How to open the new purple sand pot and how to raise the pot

Introduce the method of opening and raising the purple clay pot.

1. The steps for opening the purple clay pot and raising the pot are as follows: first wash the dust and dust on the surface of the new pot and the pottery crumbs inside, and remember not to use any detergents and disinfectants.

2. Put the pot washed with water into the warm branch water, and then boil the warm water with small and medium heat, and put in the tea after 5 minutes, it is best if you are ready to use this pot to drink what tea, just use this kind of tea, the quality of the tea is not required, the amount of tea is 2-3 taels, and then turn off the fire and open the lid to cool.

3. After 15 minutes, re-ignite the fire and boil over low and medium heat, boil for 15 minutes, then turn off the fire, and use the residual heat to simmer the pot until the tea is slightly cool (about 20 minutes).

4. Then re-light the low and medium heat and boil for 15 minutes, cool the pot and tea together overnight, take out the pot and rinse it with water the next day, wipe the body of the pot with a clean cloth, and the new pot can be used normally when it is naturally dried.

The method of boiling the purple clay pot is as follows:Material preparation: purple clay pot, container without oil stains, water, tofu, tea, etc.

1. First of all, wash off the remaining ash and dust on the surface of the purple clay pot.

2. Then put the purple clay pot into a clean container without oil stains.

3. Add enough water for steaming, the time is better for more than two hours, which can remove the earthy smell of the purple clay pot.

4. Put the tofu directly into the container and continue to steam the purple clay pot.

5. Choose your favorite tea leaves, put them in a container and steam them with the purple clay pot, so that the purple clay pot can absorb the aroma and essence of the tea.

6. In this way, the purple clay pot will be successfully opened.

The purple clay pot is a traditional Chinese teapot, which is said to have originated from the Song Dynasty to the Zhengde period of Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty. The material used to make the purple clay pot is purple sand mineral soil, which is composed of three basic muds: purple clay, green clay and red clay, collectively referred to as purple sand clay. Because it is produced in Yixing, Jiangsu, it is also known as Yixing purple sand.

Good tea people believe that the purple clay pot is used to make tea, the tea taste is timeless and mellow, and the purple clay pot can absorb the tea flavor of tea because of its special double porous structure, so the longer the teapot is used, the more fragrant and mellow the tea is brewed. Because of the characteristics of the purple spine sand pot to absorb color and taste, there is a saying that the pot does not serve two teas. The use of purple clay pot is very particular, buy back to open the pot, pay attention to maintenance when using, so how to do it?

Let's introduce it today.

1. How to open a purple clay pot.

1. Clean the body of the pot: first rinse the purple clay pot you just bought with water, and then wipe the inside and outside of the body with a professional tea cloth, the purpose of which is to clean up the kiln ash and impurities outside the surface of the body.

2. Scalding kettle: After cleaning the body of the pot, you can blanch the kettle, first pour the entire body of the pot with boiling water several times, and then pour boiling water into the kettle to scald the kettle.

3. Stuffy pot: After scalding the body of the pot, you can make a stuffy pot, the specific steps are: take some tea leaves and put them in the pot, then soak the tea leaves with boiling water, and cover the pot tightly, and wait for the tea to cool down and re-brew, repeat several times.

Second, how to raise a purple clay pot.

1. Avoid oil smoke.

To maintain the purple clay pot to avoid oil smoke, when placing the purple sand pot, do not put the purple sand pot in a place with more oil smoke. Otherwise, the oil smoke will adhere to the surface of the purple clay pot and block the pores, the permeability of the purple clay pot will be affected, and at the same time, the purple sand pot will have a smell of oil smoke.

2. Moisturize properly.

In the process of using the purple clay pot, the maintenance of the purple clay pot also needs to be poured with boiling water inside and outside the purple clay pot before use, which can effectively moisten the purple clay pot, and the appearance of the purple clay pot will become more charming and bright.

3. Clean regularly.

When using or placing the purple clay pot, it is recommended to wipe the purple clay pot regularly with a soft cotton cloth to avoid a large amount of dust, dirt or other impurities attached to the inside and outside of the purple clay pot, and ensure that the purple clay pot has good permeability. and infiltrate.

