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Ø     Essential in clean new teapot:

n       New teapots are always with mud, dust, packing scraps (especially those of unique shape)

n       Inside the teapot, maybe some white Al. powders used to isolate the the lid from the chamber when fired can be found.

n       New teapots are of strange smell brought from stove.

Ø     Treatment for New Teapots:

New teapots are always of strange perfume from being burned in stove. If used directly, the perfume of tea will be affected. Therefore, the first step is cleaning. Special cleaning cloths will be better. Do keep greasiness away as purple sand teapot is of absorbability. Put some tea ( about 1/6 of the teapot) which you have often into your teapot and full it with COOL water not hot one. Place the teapot in a boiler, and also pour some water in the latter covering the former all. Boil them until water boiling (almost for 30 minutes) with slow fire. Then wait for a while and get the teapot out. Leave it cool and dry itself. Thus, you can use it for your tea.

Notes: COOL water should not be used for cleaning any more to avoid air hole changing physically during expanding in hot and contracting in cold.

Ø     Maintain for Purple Sand Teapots:

Once the teapot is used, there is no need to wash it. If necessary, you can shower it with HOT water. And if the outer surface of the teapot is tainted, clean it with tea cloths gently. Do not scrub several times. The remainder doesn’t need to be poured out at once for the absorbability of purple sand. Thus the teapot will shine smoothly after periods of time. However, the remainder is not remains till another day. Last but not least, the teapot needs time to relax. It may be dry and wiped gently with special clean tea cloths and kept in air for some time. You’d better prepare certain teapot for certain tea. No mix use.

Notes: Do not pack it close otherwise it will have spots on it. Do keep it away off greasiness, smoke and ashes. Do not use chemical cleaner.