Remove calcium from Yixing?

[Bert]

@chamekke & betta:

thanks for your answers. I think I keep the tetsubin the way it is.
(It is unlined)

[heavydoom]

i would leave the calcium on the pot, if it does not hinder your pouring out of tea, it adds character to your pot. kinda like a beaten up old leather bag.

There's something to be said for that. My go to yixing pot I use the most is stained and looks awful due to differences in the clay used in different parts and various levels of abuse I have subjected it to. But I love it just as it is.

totally, dude!! people would pay handsomely to get a look like that on a pot.

[hop_goblin]

i would leave the calcium on the pot, if it does not hinder your pouring out of tea, it adds character to your pot. kinda like a beaten up old leather bag.

There's something to be said for that. My go to yixing pot I use the most is stained and looks awful due to differences in the clay used in different parts and various levels of abuse I have subjected it to. But I love it just as it is.

I can relate sal, they become "old friends"

[joelbct]

You can take the Calcium out of the Yixing, but you can't take the Yixing out of the Calcium...

[heavydoom]