Do you use a teapot to make a cuppa?

[biggs682]

Yes I do here and a tea cosy when making one at my mum's

 

[tyred]

I haven't got a tea pot!

Not a lot of point when I don't drink tea.

 

[annedonnelly]

I have a large teapot. It always disappoints me when cafes serve tea in tiny pots. I want a good drink of tea not just a cupful.

I've just gone back to loose tea after it disappeared from the supermarkets round about the time of the Ukraine invasion. I think most companies have stopped putting plastic in the tea bags but loose tea means you can brew as much as like rather than being limited to one or more whole teabags.

I did have a tea cosy but after a paid a lot of money for a hand-decorated pot it seemed a shame to cover it up.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

But certainly not microwaved with milk & teabag in situ!

No - that is right up into American territory

 

[oldandslow]

Yes a teapot (and leaf tea rather than tea bags - you didn't ask about that). However, later in the day my wife switches to decaffeinated, so then we use a teabag for her and one of these, as mentioned by Chromatic, so that I can still use leaf tea.

 

[BrumJim]

I'm glad I'm not the only retrophile loose tea user round here. On to bags now, as the local Co-op hasn't restocked their own brand loose leaf tea (both fair trade and goes well with our very soft water) for a while, and we have run out.

Currently using Clipper Fairtrade Tea which doesn't have plastic in its bags.

 

[Beebo]

My dad has a pot of tea under a cosy on the go all the time.
To the best of my knowledge the teapot has never been washed, just swilled out, so it well seasoned!

 

[tyred]

Tea cosies make excellent headgear for a frosty morning.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

The teapot has often been a kettle pressed into service as a a teapot.

Imo, not a good idea to do this often.
The tea will leave a film of tannin in the kettle, which is going to be more difficult to scrub out than a tea pot, because of the electricals.
I guess you could not care if you only drink black tea, but maybe one day a guest will ask you for a chamomile tea
Also, a teabag bursting in the kettle would be time consuming to clean up.

 

[classic33]

Imo, not a good idea to do this often.
The tea will leave a film of tannin in the kettle, which is going to be more difficult to scrub out than a tea pot, because of the electricals.
I guess you could not care if you only drink black tea, but maybe one day a guest will ask you for a chamomile tea
Also, a teabag bursting in the kettle would be time consuming to clean up.

Electric kettle!
Nay, t'were one of these on the range. And loose tea only, no tea bags in a teapot.

 

[Alex321]

When making tea for two or more, I use the teapot. If it is just me - or if I'm having real tea while my wife is having decaff, then teabag in the mug.

 

[Alex321]

Always. And never a tea bag since I learnt that they contain plastic.

A lot of them don't any more.

We use PG Tips, and on the box it says "Our plant based teabags are biodegradable in industrial composting conditions when placed in your food waste bin."

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My dad has a pot of tea under a cosy on the go all the time.
To the best of my knowledge the teapot has never been washed, just swilled out, so it well seasoned!

My Dad was RAF ground crew in the war - bombers

so they would spend the duration of a raid - and some time before and after it - sitting in a hut out on the field waiting for thinsg to happen
like the planes coming back

Naturally there was a heater and a teapot
The airfield was RAF Fairford and we used to go to the RIAT there every year
so he used to tell me bits and pieces about "things"

one of them was that they never washed the teapot - just rinsed it between pots of tea

and over the years the tea got better and better

One other things he said was "used to go out with a girl who lived down there
he said that one nearly every year as we passed a certain point
He always sounded a bit wistful - I do wonder if he had plans with her - at least in his mind - until he got injured (long story)

 

[Reynard]

If it's tea with a meal or when multiple mugs / cups are likely to be sunk in short order, then a pot with loose leaf tea. And a cosy. I have loads of tea pots and cosies, mainly cat-themed (yeah, I know!) but daily use is a battered old metal one that's pretty ancient and a plush tartan cosy. And no, unlike my late father, I don't clean / scrub the pot, it just gets swilled out between uses. Leaf tea of choice is either Tesco's or Waitrose's "Gold"

Otherwise it's a tea bag (Thompson's Irish Breakfast) in a mug. Likewise for herbal teas.

Chai gets done in a saucepan on the hob.

 

[Reynard]

Tea cosies make excellent headgear for a frosty morning.

Especially if you've whisked it off a hot pot of tea