11/6/03


Dear Tea lovers:

How do you clean your teapot. Do you clean it with soap? just rinse
with water? Do you put your teapot into dish washer?

SOAP????**** Never, ever, never. No dish washer, either.

Do you dry it outside or inside?

I dry the outside of glazed ones, and let the unglazed ones air dry.

Do you ever use baking soda? Or just use boiling water? Do you soak
over night?

I use baking soda on glass only. I do use boiling water. I never soak
overnight.

All the question about the tea pot you are using. Thanks for your
comment.

I leave the old leaves in the yi-xing pots some extra hours, even over
night, and then do a very quick rinse. I seldom if ever do more than rinse
the inside of glazed teapots. I do scrub out glass with a brush and baking
soda.

I NEVER let SOAP touch my TEAPOTS. I have been known however to clean my
eating bowls with tea.

Michael