well, after consideration lately, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend
a rather inexpensive teapot to me. I'm looking for one about the size
of a quart, possibly with a built in infuser basket, of a traditional
shape, and without excessive decoration. I'm looking on google, but I'd
rather hear recommendations from first hand users.
Thanks for your advice,
-Dave

TeaDave wrote:
> well, after consideration lately, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend
> a rather inexpensive teapot to me. I'm looking for one about the size
> of a quart, possibly with a built in infuser basket, of a traditional
> shape, and without excessive decoration. I'm looking on google, but I'd
> rather hear recommendations from first hand users.
> Thanks for your advice,
> -Dave

Maybe a bit more info and we could help better. Are you looking for a
ceramic teapot, glass, Yixing, japanese cast iron, etc?

I have a pretty large Japanese cast iron teapot with a stainless
infuser that I bought at a Marshall's store for about $10-15.

I have also seen some really nice glass teapots from companies like
Bodum at Borders/Barne's and Nobles at 40-50% off for under $20.

If I had my choice of the two, I'd go with the glass teapot actually.
You can watch the tea brew and see the color whereas the black cast
iron makes in hard to see the color of the infusion so it is all temp
and timing.

My 2 pence.

- Dominic

Dominic 4/20/06


>
> TeaDave wrote:
>> well, after consideration lately, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend
>> a rather inexpensive teapot to me. I'm looking for one about the size
>> of a quart, possibly with a built in infuser basket, of a traditional
>> shape, and without excessive decoration. I'm looking on google, but I'd
>> rather hear recommendations from first hand users.
>> Thanks for your advice,
>> -Dave

For nearly nothing you can pick one up in Chinatown, if you've got a
conveniently located Chinatown.

I always buy my regular teapots in Chinatowns since only there you buy ones
that do not spill the tea all around the teacup...
Last week I saw a nice-looking white porcelain teapot in Rayley's
supermarket and bought it. Surprise, surprise... the tea was not only all
over the table, but also all over the teapot. I looked at the label - it was
made in China but for a California design company. Apparently the designers
never took a physics course and had no idea that liquids level.
Also they never heard of surficial tension. The spout was nicely rounded and
thick at the end which made the water just flow along its curves without
going into the cup!
One way or another it was the worst ever. I took it back. The manager
returned my money without a word but asked me if I was sure that this is not
just a decoration. "People do not brew tea in these things anymore, you
know.." - said he.

I knew.

Sasha.


"Michael Plant" > wrote in message
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> Dominic 4/20/06
>
>
>>
>> TeaDave wrote:
>>> well, after consideration lately, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend
>>> a rather inexpensive teapot to me. I'm looking for one about the size
>>> of a quart, possibly with a built in infuser basket, of a traditional
>>> shape, and without excessive decoration. I'm looking on google, but I'd
>>> rather hear recommendations from first hand users.
>>> Thanks for your advice,
>>> -Dave
>
> For nearly nothing you can pick one up in Chinatown, if you've got a
> conveniently located Chinatown.
>

TeaDave > wrote:
>well, after consideration lately, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend
>a rather inexpensive teapot to me. I'm looking for one about the size
>of a quart, possibly with a built in infuser basket, of a traditional
>shape, and without excessive decoration. I'm looking on google, but I'd
>rather hear recommendations from first hand users.
>Thanks for your advice,

A quart is absolutely HUGE. I think that Chatsford makes a 6 cup
teapot in the "Series E" earthenware stuff, though they don't have
a vitrified hotelware anywhere near that size. Upton's has it for
something like thirty bucks.

I do like the "steelite" vitrified hotelware ones a lot more because
they are FAR more difficult to break. But Chatsford's biggest one is
a 4-cup.

The Chatsford pots don't drip, they hold heat well, and they don't cost
a fortune.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

A quart is huge? Well, I tend to drink 2-4 quarts of tea throughout the
course of a day, so I figure a quart sized pot might not be a bad idea.

One liter glass,SS pots are dime-a-dozen. Chinese clay and British
porcelain is harder to find but not impossible and still cheap enough.

Jim

TeaDave wrote:
> A quart is huge? Well, I tend to drink 2-4 quarts of tea throughout the
> course of a day, so I figure a quart sized pot might not be a bad idea.

"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
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<snip>
> But Chatsford's biggest one is a 4-cup.

It seems to me that you might have the patented Chatsford design confused
with one of the manufacturers who are licensed to produce them because
Chatsford teapots are available as 2, 4, 6, and 10 cuppers from Upton:

http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/cat...&categoryID=88

http://www.fjcleveland.com/teapot.html.

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Bluesea > wrote:
>"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
><snip>
>> But Chatsford's biggest one is a 4-cup.
>
>It seems to me that you might have the patented Chatsford design confused
>with one of the manufacturers who are licensed to produce them because
>Chatsford teapots are available as 2, 4, 6, and 10 cuppers from Upton:
>
>http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/cat...&categoryID=88

I see 6 and 10 cup ones in earthenware there, but I don't see anything
larger than 4 cups in Steelite.

>http://www.fjcleveland.com/teapot.html.

I don't see ANY Steelite stuff here at all.

I do not think Chatsford makes any Steelite ones larger than the 4-cup one.
If you want larger you either need to go to earthenware or bone china, both
of which are much more fragile.
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

"TeaDave" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> well, after consideration lately, I'm wondering if anyone can recommend
> a rather inexpensive teapot to me. I'm looking for one about the size
> of a quart, possibly with a built in infuser basket, of a traditional
> shape, and without excessive decoration. I'm looking on google, but I'd
> rather hear recommendations from first hand users.
> Thanks for your advice,
> -Dave

My favorite dripless pot with an infuser basket that does an excellent job
of preventing leaf particles from escaping is Jenaer's Mikado Gold:

http://www.adagio.com/teaware/mikado_gold_teapot.html.

I have a smaller Mikado and do not recommend your getting one with the glass
infuser because it isn't as good as the SwissGold infuser that comes with
the Mikado Gold.

My next favorite are the Chatsford teapots which are available in
earthenware, bone china, and Steelite Vitrified hotelware from 2- to
10-cuppers:

http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/cat...&categoryID=88.

Perhaps a good infuser basket purchased separately from the teapot would be
more economical:

http://www.finum.com/l-engl/p_tea-filters-perm.htm
http://www.teeli.com/englisch/products/main.html#FDAfry
(Finum and Teeli are the same - I have baskets of both labels and they're
great.)

http://www.swissgold.com/e/t_produkt03.asp
http://www.swissgold.com/e/t_produkt05.asp.

The Brown Betty, made by Caledonia Pottery, is available in the traditional
brown Rockingham glaze in a Tea-for-One set, 2-cup, 4-cup, 6-cup, and 8-cup
sizes. Heat retention is excellent and other colors are available. Mine is
dripless or very nearly dripless depending on how I pour.

HTH.

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