How must I wash my teacups?

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How must I wash my teacups?

by dario27 » Jul 25th, '08, 07:17

Is it wrong to wash my teacups with soap like all the other dishes? Doesn't it eliminate the tea stains in the cup? Is a hot water rinse good enough?

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by Sydney » Jul 25th, '08, 07:47

This depends mainly on the material composition of your tea cups.

If they're porcelain or some glazed material, then you can do anything you want that's not just reckless.
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by hop_goblin » Jul 25th, '08, 11:26

El Padre wrote:This depends mainly on the material composition of your tea cups.

If they're porcelain or some glazed material, then you can do anything you want that's not just reckless.
Agreed.
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by Beidao » Jul 25th, '08, 12:39

Baking soda gets rid of all teastains
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by doyoulovedee » Jul 25th, '08, 14:25

I would be a bit concerned if you ONLY washed with hot water :P
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by heavydoom » Jul 27th, '08, 15:10

yup. porcelain? you can deep fry the cups. clay ware? no way jose!@!
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by Proinsias » Jul 27th, '08, 16:43

Vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and boiling water works a treat.
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by dario27 » Jul 30th, '08, 10:19

Thanks for your replies! My objective is to keep the cup clean, but not to eliminate the tea stains. I'm using regular coffee/tea mugs.
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by Space Samurai » Jul 30th, '08, 11:21

doyoulovedee wrote:I would be a bit concerned if you ONLY washed with hot water :P
That's all I do. No way do I use soap on any of my chawan. It's just tea (assuming of coure that we are not also talking about milk and sugar, two other things that won't touch my wares).
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by doyoulovedee » Aug 5th, '08, 13:51

Space Samurai wrote: That's all I do. No way do I use soap on any of my chawan. It's just tea (assuming of coure that we are not also talking about milk and sugar, two other things that won't touch my wares).
very true, (also i'm still a n00b, so i'm weening my self from milk and sugar completely..) but i have to use soap to remove rings that my darker teas leave.
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by greenisgood » Aug 5th, '08, 16:08

in also not caring about stains i just rinse and scrub with my fingers if its visibly dirty. i really hate soap.
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by Riene » Aug 5th, '08, 16:57

I have just acquired a small Yixing pot. How does one clean it? Just hot water/soda? I think I'm going to use it only for oolongs...
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by Proinsias » Aug 5th, '08, 19:04

I just rinse, flash brew with boiling water only and leave with top off to dry out overnight.

Unless the pot is old and filthy I would shy away from anything but water. If it tastes a little like clay a bit of boiling in a pan of hot water doesn't hurt.
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by Salsero » Aug 5th, '08, 20:10

Proinsias wrote:I just rinse, flash brew with boiling water only and leave with top off to dry out overnight.

Unless the pot is old and filthy I would shy away from anything but water. If it tastes a little like clay a bit of boiling in a pan of hot water doesn't hurt.

Wise words spoken from experience.
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by Sydney » Aug 5th, '08, 20:27

Riene wrote:I have just acquired a small Yixing pot. How does one clean it? Just hot water/soda? I think I'm going to use it only for oolongs...
I clean mine as little as I absolutely can.

It generally gets a boiling water treatment before each session to warm it up anyway, so enough hot water to remove any visible leaf is about the max I do following the session.

I also tend to store it with the lid off while it's drying out for maximum aeration, but I've never seen anyone else [***edit: add "before today" since Proinsias called me out :P ***] mention doing this sort of thing.
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