teapot care
My big takeaways:
- Use the pot a lot.
- Rinse after every use. Never store wet, dry without a lid.
- Don’t worry about using only a single type of tea.
- Just use it. Patina will develop.
- Don’t worry too much about using only one tea in it.
- Pushing for a single tea or overly dependent on internal seasoning may be a sign of poor quality or overly porous clay.
- Rinse pot and dry with lid off. Don’t use soap. Don’t store wet.
- Patrick Gorman, mud and leaves
https://mudandleaves.com/blogs/teatime/seasoning-an-yixing-teapot