How to take care of a Yixing Teapot?
When you get a new Yixing teapot, most of the time, it did not touched any water yet. Because the maker or the sellers usually want you to be able to tap out the crisp metallic sound. So you need to wash out or rinse thoroughly the Zisha bits in the teapot. If makes you feel better, you can wash with soap. If you will use the teapot to drink green tea, put a lot not so good green tea in the pot, add a lot of hot water and let it soak for a few hours. This will season the pot a little bit. I like to season the pot for hours by letting it sit on the stove for some time with low heat on. After you used the teapot, you will never need to wash with soap again. Just rinse off the tea leaves in the pot every time you use it.
