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[senoritafish]

It's Teapot Tuesday! (Well, for the next twenty minutes, anyway...)

This one is one of my favorite teapots. It's just so spherical. The glaze has sort of a metallic color to it, which is hard to see here. It feels lovely in your hands, filled with hot tea. I got this at Crate and Barrel; it was part of a dining set which there was nothing left of.



This is my tea kettle. My dad and I always disagree about how to heat the water for tea. He's quite content heating in the microwave (brrrr!), while I like the ritual of filling the kettle, waiting for the water to boil, and then putting the tea in the pot; one for each cup and one for the pot. I picked this one because it looks like a curling stone and it could just slide along the ice. Part of the porcelain is broken off on one spot where my dad dropped it, but it still works fine.



Until next Tuesday....

Comments

[bakayaro-onna.livejournal.com]

Nice! The green pot has a real Russell Wright or Fiestaware feel to it.

I like the roundness of both. I like round pottery too.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I do have a Fiestaware Teapot that belonged to my grandmother. It may show up here later.

I am always kicking myself for passing up a black Fiestaware teapot with a matching sugar and creamer that I saw at a rummage sale for the Long Beach Light Opera a few years ago. It was only $30. I found out later black is a pretty rare color for Fiestaware. I should have begged borrowed or stolen the money and bought it.

Microwaved water...

[dipster.livejournal.com]

Microwaved water just doesn't seem right to me. Microwave ovens tend to "heat" things unevenly, so even if the water visably comes to a boil, the heat isn't uniform, so you have to stir it so that the bottom of the mug/cup/whatever isn't still tepid.

Re: Microwaved water...

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

I think microwaved water is anathema to any real tea snob, not that I claim to be one. I will do it if I only want a cup.

What's weird is that if your vessel is smooth enough, the water won't actually boil at all until you take your mug out of the oven and put the tea in (also a no-no, to boil your tea). Something to do with the dissolved gases needing a particle or a rough spot to come out of solution, like raindrops needing a particle of dust to form around.

[metalmensch.livejournal.com]

Both of those are damned fine teapots. :) Yes. I did want to see your teapots.

Did you show your dad the study by the british about how to brew the perfect cup of tea?

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Not sure I've seen that one, although I've seen quite a few methods. Do you have a link?

I admit to not not brewing perfect tea. I am one of those heathens who does not remove the tea immediately after the required steeping time. I will usually just leave it in the pot and let each progressive cup get stronger and stronger. My Australian friends would have been throwing it out, exclaiming "My God, this is poison!" and I would still be drinking it. It probably stems from my piss-poor sense of smell.

[metalmensch.livejournal.com]

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