, or chemical pots.
The grouting pot is made of purple sand mud with a high mesh number, adding glass water, gypsum and other materials, pouring the mud into the mold and letting it cool and form naturally. This method has high yield, low cost, and does not need to use high-quality mud, so it can be purchased at a very low price, or even less than 100 yuan.
Machine-made pots are similar to grout pots in that they are mass-produced, which greatly reduces production costs. Since the main reason for the higher purple clay pot ** is the high labor cost, the mechanism pot can also be bought below 100 yuan.
Finally, there is also a chemical pot, and the chemical pot here refers to a counterfeit purple clay pot made of ordinary clay. Due to the extremely low cost of clay, the ** of this pot is also very low, and even more than ten yuan free shipping, 99. Free shipping can be bought. Of course, this kind of pot is usually only used as an ornament, and is not suitable for making tea.
To sum up, these three kinds of "purple sand pots" can be bought with ** for less than 100 yuan, so not all low-priced purple sand pots are chemical pots, and they may also be grouting pots or machine-made pots. Of course, there are also better quality products in grout pots and machine pots, which may be more than 100 yuan. Therefore, it is not reliable to judge the authenticity of the purple clay pot based on ** alone.