Tea pot Question!

kitschkitty

Lately OH and I have been drinking more tea and less coffee, and I have noticed that 2 tea bags will happily make 3 mugs of tea, (but I don't think 1 bag is really good enough for 2 mugs), anyway, so I was thinking maybe a teapot would be a good idea, but I have no idea how & where to find one that is cheap and will pour nicely.

I have noticed on eBay a few tea cafetieres, so I was wondering could I just use one of our 2 (coffee) cafetieres instead of a teapot do you think?

DaisyNelson

[I have noticed on eBay a few tea cafetieres, so I was wondering could I just use one of our 2 (coffee) cafetieres instead of a teapot do you think?[/quote]

Or look in charity shops for cheap and attractive second hand one.

Nigella_2

(Woolies was always a best bet)

Homeware Shops / Markets / Carboot sales / Supermarket larger stores / Pound Stretcher

I would think tea would taste nice from teapot.

ixwood

You can get a tea pot for a couple of quid in wilkos, pound stretcher and the like.

One bag in a pot does 2 mugs.

horse76

Me & OH have used 1 teabag for 2 mugs for the past few years - find tetley or premium supermarket brands are best for this (we have used value brands if on a really tight budget - doesn't bother me now), but the trick is to let the teabag diffuse in the 2nd mug. I also add less milk to the 2nd mug, so it doesn't look as weak . I hated using just one teabag to begin with, but OH kept on about saving money, so slowly got used to it.

We only use this method for ourselves, guests do get their own teabag. :eek:

HelenKA_2

I have a pot and recently I've been using 1 'good' teabag and one supermarket brand teabag in it if requiring more than 2 mugs(of the 300ml type). I have a tea cosy and it stays hot for ages -half an hour later it's still good. this afternoon I used 1 good and 2 supermarket and I got 4 big mugs, 1 medium and 3 small mugs out of one pot which I had filled once and then half filled again. Am I sad????????????????????????????

dottybird_2

I always use a teapot and loose tea,bought in bulk from a local tea merchant (North Somerset). It's cheaper and tastes better I think - maybe the paper teabags mask the flavour.
Best tea pot I has was from Lakeland. It had a hard shell cosy - a bit like armour - I has it for years, broke it recently but can't find a replacement anywhere. Lakeland have discontinued them, I even phoned their head office to check. So if anyone knows where i can get one...I've tried EBay but don't know where else to look.

psso

Tea tastes better if you use a teapot and a china cup or mug - I hate dunking a teabag in a mug as it doesn`t seem to taste right.

jcr16

i have a tea pot. i only ever buy whittard pf chelsea tea pot's. not one cause i love the designs of them. but they pour so well before i bought my first whittard of chelsea on i had gone through so many becuase they were rubbish at pouring. i found one in the pier it was £20 reduced to £4 odd nearly 6 years ago. don't worry about asking in the shop tho if you can try it out as to how it pour's. this is what i did in the peir as i was so fed up with bad pouring tea pot's. unfortnatly it broke. i did however manage to find a nice whittard one on ebay for £6 with postage. very very pleased with it.

i generally use 1 bag for 2 or 2 bags for 4 cup's

Francesanne

horse76 wrote: »

Me & OH have used 1 teabag for 2 mugs for the past few years - find tetley or premium supermarket brands are best for this (we have used value brands if on a really tight budget - doesn't bother me now), but the trick is to let the teabag diffuse in the 2nd mug. I also add less milk to the 2nd mug, so it doesn't look as weak . I hated using just one teabag to begin with, but OH kept on about saving money, so slowly got used to it.

We only use this method for ourselves, guests do get their own teabag. :eek:

My husband likes his tea, dark and strong. He was using 2 teabags per mug and he drinks about 7 cups a day. It was costing a small fortune in teabags. This sounds really tight but it actually works out well. We buy a packet of teabags from Lidl's which cost around 30p and aren't bad (better than Tesco's value range) and his has one premium tea bag and one cheap bag in his mug. I just stick to the premium brand!

Debt_Free_Chick

Any old cafetiere is fine for tea, but if you use loose tea you need proper leaves and not the "dust" that you get in "regular" loose tea.

Tea is my one and only very NOT OS indulgence as I buy Fortnum and Mason tea

I only use loose tea, a china teapot and a china mug.

Loose tea is actually cheaper, per 100g. For example, 100g of Assam Superb teabags cost £5 :eek: But I can get 250g of loose tea (just the refill pack) for only £6.50. With teabags, you're paying for the materials (bag) and the manufacture/production of the bag, plus the packing etc etc. Remember, that you only need the same quantity of loose tea as is packed in a bag to make one cup of tea. I don't bother with the "one for the pot" suggestion.

You can generally pick up a teapot at a local jumble sale - my beautiful Royal Doulton china pot is a perfect pourer and cost £2. Look out for me on Flog It in about 10 years time selling it for £50 :rolleyes: :rotfl: :rotfl: