Before first use, rinse your teapot several times with boiling water.
1. To brew a pot of tea, preheat your teapot by pouring boiling water into the pot and swirling it around. Discard this water.
2. Add your tea leaves to the pot; either into the mesh basket that came with your teapot or directly into the pot itself.
3. Pour the hot to boiling water over the leaves and allow to steep for the desired amount of time. Usually 30 seconds to 2 minutes for green, 3 to 5 minutes for black, and anywhere from 2 to 7 minutes for oolong depending on the size and type of tea leaf (follow tea suppliers recommendations on your first infusion then adjust to your taste).
4. Remove the infuser basket containing the leaves as soon as your tea is steeping or decant all of the brewed tea into another vessel if no strainer was used. Do not allow tea leaves to remain in the water or the tea leaves and the remaining brewed tea will be ruined. Depending on the tea, you might enjoy infusing the leaves multiple times.
5. When finished brewing in your teapot, simply wipe the teapot with a dry towel, both inside and out. Try to do this while the pot is still warm. PLEASE BE SURE YOUR TEAPOT IS DRY. Rust will form if the teapot is not completely dry, both inside and out.