The method of opening the purple clay pot is as above, and the purple clay pot should be raised to avoid oil smoke, properly moisturize, and clean regularly, I hope it can help everyone.

Before the new pot is used, it needs to be processed, and this process is called boiling the pot. There are many ways to boil a pot, and here is one.

1. Boil in plain water for at least an hour. The specific method is to separate the lid from the body of the pot, put it in a pot of cold water, place the pot on the stove, and slowly heat it to a boil over a low fire. Turn off the heat after 1 hour. In this step, the pores of the pot body can release the earthy flavor and impurities contained in the pot through thermal expansion and contraction.

2. Put the boiled pot in white water and a piece of old tofu into clean water to boil in the same way as above, at least one hour. This step is called de-ignition and is designed to remove the heat from the high-temperature calcination during pot making.

3. Put the pot above and a piece of tender sugarcane head, some say old sugarcane, and put it into clean water to boil, the method is the same as above. At least an hour.

4. Put the pot above and the tea leaves into clean water to boil, the method is the same as above, at least one hour.

After completing the above four steps, the purple clay pot can be officially used.

The maintenance methods of the purple clay pot are to rinse the hot water, wipe the body of the pot, do not immerse the teapot in water, pour out the tea residue, and do not soak the tea soup in the pot.

1. Before making tea, rinse hot water, and before making tea, it is advisable to use Wang Que hot water to rinse the inside and outside of the teapot, which can have three effects: mold removal, disinfection and warm pot.

2. When wiping the body of the teapot while it is hot, due to the extremely high water temperature, the pores of the teapot itself will expand slightly, and the water vapor will appear on the surface of the teapot. At this time, you can use a clean thin cotton towel to wipe the entire body of the pot several times in the interval after pouring out the tea soup, so that the temperature of the hot water can be used to make the body of the pot more moist.

3. When making tea, do not immerse the teapot in water, some people are used to pouring boiling water in the tea boat when making tea, so as to achieve the effect of heat preservation. In fact, this does not have a good effect on raising the pot, but will leave an uneven color on the body of the pot.

4. After each tea brewing, the tea residue should be poured out, and the tea soup remaining in the body of the pot should be washed away with hot water to keep the inside and outside of the pot clean.

5. Do not soak the tea soup in the pot. After brewing tea, be sure to pour out the tea residue and tea soup, rinse the inside and outside of the pot with hot water, and then pour out the water. The inside of the pot should be kept dry, and moisture should never be accumulated, so that the purple clay pot can emit a natural luster (commonly known as pulp).

1.Warm-up:

First of all, rinse the purple sand teapot you just bought back with boiling water inside and outside to remove the dust on the surface, and then put the teapot into a pot without oil stains, add water at 3 times the height and boil for two hours, so that the earthy smell and fire of the teapot will be removed.

2.Reduce the heat: Put the tofu in a teapot and cook for 1 hour with double the water. The gypsum contained in tofu has the effect of reducing fire and can decompose the residue of the teapot.

3.Moisturize: Cut the sugar cane you bought and put it in a pot. Without sugar cane, you can put some sugar and cook for another 1 hour. The natural sugar content of sugar cane can make the teapot moisturize like never before.

4.Rebirth: The last thing is to choose your favorite tea leaves and put them in a teapot to cook for 1 hour. Preferably Longjing tea. In this way, the teapot is no longer a "lifeless" dead thing, after being reborn, it absorbs the essence of tea, and the first brew of tea has been able to make the tea people's teeth and cheeks fragrant.

Complexity is a little complicated, but a good purple clay pot has to be used like this.

There is also an easy way to boil the pot:

Separate the body of the pot from the lid, put it in the pot, boil until it is about to boil, put in the tea leaves, warm the fire for a period of time, and let it cool and dry naturally.

This method is suitable for purple clay pots and pots, which are not very earthy and of good quality, such as Handian tea sets, and are used to brew tea such as Tieguanyin. Convenient and easy. But don't be lazy with some average quality purple clay pots.