Chad's Miniblog

Thoughts on a teapot

I have made an exciting purchase…a teapot. Now not many would get so excited about a teapot, but I am a person who is.

I am trying to stop drinking coffee, and I love green tea (and have consumed it liberally in the past) so I decided to transition back to it. I have a problem with making tea: I hate blending flavors.

I have a water kettle that I have used with my french press to make coffee, so I definitely have a way to heat water up to make tea—the problem is in the “teaification process”. Quite simply, I don’t want to put a bunch of teabags in a water kettle that I may want to use at some point for coffee, soup, or plain hot water with lemon if I have a sore throat. I don’t want any other water I heat in that kettle to be imbued with the flavor of tea.

This is where the important distinction between a tea kettle and a teapot comes into play. What I have is a perfectly good tea kettle, but what I am lacking is a teapot. Thus, I had to resort to making tea in individual cups with teabags, which seems horribly unromantic.

Enter the teapot. I was at my beloved Target, and saw the most beautiful teapot I ever set my eyes on. It was love at first sight. It had beautifully sweeping, horizontal curves; a finish that matched my contrasting salad plates. It was perfect.

I just made my first pot of tea with it. I am enjoying my delicious cup of organic green tea in confidence, knowing that my tea will not contaminate any other hot beverages that I may or may not choose to enjoy in the future.

All is right in the world.