Well here is another suggestion (I kid you not - this guy had exactly the same problem with this zini, but looks like he found a solution)Baisao wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:36 pmI would reconsider how reputable Chawangshop is as a vendor since they persist in selling this problematic lot of teapots.
On another note, after well over a decade seasoning my teapots I now regret allowing them to become so heavily seasoned. Some of us pay a lot of money for fine pots made from exceptional clays. Clogging the pores of the clay with fatty acids attenuates the character of the clay to a degree that we might just as well be using mediocre clay (and pocketing the difference). I just need the nerve to reset them. They are beautiful even if they would make better tea after being cleaned.
If your pot makes poor tasting tea, you are better off with another pot or switching to a gaiwan. I see no reason to persist in using a bad pot.
Cheers!
@Atlas - looks like it performs not bad at all here.
https://imgur.com/0JwDiuP
Here is his post on reddit which is also here somewhere
https://www.reddit.com/r/tea/comments/8 ... ulent_pot/