I Need a Teapot

[marinyork]

Ceramic and tea cosy . Go for your favourite colour if you have one.

 

[TheDoctor]

Wow, that's a lot of tea pots to choose from! Do you think Arch would knit me a guinea pig tea pot cosy .

I suspect she probably would! You cold drop her a PM when she gets back from forrin parts.

What keeps the tea warmer, do both ceramic & stainless steel do the job equally well?

IMHO the ceramic sort keep tea warmer longer. Woolies have them reasonably cheaply, or they did last time I was in. The steel sort always seem to dribble and drip in a most unseemly manner.

I'm veering towards the stainless steel type in case I drop it, the ceramic type wouldn't fare too well against the kitchen tiles I'd not have thought

Can I suggest not dropping it?

 

[hubgearfreak]

sorry

 

[wafflycat]

So that's when you have that sieve thing and use leafs instead of bags?

Leaf tea is the best to use for a decent cup of tea. If you don't go the cafetiere method, you need some sort of straining device to stop the tealeaves ending up in your cup. Example

 

[Milo]

dribble and drip in a most unseemly manner.

coughsmutcough

 

[wafflycat]

IMHO the ceramic sort keep tea warmer longer. Woolies have them reasonably cheaply, or they did last time I was in. The steel sort always seem to dribble and drip in a most unseemly manner.

OOOH! Smut opportunity!

*snork*
*chortle*

 

[Milo]

Beat you to it

 

[wafflycat]

Beat you to it

Smut *and* flagellation!

 

[Milo]

I feel so used...

 

[simonali]

I've got a glass one with a plunger made by Bodum.

 

[domtyler]

There are several in my house, a couple of antique ones that rarely get used, and two different sized porcelain ones for every day use.

Have a quick browse on eBay in the antiques section and you might just find something quite original and perfect for you instead of a more run of the mill Woolies/Ikea special. The prices tend to be fairly low too unless it is something very special.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Campagnolo do a titanium one, I believe. For a million pounds.

 

[Aperitif]

One of these?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tea-Pots-Coffee-Espresso-Home/b?ie=UTF8&node=10706981

I like the red one in the middle.

And of course a tea cosy! Ask Arch to knit you one.

tdr1nka has one on his 'bars - as you might expect!
(Cue tdr1nka's 'mis en scene' photograph...)

 

[Plax]

Trust the usual suspects to send the thread down the spout

Ok, I'm bought on the idea of a ceramic teapot. I happened to mention it at morning break today and ceremic was the winner. Apparently stainless steel ones are cheap, don't make as nice a cup of tea and dribble .
When I mentioned the tea cosy I was accused of being an old granny and asked if I also have a cosy for my toilet rolls.

 

[domtyler]

Trust the usual suspects to send the thread down the spout

Ok, I'm bought on the idea of a ceramic teapot. I happened to mention it at morning break today and ceremic was the winner. Apparently stainless steel ones are cheap, don't make as nice a cup of tea and dribble .
When I mentioned the tea cosy I was accused of being an old granny and asked if I also have a cosy for my toilet rolls.

Well?