"Melinda" > wrote in message
om...
> OK, I have just had it...I have never heard anyone ask this question
> before but it comes up for me every time I try to do gung fu with my
> yixing pot. The thing gets so hot (from pouring the hot water over it,
> in it, steeping, etc.) as well as the cups getting hot...I have a very
> difficult time doing this without some hurt fingers. Even the handle
> of my yixing gets hot. So, for those of you who do this on a regular
> basis, do I just live with it or is there some secret? This is for
> oolong btw so the water needs to be hot, I know. Thank-you in advance.
>
>
> Melinda, gung fu-ing the last of my Bai Hao.

Never had that problem. When you pouring hot water over yixing pot, why
pouring it over the handle?
Cups are never hot - are you using small ones? They have plenty of time to
cool down between steeps, especially if you pour out all the tea from yixing
pot to chahai first and then pour to the cups from chahai.
BTW, water for oolongs should not be THAT hot, especially for greener
oolongs.

Sasha.