If it's a never-used pot, I boil it twice. The first time without any
tea leaf, and the second with tea leaves. Pretty much the same way as
Dominic suggested above. I usually use a soft baby bottle brush to
clean the inside of any residue before and after the first boil
(without tea leaves).

If it's a used pot that I want to clean thoroughly, I just use a soft
brush to clean inside and out, and then boil it with or without tea
leaves, depending on whether I know what tea it was used for by the
previous owner or not.

Lots of different ways to season your Yixing...sounds like it's your
first Yixing. If so, congrats!

- Phyll


DPM wrote:
> Hello all. Happy Holidays.
>
> I received a Yixing (well, Chinese clay) pot for Christmas, and I'd like to
> hear your collected wisdom on seasoning it. I plan to use it for oolongs.
>
> I've read some contradictory advice on the web, so I thought I'd ask. Most
> seem to advocate boiling the pot in filtered water (some suggest weak tea),
> but others only suggest a scrub and a rinse.
>
> What's the collected wisdom here?
>
> Thanks,
> Dean