Is there a way to stop the tea from dripping of the teapot spout after
serving?

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> wrote:
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> Is there a way to stop the tea from dripping of the teapot spout after
>serving?

Yes. Get a spout of a different shape.

The issue is that there is a fight between the cohesion of the water
molecules to hold together in a drop, versus their adhesion to the
surface of the spout. A well-designed spout will let the last bit
of water to fall off as a droplet rather than clinging and rolling
down the end of the spout.

Placing a groove under the spout end helps. Smooth finishes are better
than rough ones, and sometimes a rough one can be okay if enough stain
builds up on it to smooth the surface out a bit. Narrowing the end to
increase the rate of flow at the tip also can help.

I think there was actually an article in Scientific American on the subject
in the late sixties, comparing different shapes and with math models of
flow.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

wrote:
> Is there a way to stop the tea from dripping of the teapot spout after
> serving?

I have seen many servers use a small cloth to catch any drips,
sometimes very ornate and nice looking cloths... but any would do.

- Dominic
Drinking: 44oz. Mountain Dew Slushie

Dominic T. wrote:
> wrote:
> > Is there a way to stop the tea from dripping of the teapot spout after
> > serving?
>
> I have seen many servers use a small cloth to catch any drips,
> sometimes very ornate and nice looking cloths... but any would do.

How about a tea towel?

--Blair
"(whistles idly)"

I know that this is going to sound strange, but if you smear a little
butter under the tip of the spout, it should catch the drips.
Alternatively, "drip catchers" such as the one shown here work very
well:

http://www.jollygoodtea.com/ProdImag...earlscourt.jpg

> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to stop the tea from dripping of the teapot spout after
> serving?

Yes, I use this little gadget for spouts that aren't shaped properly:

http://www.culinaryteas.com/Tea_Accessories/1384.html.


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Bluesea wrote:
> Yes, I use this little gadget for spouts that aren't shaped properly:
>
> http://www.culinaryteas.com/Tea_Accessories/1384.html.

It's a paperclip.

--Blair

Speculum.

Jim

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> Bluesea wrote:
> > Yes, I use this little gadget for spouts that aren't shaped properly:
> >
> > http://www.culinaryteas.com/Tea_Accessories/1384.html.
>
> It's a paperclip.
>
> --Blair

And a damned small one too

Marlene


> Speculum.
>
> Jim
>
> Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> Bluesea wrote:
>> > Yes, I use this little gadget for spouts that aren't shaped properly:
>> >
>> > http://www.culinaryteas.com/Tea_Accessories/1384.html.
>>
>> It's a paperclip.
>>
>> --Blair
>

My wife says even the small ones are too big.

Jim

Marlene Wood wrote:
> And a damned small one too
>
> Marlene
>
>
> > Speculum.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> >> Bluesea wrote:
> >> > Yes, I use this little gadget for spouts that aren't shaped properly:
> >> >
> >> > http://www.culinaryteas.com/Tea_Accessories/1384.html.
> >>
> >> It's a paperclip.
> >>
> >> --Blair

Space Cowboy wrote:
> Speculum.

Hey, now, there's no call to go all ad-hominem on me...

--Blair

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:09:40 GMT, wrote:

> Is there a way to stop the tea from dripping of the teapot spout after
> serving?

There are inserts that you can place in the mouth of the teapot. I've heard
they work well, but I've never tried one. So consider that secondhand,
unproven hearsay.

Google for "dripless teapot gadget" and you'll find a number of suppliers.

--
Derek

"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence." -- H. L. Mencken