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I know about cleaning the mould. It’s the stain that I am not able to clean.
kuk chung yan (焗盅人？;-) ), you r right! Never go to those “China Emporium” places, including that Chinese Arts and Crafts store in Tsimshatsui and Central. They r big cheaters.sofie1212, Don’t buy from those side street small stalls either! I have seen only imitations around. All my collections are gifts from good name teashops many years ago. One easy to go to is the shop next to the teaware museum in Hong Kong Park. Their price is high for the quality, but it is reliable if you do not have long experience in Yixing pots. -
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I agree with ICE. The teaware museum in HK Park should be much reliable.
BTW, regarding to my previous comment on department stores run by Chinese operators in HK. This comment may have confused those who are not living in HK. There are many good department stores in HK, and most are run by local businessmen. However, the two stores I mentioned are operated by ppl come from Mainland China. -
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@ Ice, sorry for late reply. Seems that after you have cleaned the pot, the stain remains. Try denture tablets (those cleaning tablets that old people submerge their whole set of false teeth in water with). Submerge your pot in room temperature water and then put one (two if the stain is really strong) tablet in it. Sit them overnight, wash, and then boil in clean water, and wash again. Any previous seasoning will be wasted, but you maybe able to save the pot.
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It’s very nice of you Leo. I read your reply thru the email updater earlier today and bought denture tablets in Watson’s. I was a bit nervous to buy such thing worrying that people may think my teeth were false at this young age. I’ll try if this works for the stain and tell you tomorrow. Thanks again!
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@ Leo, it works! Though some darker ones and those at the corner aren’t completely gone. Looking back at it, I wonder if I should really reboil the pot in the first place. Now all the years of seasoning gone, there seems to be something missing in the pot. I have to start over again, just for trying to remove some stains inside.
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If one seasons a yixing pot, it will enhance the flavor of the tea you brew in it.
The caevat is that you have to use the same kTind of tea to season it as you will brew in it.
There’s an article on the main site: http://www.teaguardian.com/how-to-make-tea/tea-accessories-yixing-teapot-1.html
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ICE, funny you should mention HK street stalls for buying Yixing tea pots. I have a small collection of 12 medium-sized pots, bought from reliable stores & tea importers in the area (fortunately for me I happened on good sellers, since I was a trusting know-nothing when I bought the first 5 or 6, & sought out some good guidelines after that.) Anyway, 3 or 4 years ago a friend who knew I collected took a trip to Hong Kong with her husband & brought me back a little blue pot. It looked to my beginner eye sort of clumsily made, so I said, “Wow, thank you! A blue one, how perfect-I don’t have any blue ones!” She told me how the street stalls in one area they went to “were just full of them, & they were all only $2 or $3. I should have bought more!” I’ve never used it (in my defense, sort of, I never got round to checking it for usability) & actually I have to admit that until now I didn’t know I shouldn’t.
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@LaHamsa, I meant to respond to you when you posted this but somehow was distracted till now. Sorry! I don’t think you should use those $3 pots at all! I hope you haven’t. They are meant to be cheap souvenirs and not actual use. That area you talked about, would it be near the Man Mo Temple by the slope with a long stairway? With many other kinds of knick-knacks such as fake jades and antiques, right? The teapots are as fake as the jades. I bet they use tons of chemicals in them.
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