Hating my new teapot :-/

While brewing, you could confine the leaves within a teaball or sack or the like, but that tends to degrade the quality of what comes out the spout. If you want to use a big teapot, the best compromise in my opinion is to use an external strainer rather than an internal one. May I add that this is one of many reasons I usually prefer to use a gaiwan?

/Lew

Infuriatingly, I still have to use a handheld strainer when pouring because the builtin one doesn't catch 100% of the leaves. So, basically, it's just there to annoy me when i clean the pot.

My next teapot will be either a gaiwan or a Turkish çaydanl?k, I have to make up my mind (i.e.: eventually I'll get both. And a brown betty.)

Hi Dario,

I am accustomed to using a hand air blower to get rid of such leaves. Like thoses used to clean lenses of a camera. It works pretty well!

Interesting tip, can you elaborate? Do you wait for the leaves to be dry?

Hi Dario,

I do not wait for the leaves to be dry. They go away when I use the hand air blower. It's very easy to do with that tool :-)

A tea needle or some other such thin implement helps to get rid of clogs. I have some thin brushes meant for cleaning straws (bought in baby supply store) that would get the insides of a spout really clean.

Thanks for the tips, You can use lemon juice which is used as a bleaching agent to clean out stains and straints. It looks shine and happy to use.

Perhaps you should stop "cleaning". What are you doimg? I mean really, ju st tip it up and scoop out what does't fall out cleanly, and if that's too much trouble, just swirl round some fresh water and tip over. It might als o help to get a cleaner pour, to wash the tea before steeping. I use Turki sh tea and make lemon-tea and both these get rid of staining by the brown t eas. I'm wondering whether the brown stains are sulphur compounds. Anyone know one way or other?