How to Care Cast Iron Teapot | teaeer.com

If you love classic retro tea style, you must have own a cast iron teapot right now. This heavy solid teapot keep tea warm longer and make tea taste much better, but many people don't know it need special daily care, easy get rusty or lose inner coating if you handle it wrong way. All cast iron tea pots from teaeer need follow these simple caring rules to stay good condition for many years.

Daily Usage And After Use Care

After each tea brewing, pour out all tea liquid and tea leaves at once, do not leave leftover tea stay inside for long hours. The wet tea residue will speed up rust forming inside the iron teapot really fast.

You only need to rinse the inner part with pure hot water quickly, don't brush hard and never add any soap, dish wash liquid or chemical cleaner at all. Those substance will destroy the original inner protective layer totally.

After fast rinsing, use clean dry cotton cloth to wipe inside and outside water drop away, then put the teapot on warm dry place to air dry completey with lid open wide. Never close lid when it still have moist inside.

Anti Rust Maintenance Trick

Cast iron material is easy catch rust in damp enviroment, this is the most common problem users meet. When you finish dry the teapot fully, you can gently spread a little thin edible tea oil on inner wall, this simple step can form a safe protect film to stop air and moist get in.

Do not soak your cast iron teapot into water for long time, long time soaking is the fastest way to make it rust all over. In rainy wet weather, remember take it out to dry in airy place more often.

Wrong Operations You Must Avoid

Never pour icy cold water into super hot cast iron teapot sudden, sharp temperature change will crack the inner enamel coating easily, once it broken the teapot is hard to fix again.

Do not use hard metal brush or rough cleaning tool to scrub inner and outer surface, it will scratch the vintage texture and damage anti-rust layer too.

Most traditional cast iron teapots cannot be put into dishwasher, high temperature and strong detergent will ruin all protective design. Also do not place it on too strong open fire for long time.

Long Time Storage Method

If you wont use the cast iron teapot for several weeks or longer time, make sure it is 100 percent dry inside out first. Put a few dry tea leaves inside to absorb extra moist, then store it in dry cool cabinet, stay away from kitchen sink and humid corner.

Practical Advice From teaeer

We have supply hand-made cast iron teapots for ages, most old buyers told us use it regularly is the best maintain way. Frequent brewing tea can naturally form smooth tea patina on the teapot surface, make it more durable and more beautiful day by day.

Take good care of your cast iron teapot, it will accopany you enjoy warm nice tea time all season round.

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