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Teacups, teapots, and anything used to enjoy tea and prepare tea.
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“Is the Tea World Getting Silly?”
The other day someone asked me, “Is the tea world getting silly?” And I replied, “Gee, I sure hope so.” As a tea blogger whose tea review site is hosted by a talking teapot, I can also say I have contributed my share of silliness to the world of tea. But the roll call of… Continue reading
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On the Adolf Hitler Tea Kettle Controversy
Let me say, right at the outset, that the day (or days) in which the Adolf Hitler Tea Kettle Controversy erupted must have been kind of slow on the news front, to say the least. The whole big frenzy seems to have started sometime in late May. Or as Time magazine reported, the fuss got… Continue reading
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Teapots at the British Museum – Part 2
Following on from Part 1, this instalment uses two other teapots I came across in the British Museum as a starting point to reflect on the journey of tea culture across the world; the history of tea drinking is a diaspora of teapots as much as a diaspora of tea. The teapots pictured below are… Continue reading
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Teapot Styles — Asian Traditions
Awhile back I posted some info about a very Asian style of teapot: the Kyusu. I have also written about a distinctive style of clay teapot from the Yixing area of China. But others abound. They speak of hundreds, and possibly thousands, of years of craftsmanship building up and being preserved as an object of… Continue reading
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When There Is Too Much Tea in My Tea
“There’s too much tea in my tea!!” I uttered this exclamation the other day, much to the amusement of my tea companion. Her puzzled response (“um, did you just say that there was too much tea in your, er… tea?”) was accompanied by a bemused look, and upon reflection I realised how ridiculous this must… Continue reading
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Teapots at the British Museum – Part 1
Recently, I have been spending a good bit of time at the British Museum in London. It has one of the largest and most renowned museum collections in the world, but while it may be better known for antiquities such as the Elgin Marbles and the Rosetta Stone, I have been discovering that it also… Continue reading
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5 Alternatives to Using a Teapot
“I never use a teapot!” Yes, it’s true. Some tea drinkers don’t steep tea in a teapot. And we’re not just talking about folks who dunk a teabag in some hot water in a mug. We’re talking about those “alternate” tea steepers. Here are five such alternatives for you to try (or maybe you already… Continue reading
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Glass Teapots – More Than Just a Visual Gadget
People starting to dive into the higher orders of tea preparation or studying the Chinese tea ceremony (Gong Fu Cha) will often respond with some curiosity to the obviously omnipresent, while seemingly redundant procedure of letting the tea liquor pass through a glass vessel on its way from the actual teapot to the final drinking… Continue reading
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Monthly Tea Gadget and Offbeat News Report VII
It’s been a long time since I’ve used one of those tea infusers that you stuff with tea and stick into a cup of hot water. The consensus is that they’re not the best at making tea, since they don’t usually allow the water sufficient room to swirl around the leaves. I can buy that,… Continue reading
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Teapot Styles — Typically American
To say that anything is typically American, even teapot styles, is to discount about 99% of the country. (I should clarify that I am using “American” here in the widespread meaning of referring to us “Yanks,” that is, citizens of the United States. Sorry, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America!) We come from such… Continue reading
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