Teawares and Equipment
Teacups, teapots, and anything used to enjoy tea and prepare tea.
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When Your Tea Kettle Fools You
Accurate water temperature can make the difference in the taste of your tea, but your tea kettle can fool you. Then, you end up with understeeped black tea that needed boiling water or oversteeped green tea that needed water heated to around 180° F. A tea lover’s nightmare! I discovered this foolery when my Asta… Continue reading
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Teapot
You’ve all heard that little ditty “Twinkle, twinkle, little star…” but have you heard about twinkly teapots? Yes, twinkly. The quality of twinkliness is not in every teapot. Those cute little Yixing (pronounced “eesheeng”) clay teapots are usually of a fairly matte or even flat finish. Some ceramic teapots also have a softer appearance due… Continue reading
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The Tea Princess Has a Nightmare
Bad things can happen at tea time. Any Tea Princess knows that. But anticipation of the worst possibilities is a real nightmare. Some event could go wrong and ruin the entire occasion. Of course, there’s going wrong and then there’s going totally horribly out-of-control over-the-edge wrong — sorta like the shower scene in Psycho. Well,… Continue reading
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Serving Tea Elegantly: Tiered Serving Stands
I’d like you to try something for me. Close your eyes and picture a table set for afternoon tea. In your mind’s eye, what do you see? A teapot, probably in a cozy. Place settings of teacups, plates, and flatware. But I’m sure that’s not all. If you’re like me, the picture of “afternoon tea”… Continue reading
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Tea Vendors Who Generalize
The generalist tea vendor can supply all your tea needs in one-stop shopping. (Photo source: composite of screen captures from site) Your personal journey into the world of tea may have initially started with a simple, standard tea bag filled with basic black tea dust. However, as you travel further down the connoisseur’s path, you… Continue reading
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Novelty Tea Bags Revisited
Say what you want about tea bags, but don’t say that there aren’t plenty of offbeat novelty ones to be found in the files of the US Patent Office (and probably other patent offices, but that’s another article). Our first look at this topic was an article that ran earlier this year. But since that… Continue reading
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Even More Tea Gadgets & Offbeat News
Did you hear about this report on a 900-year-old caffeinated beverage discovered in the southeastern United States ? Before getting too excited, it’s worth noting that it wasn’t actually tea made from Camellia sinensis. Instead, the beverage was likely made from Ilex vomitoria, a holly plant used by Native American cultures to produce what is… Continue reading
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“Stunt Double” Teapots
Just as there are stunt doubles in the movies, there are stunt double teapots. They are those not-so-photogenic yet oh-so-capable teapots who fill in for the show teapots. They also save those fancy schmancy teapots from staining and the possibility of chipping, cracking, and breaking. Useful if you are planning to photograph your tea time… Continue reading
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The Ultimate Tea Gadget
There are tea gadgets—and then there are tea accessories and specialty gadgets designed for brewing and serving tea . If you follow this site regularly, you’ll know we highlight unusual tea-related inventions fairly often. While it may be a stretch to declare any one device the “ultimate” tea gadget, a strong contender emerged in London… Continue reading
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Drawstring Tea Filters Take the Mess Out of Tea Time
UPDATE: See the video of these filters in action! So, you don’t want bagged tea, but you do want to enjoy your fine whole and broken leaf teas while on the go. You work in one of those offices where the break room has most of what you need: cups, a way to heat water,… Continue reading
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