New Teapot!

This is a Tokoname teapot from Japan. It's a type of stoneware from a specific region/kiln. This came from o-cha.com. I am having the problem that regular tea in bags doesn't taste as good as loose leaf tea. However, the small, plastic infuser I bought to brew tea at work is absorbing flavors from other kinds of tea! Yuk! I have been drinking Pu Ehr (pooooor) tea, which is very good for your digestion. It does, however, have a very strong flavor some don't care for. It also has imparted it's flavor in the plastic infuser. I tried brewing green tea after a couple days of drinking pu ehr and I nearly gagged! I had to air out my infuser for a few days because my Houjicha picked up whatever was already in the infuser. A lot of serious tea drinkers collect teapots for each kind of tea they drink. I have seen pictures of collections of 15-30 different kinds of Tokoname, tea bowls, cups, gaiwan and yixing. I have seen yixing for upwards of $500 - which I am not in the market for. I'm just not sure that I want that much "stuff" and I know I don't have the real estate on the kitchen counter to accomodate it! However, over time, the yixing (especialy) and tokoname will absorb the flavors of the one type of tea brewed in them and it is said that after a number of years you can just put hot water into a yixing and make tea with no leaves! How cool.