How can you clean your Teapot without damaging its patina? Today, I'll teach you a practical little trick.

Cleaning Trick for Your Teapot

1. Take one spoon of edible baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and put it into the pot, then pour in boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius. Fill the pot with water and cover it with the lid.

2. Wait for about ten minutes, then gently brush the inside of the pot with a soft-bristled brush. You will see the Tea stains turn into yellow water flowing out, leaving the cleaned pot shiny as new. If you feel it hasn't been thoroughly cleaned the first time, you can soak it a bit longer and brush again. However, make sure to choose a brush with soft bristles to avoid damaging the pot.

Note: To avoid damaging the patina, when soaking the pot in water, do it like brewing tea, by only keeping the alkaline water inside the pot. Do not submerge the entire pot in a container filled with alkaline water, as this might remove the oily substance on the outside of the pot, affecting the development of the patina.

Tips for Nourishing Your Teapot

In addition to the cleaning trick that doesn't damage the patina, here are some other tips for maintaining your teapot.

The Correct Three Steps for Initiating a New Teapot:

First: Rinse the inside and outside of the teapot with warm water until it is clean;

Second: Warm up the purple clay teapot with warm water around 60 degrees Celsius;

Third: Place an appropriate amount of the tea you intend to Brew inside the pot, pour boiling water over it, and let it steep for half an hour to an hour!

You only know: External nourishment helps form the patina on the purple clay teapot faster, so you always rinse the outer wall of the teapot whenever you brew tea.

You don't know: Although external nourishment helps us develop the patina more quickly, you must always remember to wipe the outer wall of the teapot clean after each session. Otherwise, there's a risk of uneven coloration on the teapot.

Some people do wipe it down each time, but they don't do it promptly enough, which may be too late if left for half a day before attempting to maintain the teapot again.

You only know: Regularly handling and rubbing the purple clay teapot with your hands can help form the patina faster.

You don't know: Handling the teapot with your hands isn't wrong, but purple clay Teapots are very susceptible to oiliness. Make sure to wash your hands clean before handling the teapot; otherwise, contact with oils can result in a lusterless sheen on the teapot.

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