Seasoning your new Yixing teapot is critical to getting the most from your tea drinking experience.  If you do not season your pot, your may find that your tea tastes very bland for quite some time because the teapot is absorbing the oils during your infusion process.  There are two ways to prepare a teapot for use.  One requires boiling the entire pot in water.  But unless you are experienced with this process, it is easy to damage the delicate strucure of your pot.  We recommend the method described below because it is both safe and effective:

• Pour room temperature water inside your tea pot and let sit for 4-5 hours.  This provides an initial soaking of the porous clay of your pot. 
• Pour the water out and add boiling water to the inside of your pot. Let the water soak until the water decreases to room temperature.
• Choose the type of tea that you would like to enjoy in your new pot. Place some tea leaves (approximately 1/4 of the volume of the vessel) inside the pot and pour boiling water inside. Let the water cool to room temperature then pour out.
• Add water again to the same batch of leaves and let it cool for a second time, once cool discard both water and tea.
• Your pot is ready to be used.

That is it.  It is not terribly complicated but I feel it is critical to enjoying your first infusion from your new Yixing thoroughly.  Your pot will actually continue to season as you use it and the patina on your teapot will continue to change and become more beautiful with additional use.  

Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions.