"Spicy" smell from Yixing pot

[javi_sanchez]

I got this pot:

http://www.imagebam.com/image/3b6cba382027775

It is this pot from Essence of Tea:

https://www.essenceoftea.com/teaware/cl ... eapot.html

When I first got it, it had an almost "spicy", altogether not unpleasant smell. Have any of you smelled this? After a few rounds of boiling water and a round of cliff tea, it has no smell. I'm curious as to where this smell came from. I was afraid it may have been under firing but the fact that it no longer smells tells me this is not the case. Also the craftsmanship of this pot is very good! I don't think this level of pot would have firing issues.

I initially wanted the pot for oldish shengs(10-15 years). However I recently started using another one of my pots for sheng. I already have a small cliff tea pot. I might make this my generic, "darker oolongs" pot.

[futurebird]

Is it kind of like cloves/cinnamon? I've had a pot from another vendor with this smell.

[javi_sanchez]

Is it kind of like cloves/cinnamon? I've had a pot from another vendor with this smell.

I would say that's an apt description

[futurebird]

I had the same smell on a teapot from j-tea. Don't know why either.

[drinking_teas]

maybe they were burning some incense in the room? can incense smell like cinnamon?

if not, I guess they're burning some apple-cinnamon candles

[futurebird]

Hmmm. I know you are just joking, but this is only on the inside of the teapot.

[kyarazen]

it there's no smell after some rinses then its ok!...

there's a slight controversy where it is speculated a strange smell/chemical smell in the pot would mean chemical doping.. but i do work with manganese dioxides, chromium compounds from time to time.. there isnt much smell to these things..

i would think the smell might just be due to the firing method, i.e. in a new electric kiln of some sort. i've a couple of cups that came with some metallic plasticky smell because it came from a new tiny electric kiln

[bagua7]

When I first got it, it had an almost "spicy", altogether not unpleasant smell

Something along those lines in all my low-fired zini pots...and they all brew 'dream' sheng puerh.

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

[Alex]

I'd had that sort of smell in fresh Kyusu-s as well.