Sourced from Handan’s glass quarter
Sandry Law spends most of his procurement cycle sourcing tea rather than glass, but when tea.glass needed a larger fairness pitcher, he took the request north to Handan, Hebei — to Liu Shenyang’s family bench, which had already supplied the 200ml gongdaobei and the standard gaiwan line.
The Handan 300ml was born from a problem: most 200ml gōng dào bēi force the pour to angle too sharply toward the end, spilling the last few drops. The solution was not just more volume but a spout geometry that empties the belly completely at a natural tilt. Sandry and Liu Shenyang spent a visit testing prototypes — adjusting the neck height, the handle’s attachment points, and the base thickness so the pitcher wouldn’t tip when half-empty.
What emerged is a piece that feels almost invisible in use. The glass is thin enough to transmit heat without scorching fingers, thick enough to survive a knuckle tap without ringing. Every Handan pitcher goes through the same long annealing cycle as the rest of the line, which is why there are no stress fractures near the handle joint.
This is not a factory item. It carries the same small etched workshop mark as Liu Shenyang’s other pieces, and Sandry inspects each shipment personally before it clears Handan. He considers it the quiet workhorse of any multi-cup gongfu table.