Don't Boil your Yixing Teapot!

[mudandleaves]

How to prepare and look after your Yixing Teapot in this week's blog post:

https://www.mudandleaves.com/teatime-bl ... ing-teapot

[Victoria]

Yes agree, never boil, only lightly simmer with a protective trivot and cloth inside large pan to prevent rattling from damaging teaware. Also, older thinner teaware should be handled with extra caution and pre-soaked to rehydrate before cleaning or using .

[faj]

The first few times I deep cleaned teaware, I put the items in cool water, slowly heated up the water to avoid rattling, added percarbonate, and allowed the pot to simmer while carefully avoiding boiling. This takes a lot of time, patience and attention, more than I have of each.

I have simplified the method quite a bit now :

• Bring water to a boil without the teaware in it
• Turn off the heat and wait for bubbles to stop forming
• Preheat the items well, then put them in the hot water with tongs
• Add cleaning agent if desired (percarbonate, not soap of course)
• Wait a while
• Rinse and repeat (literally) with water only