Zisha Mug, Seasoning?

[hooksie]

So I just received this from DTH, it's a "Zisha Clay" mug.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0382956347

Now with my very limited knowledge, I hear all about "seasoning" clay pots and whatnot, like boiling it before first use...

My question is would I want to do some sort of "seasoning" to this piece before I start using it -- or will it be of zero to negligible importance?

[finddream2020]

sorry for my saying last time, i can not understand "Seasoning" carefully because of my poor english.

when i look at the pic, i found the color is not really zisha, i think mixed with chemical things. for example chlorine. i think you must boiling more than 6-10 minite not only use clean water or hot water.

[babalian]

My personal experience is that for zisha cups or mugs you only need to wash with cold water then pour boiling water into the cup and let it set fro about 2 min or so.
Drain the water and repeat the pouring boiling water prceedure about 2-3 times so that you are able to remove the smell of the clay properly.

Boiling the entire mug is not required.

[hooksie]

If I use water that is very slightly chlorinated, that shouldn't be an issue, right?

[MarshalN]

Any chlorine should boil off when you heat it

[JP]

You will want to use a long boil time of about 6 minutes to drive off the chlorine. Just bringing the water to a boil won't remove all of it.