Copper is often praised by cooks around the world by saying it is the ultimate culinary metal. The metal is one of the best conductors of heat in the world and when combined with cookware, the pans created spread the heat from a burner evenly around not only the base, but the up the sides of the pan as well, meaning that foods are cooking evenly throughout the dish. These pans are not gourmet cooking, but rather gourmet cookware. This is typically why most copper cookware is more expensive than stainless steel or aluminum cooking pans.
Cleaning copper can be fairly easy or somewhat time consuming depending on how much you want to keep the elegant copper sheen to the outside of the cooking pans. For general cleaning, simply remember never to put the pans in the dishwasher as the harsh chemical agents in the detergent can stain a pit the surface of the pans. Hand wash the pots with warm water and soap. This will get rid of any food and most stains. To remove tarnish, you will need to purchase a cream for removing tarnish.