How to clean a glazed teapot for use?

[AFOL]

Hi, everyone. For Christmas, I received a glazed tea set from a local tea store (I already have a gaiwan and an Yixing, but wanted something simple and glazed); however, I probably won't get a chance to go by the store before I try it out, so I wondered: what is the best way to clean glazed teapots before using them? Should I use soap and water? Boiling water? Just hot water? I want to make sure it's clean, but I also don't want to ruin it with too much cleaning. Any tips would be appreciated!

[Tead Off]

A simple soap and water wash should do the trick. If you are really picky, you can run some boiling water through it.

[steanze]

I'd first check what kind of glaze it is: if it's a crackle glaze or some kind of breathing glaze I would avoid soap, it might get trapped in the crackles and you'd run the risk of getting some soap in your tea.
If it's not a crackle glaze or similar then you can go ahead with soap.

[AFOL]

Ah--now that you mention it, it is crackle glaze. As a matter of fact, now that I know the terminology, I was able to identify it as one of these (set 2, to be precise): http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32483720013.html. I'm assuming that means I should stick to a boiling water rinse?

[Tsubo]

Hot water or boiling water will be quite enought ... if ever the teapot is really too dirty, you can use diluted bleach (but then you must rinse it profusely and wait a couple of day to be sure there is no residual odor ... So it is a treatment for "severe" cases) which will be safer than using soap