4 easy guides to best Teapot selection and maintinance

Accoutrements: kettles, storage tines, teapots, cups and utensils often pose a challenge when it comes to making a choice among the bounty availability of these materials. With different charming sizes, shapes and designs, potential buyers find it not easy at all to make a choice and sometimes this leads to the very wrong choice forgetting that one of the very choice determinants of teapots should be the function.

Before making a choice of teapot to buy, your decision should be made regarding Size, the material, use and cost.

• Size

There are of course varied sizes of teapots with different charming shapes or color and its best for you to know they are not just for everybody. Your decision of size should be should be made based on use either for personal, family or commercial use. Also, a teapot may suite a collector’s shelf more than a tea table so where you will use or place your teapot should guide in selecting your pot size.

• The material make-up

There are different teapots made entirely from different materials and with different colors; clear glass teapots, ceramics pots, white clay pots or porcelain teapots.

• Clear glass tea pots are the best choice for people who are fascinated about how the leaves changes giving up the most enjoyed nectar. A clear glass teapot makes it possible to know everything happening within the teapot during the process of tea brewing. You can see clearly the texture and color of the leaves when they are fully brewed and can tell with time how long it takes for complete tea brewing or the texture of the leaves when they are completely done even without the use of a timer. They are very hot when wet and so are mad of insulated handles or requires insulated cloths or thugs to hold them when hot. They have slight tip indentation which makes pouring very easy and safe. Ecooe glass teapot has much detail explanation in this.
• Ceramic pots have natural heat retention ability, very low seepage and fast leaves brewing. They originated from Asia and Middle East many decades ago and were make readily available for everyday use. Using these pots, it’s advisable to use a timer for the first and second pots then fixing the timer to your taste. Contrary to a clear glass pot which creates a clear viewing possibility if the brewing process, these pots are not transparent and you can’t detect if the leave is brewed or understand the texture of the leaves when its brewed. Before making a choice of this pot, check the inside if it is glazed or not. A glazed ceramic teapot leaves possibility of alternating your tea choices but an unglazed ceramic pot can only brew one type of tea. These pots require a very low temperature when in use for brewing.
• Porcelain White clay pots were first introduced in Jingdezhen and uses iron and wood ash for heating with low-oxygen environment. Today, these pots are found predominantly in china and this is what every westerner thinks about first when talking about white teapots. Today, Japan, Korea, Thailand and China still make these pots with a shining greenish glaze. Glass

Before choosing a teapot, the uses should be greatly considered. Why do I need it and what do I need it for should be the major questions to ask yourself first. The above explanation has revealed that different teapots has different material make-up and aligned with different uses and this should be a perfect guide too.

Today, each of teapot manufacturer’s contributions have witnessed enhancements and even still on the process ranging from colors, designs, glazing techniques and more. However, with every enhancement comes with different prices range from about 10$-100$ and even above and your budget could should be considered too before making a choice if it falls within the price range in agreement with your budget.

Maintenance and Care.

Each teapot material make-up has its special care and maintenance processes to keep their longevity and functionality. Check for care and maintenance tips here.