Mydnight:
> Although, one thing for sure is, make sure you turn the pot over to dry
> after you use it.

I raise a pot by steeping the spent leaves for a few minutes and
pouring the tea out into a warmed up fair pitcher. After the leaves
are out of the teapot, then I use the still-hot tea to rinse the inside
and out of the pot, and then I use a boar's fur brush on the warm
exterior, which dries it immediately (inside still wet). I let the pot
sit upright and the place the lid upside down to air dry.

The main idea is to coat the entire pot with tea after each use.

Phyll


Mydnight wrote:
> Space Cowboy wrote:
> > I season any pot by using it. Any surface clay,glass,SS,porcelain will
> > develop a patina in no time. Maybe with clay you scour the surface
> > with scrubbing so the patina adheres better initially. But with enough
> > time I think just ordinary use takes care of the problem. I like the
> > tea taste from a fresh raw clay pot.
>
> I'm with you on this one Jim. I have began to raise some pots in this
> same method, and sometimes just taking a small bit of the tea and
> letting it brew in the pot for an hour or so then discarding the tea
> and water. With the new pot I brought back for my brother to use from
> China, I actually boiled it as most people recommend but I cannot
> really see any difference in flavor of the tea or quality of the
> interior of the pot. I don't think I have ever scrubbed the inside of
> a pot before.
>
> Although, one thing for sure is, make sure you turn the pot over to dry
> after you use it.