Pour a pot of water into the kettle and set it on the stove to heat up.
Place the tea kettle on the burner and wait for it to heat up.
Once the water has heated up, pour it over the tea kettle and let it sit for a few minutes so that the water can start to boil.
Once the water boils, turn off the burner and pour out all of the water from the tea kettle.
Place everything in a colander and let it sit for a few minutes so that all of the dirt and debris from inside of the copper tea kettle can be removed.
