Do you touch, fondle and rub your yixing pot with fingers and palms? I do it with one for several weeks now and compared to others it seems to get deeper satin glow. I touch it only through brewing session, it means I wash it with cold and then boiling water after and "polish" it with silk cloth, so it´s not "smeared" with sweat or something. But I understand even washed and cleaned hands has some sweat and lipids/fat on them, which probably I in some degree rub into the surface. Is it good or bad? The pot looks better this way and it´s part of interaction between us when I´m touching it, but can taste of tea be possibly affected? What do you think and what do you do?
Jan
Re: Do you touch your yixing? And how much?
You'd better treat yixings with merely tea oil if possible,
no dirt, stain or finger oil..hehe
no dirt, stain or finger oil..hehe