Reply to: Best TeaPot

[mudskipper]

I have some nice glass vacuum cups which are lovely

[d000hg]

I've always wanted a vacuum (thermos) glass teapot. Every teapot I ever used is cold by the time you want a second cup.

I have some nice glass vacuum cups which are lovely

[contractorinatractor]

my trusty old teapot has developed a hairline crack.
What do you guys think is the best replacement? i want a nice strong brew without too much faffing.
oh, and money is no object.

Example, albeit the company are sold out:
https://www.palmerstores.com/product.../2806/#reviews

Edit: I see amazon have them. The company has changed name from Grunwerg to Cafe Ole, for some reason.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003CB9T...ing=UTF8&psc=1

Try a Grunwerg Rondo. Good for strong tea. Avoid glass teapots - they are aesthetically pleasing whilst infusing, but dissipate heat far too quickly and ruin the leaf infusion process.

I drink black, white, green and herbal teas using teapots, and this one is the best of any I've used. The pot-for-one is good for the office.
Main reasons to get this one: nobody wants to steal it, looks unusual; bakelite handle, lasts forever, and means you will not get burned whilst carrying it around; wire mesh infuser, rather than a metal tub with holes drilled in, so tea infuses properly.

[northernladyuk]

Did you want a parroty tea pot?

Or a parody tea pot?

[mudskipper]

Irony seems to be lost here. - oh, well

Did you want a parroty tea pot?

[NotAllThere]

my trusty old teapot has developed a hairline crack.
What do you guys think is the best replacement? i want a nice strong brew without too much faffing.
oh, and money is no object.

Get into kintsugi.

[northernladyuk]

Irony seems to be lost here. - oh, well

You would be better off with bronzey.

[BR14]

Irony seems to be lost here. - oh, well

[TheFaQQer]

What do you guys think is the best replacement? i want a nice strong brew without too much faffing.
oh, and money is no object.

You need one of these - strong, not much faffing, and (I presume) reassuringly expensive.

[greenlake]

my trusty old teapot has developed a hairline crack.
What do you guys think is the best replacement? i want a nice strong brew without too much faffing.
oh, and money is no object.

Sounds like you need the advice of experts....

[northernladyuk]

Sloe Home

[WTFH]

Ah. Thanks. Must try. Sloe and damson gins are my regulars.

I’ve 3.5l of sloe gin on the go from picking the blackthorns I planted a couple of years ago. They don’t go through a still, just 500g of fruit, 250g of sugar per litre of gin.

[OwlHoot]

When you go shopping for a teapot, take a bottle of water and a bowl with you. Then you can check easily if the teapot is a dribbler.

The main dribbling aspect isn't hairline cracks but utterly carp "shallow" spouts where supposedly chic minimalist design has long since completely taken over from sound hydrodynamics and plain common sense.

Frankly I wouldn't bother buying any teapot made after about 1950 for that reason, as it will dribble like an incontinent two year old!

Your best bet is to try and find an old one in a charity shop. (I have several, although I don't generally use them.)

[Pip in a Poke]

Ah. Thanks. Must try. Sloe and damson gins are my regulars.

Always made my own sloe gin in time for Christmas.

Word has it that one shouldn't pick the sloes until after the first frost.

Now, years ago that meant you could have them steeped in a kilner jar by the end of September but these days one can count the number of pre-Christmas frosts on something I haven't got.

So, onto a baking tray for a night in the deep freeze they go...

[northernladyuk]

You suspend the botanicals over the vodka so that they flavour the vapour, then you condense it.

Ah. Thanks. Must try. Sloe and damson gins are my regulars.