All the Ways to Pick a Teapot |
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You may decide the time has come to add a new teapot to your kitchen wares. You will find this project to be easily done in terms of locating site after site with lots of pots to look over. However, choosing from all that are available is what will make this task not so simple. Not only are there so many different types of teapots to choose from, there are all the varied things that can be added. Many of them come with, or can use, the very many different types of add-ons such as infusers, strainers, timers, thermometers, handles and bases which can be removed, and so on. It can get very confusing for the a novice tea drinker to know just what she should get. Getting back to the teapots themselves, you will find they are made from lots of different materials. There are metals ones like the beautiful silver tea services you can find. There are porcelain ones. Different kinds of clay make different types of teapots such as the red clay Brown Betty. Some are made from plastic and some from glass. The later can provide an interesting show for the "agony of the leaves". When looking for a tea pot, perhaps the first thing you will notice is all the different shapes they come in. You can find short and tall pots. You can find strange ones made to look like some animal or plant or even a car or plane. If it can be formed to hold water and tea leaves, you will probably find the shape somewhere that you desire. They come in every color under the sun. There are the various shades of purple of Yixing clay pots from China. There are the red and white Staffordshire tea pots. Of course there is the silver color of silver and stainless steel pots. There are the traditional blue and white pots of Europe. And if you want to find yourself a pot from a certain region in the world, you just might be able to locate one. There are pots from Great Britain and Europe. There are teapots from Japan and from China. Thousands are made in the US every year as well. It's just one more thing to consider when thinking about buying a teapot. Going beyond the other characteristics of the teapot, you will also find that the times have left their mark as well. Each movement or fashion has affected the humble tea pot. Among these you will find Art Deco, Rococo, 60's modernism, and Art Nouveau. If you have a taste for a particular art or architectural style, you just might be able to find a teapot that reflects it. What it comes down to in the end could be the tea you choose to drink. Each tea could be best served with a special type of teapot, though a glass one should do for most cases because of the nature of glass. It allows you to see the tea as it steeps as well which could be quite interesting if you use one of the tea flowers. At any rate, choosing a teapot, you may ultimately find, is simply choosing one that is pleasing to your tastes (pun intended).
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