Dexter said

Looking for help/suggestions for seasoning new Yixing pot

I currently have two Yixing tea pots, and I haven’t seasoned either of them. I really need to do this so that I can start using them. I pretty much understand how I want to season them, I’m just having difficulties choosing which teas to use. I understand that you need to use a decent tea, the first flavors in the pot will set the tone for it’s entire life. I understand that it’s not “wasting good tea, it’s an investment in the future”.
My questions are:
Do I use my favorite tea or should I use something I like but that is a bit bolder? It will continue to “take” flavor from my tea for awhile, if I use a bolder flavor to start would that lessen the time that it takes?
How much tea do I need? Should I use a lot (how much is a lot 5g?) and just resteep until I have enough tea to cover the pot?

Just looking for some advice, will appreciate all that is given.

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mrmopar said
Dexter said

Thanks, I’d actually seen that before – guess I should have taken notes. 9g of tea – use your favorite of the genre you want the pot for. I don’t think I have 9g of the tea I was wanting to use…. I guess I get to buy more. :))

I use about 1 teaspoon of tea to season a yixing but I leave it overnight.

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Javan said
Dexter said

Thanks, I took a look at this. It seems that there are a lot of different opinions on how it can be done. One thing I read even said to use tofu in the water. Don’t think I’ll be doing that.

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I did the method verdant did http://oolongowl.com/2013/07/21/the-seasoning-oolong-owl-yixing-teapot-special/

I found one pot I used a little less leaf (due to not having much) say 5 grams and that pot came out more flavor sucking than the other 2 pots. They all flavor suck, still being pretty newly seasoned, but the one I used the most tea and a more compact tea soaking vessel for the pot worked the best.

Dexter said

Thank you. Lots of tea and compact soaking vessel – got it. If you can sacrifice the last of your Phatty Cake – Noble Mark it is. I need to break my cake and didn’t want to (once it’s opened I probably won’t drink anything else). Not sure what Sheng I will use, probably the silver buds that I love. Will need to break that cake too. Can you say Mandala order in the near future…..

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