LeoFox wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:39 am
Have you ever had any trouble with burning your fingers on the houhin?
Not really. The hohins I have gotten all have skirts that do not get hot enough for that to become an issue in day-to-day use. After my sessions, I always rinse my pots with boiling water, filling and emptying them 2-3 times to make them hot enough to dry quickly, and I always do that with my bare fingers holding the pots by the skirt.
LeoFox wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:39 am
Also, did you get any clash with using gaoshan and sencha in the same pot?
I am not sure I am the best person to answer that question. I tend to keep my pots quite clean, using percarbonate when deposit buildups become visible, probably a couple of times a year for my most used teapots. I have never noticed any negative impact from using the same pot for many different teas, but then again I am not an expert on the subject given my limited experience. I have never dedicated a pot to a specific kind of tea, so I do not know what I am missing by not doing that, either.