What should I, as a new customer, know about Yixing?
You should know; How to season, or Quick season, How to clean, and How to prepare your tea in your Yixing teapot. To Season Your Yixing Teapot When using a new Yixing teapot, it must be treated for the air holes to function properly. • 1. Wrap all parts of the teapot and lid separately in washrags. Place the wrapped pieces in a uncovered pot of cold water. There should be sufficient water to cover the entire pot. • 2. Place some tea leaves in the water. This is optional but highly recommended. • 3. Bring the water to a slow boil. Rapid boiling may damage your teapot as the teapot pieces hitting against each other may be damaged hitting against each other or the walls of your pot. • 4. Slow boil for about an hour. Let you teapot cool down in the cookware while fully immersed in water. Let it stand for a day. • 5. Take the teapot out of the water and rub off any sand residue inside the teapot. Rinse well with water. 6. Repeat steps1,3,4, and 5 with a fresh pot of water but this time rins
